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Robert
Miller The
Miller family have been one of the best known in Jasper County since the pioneer
days and the several members of the same have so ordered their lives that they
have been of much benefit to the locality in general.
A very creditable representative of the present generation is Robert
Miller, a man of whose record nothing but words of praise could be uttered, for
he has always sought to do his duty in all the relations of life.
He was born in Clear Creek Township, this County, June 15, 1861, and here
he grew to manhood, received his educational training and has always been
identified with the agricultural life of the same.
His grandfather, Joseph Kintz, was one of the earliest settlers of Jasper
County, being the first settler of Clear Creek Township.
The father of our subject, Robert Miller, was born in Alabama.
Not being in good health when the Civil War came up, he did not enlist,
but later he was drafted into the service.
He was compelled to make a long and arduous march from Grinnell, Iowa, to
Savannah, Georgia, and he died soon after reaching that place.
His family and friends felt that an injustice had been done in thus
pressing him into the service when he was not able-bodied, the privations and
hardships of the march having caused his death.
The mother of the subject was known in her maidenhood as Rebecca Kintz.
She was born in Summit County, Ohio, December 20, 1837, and there she
spent her girlhood, coming to Clear Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa, in
1845, thus being among the first settlers.
She is still living, making her home with the subject of this sketch on
the old homestead, being now advanced in years. She vividly recalls pioneer conditions and incidents of the
trip from Ohio to this Township, relating how they made the long journey over
rough roads, crossing but one railroad on the entire trip, that one being in
Indiana. They saw no white people,
Indians still being numerous in the Middle West then. The family were on excellent terms with all the Indian
chiefs, and Mrs. Miller tells much of the famous chief, John Green, who was a
welcomed visitor to all the cabins in the settlement. There
were six children in the Miller family, two of whom died in infancy, the others
live in the immediate vicinity of the old home and are as follows:
Commodore Perry, Mrs. Phoebe Long, Mrs. Mary Sumpter and Robert, of this
sketch: they all live in Clear Creek Township with the exception of Mary whose
home is in Independence Township. They
were born, reared and educated in the home community. Politically, Mr. Miller is a Democrat. He has devoted his life to farming and there are one hundred and eighty acres in the old home place where he resides. In addition to cultivating that, the subject owns and directs a threshing machine, a lumber mill and corn shredder. He believes in using the most modern and improved labor-saving machinery and devices and is an up-to-date farmer. He has remained unmarried. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1357. |
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