J W Miller

   General Notes:

MILLER, J. W. (page 400) - came from Rock Island Co, IL, to Iowa in 1885; b. Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania, 1842, son of Joseph B. MILLER, who was a son of John MILLER, a native of Ireland and an Orangeman. J.W. Miller's mother was Jane (McCALL) MILLER, b. Butler Co, PA, daughter of John McCALL. J.W. MILLER served in the Civil War and then spent one year in Madison County, Nebraska, where he homesteaded in 1873; but the grasshoppers being so destructive, and his being 40 miles from the railroad, he returned to Illinois. In 1885, he moved to Iowa. J.W. MILLER married in 1867 to Martha PEARSALL, b. Rock Island Co, IL, daughter of William C. and Jane (ELLINGHAM) PEARSALL, formerly of Steuben Co, NY. J.W. and Martha had children: Joseph, Jane, Martha, William, Emma, Luella.

   Marriage Information:

J married Martha Pearsall, daughter of William C Pearsall and Jane Ellingham, in 1867. (Martha Pearsall was born in Rock Island Co, IL.)