Person:John Miller (501)

Obituary

John Miller was born in Beaver County, Pa., May 22, 1803, emigrated to Ohio December 27th, 1842, died October 14th, 1887, aged 84 years 4 months 12 days. He leaves an aged widow and eight children to mourn the loss of a kind husband and father, one daughter having preceded him to the better land some years hence. Father Miller's life was an exemplary one, a worthy example for his children, friends and neighbors. Within the last few months of his life, his house was burned from him, which trial he bore calmly and was living in expectation of soon occupying a comfortable new house that was being built at the time when God called him to a heavenly home where trials never come. Funeral sermon by Rev. Fulton. Copied from a newspaper clipping.

News Clippings

Meigs County Republican
November 16th, 1881

The first person buried in the Merrill graveyard was Jane, daughter of John Miller, of Salem, who died July 5, 1850. The next was Newton, son of Daniel Rutherford, who died July 5, 1852. There are two brave soldiers of the late war whose mortal remains rest in this beautiful cemetery: Thomas King, of the 2d Va. Calvary and a Mr. Rumfield. Eli Kennedy has four children, two sons and two daughters, lying side by side in this burying ground. He recently disinterred three of them to place their remains on a more beautiful spot. There is nothing more touching than this token of lasting affection for dead relatives.

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