Person:Francis Miller (25)

Francis ("Frank") Miller, Jr. was born on the 22nd of April, 1843 to Francis Miller, Sr. and Rebecca (Powers) Miller. Early in his life he lived in Indiana, then shortly after his father's death moved to Iowa to be closer to his mother's family. He was there enumerated in the 1850 US Census with his mother.

He later returned to Indiana as an adolescent for high school and farming.

He joined the 71st Regiment Indiana Infantry (6th Cavalry) in the US Civil War. After the war he returned to Indiana and married Lucinda Hale. He established himself as a prominent member of the new Veedersburg, Indiana community, there with a general grocery store. Frank was a founding member of Veedersburg Masonic Lodge on the 26th of August, 1874. Frank is also enumerated in the 1880 US Census.

He died in Veedersburg on 14 August 1893.

1. ↑ Portrait and biographical record of Montgomery, Parke and Fountain Counties, Indiana: containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States. (Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1893)
   692, 1893.

   https://dn790000.ca.archive.org/0/items/portraitbiographmont00chap/portraitbiographmont00chap.pdf#page=692&zoom=auto,-142,418

2.   United States. Census Office. 7th census, 1850. Federal Census of Iowa for 1850. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977)
   Roll: M432_187; Page: 81A; , 5 Sep 1850.

   Census Place: Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa
   
   https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4F-LL2

3.   Beckwith, Hiram Williams; P. S Kennedy; and T. F. (Thomas F.) Davidson. History of Fountain County: together with historic notes on the Wabash Valley, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and other authentic sources. (Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox Co., 1974).

   "The society known as the Free and Accepted Masons, Veedersburg Lodge, No.
   491, was organized in 1873, with the following per sons as charter members:
   James E. Stevens, Mound Lodge, 274; John M. Rynearson, Richland Lodge, No. 205;
   Frank H. Miller, Lodiville, No. 172;" http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/fountain/history/1881/historyo/historyo162nms.txt

4.   71st Regiment Indiana Infantry.
5.   Fountain Marriage Records Sep 11, 1867 - Nov 30, 1872
   pg. 217, 19 Sep 1869.

   "Fountain, Indiana, United States records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-BN28-J?view=explore : May 28, 2025), image 149 of 312; Indiana. County Court (Fountain County).
   Image Group Number: 004540457

6.   Francis H. Miller, in Find A Grave.