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John Miller was an American Revolutionary war soldier, a private in Capt. Jehu Eyre's Company of Philadelphia Militia (artillery), and he was in the Battle of Trenton. John was a resident of Philadelphia and kept the Farmer's Inn.

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Elizabeth's 2nd husband

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Jacob served as an apprentice in the carpenter's trade in Philadelphia under Uncle Billy Haas. In 1836 he relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana and became a builder and lumber mill proprietor.

The mill was destroyed by fire, and in 1861 Jacob purchased a farm located a few miles north of Clayton, Indiana, in Hendricks County. This farm was purchased from Richard Martin. Jacob lived on this farm for the rest of his life, and after his death, Esther continued living on the farm for several years.

In 1880, Esther sold the farm and went to live with her children. She first lived at Nebraska City, Nebraska with daughter Elizabeth Mitchell, then for a short time she lived in Monterey, California with her daughter Nellie V. Sanchez. After spending just 6 weeks with Nellie, Esther lived in Alameda, California with daughter Cora V. Orr. She then traveled to Riverside, California, in 1883, where she lived with son Jacob Vandegrift, and finally back to Indiana, where she lived in Danville with her daughter Josephine V. Thomas, where she remained until her death.

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The family bible of Henry Vandegrift's family is in the possession of Charles E. Marthens family in Indianapolis, Indiana. In the "Life of Mrs. Robert Stevenson", by nellie V. Sanchez is the following: "Henry, wandering disconsolate in the market place, was carried off by a kind and wealthy Kentuckian, who took a fancy to the handsome boy, and brought him up as his own son".

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Unknown MILLER was a Sea Captain. Mr. MILLER was not related to Elizabeth, wife of Jacob. He lived at Nassau, British West Indies, and was lost at sea

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Christopher and Lydia are buried at the cemetery of Old Drawyers Church, near Odessa, Delaware.

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LDS AFN:GJ1K-R0)

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Information from Kathleen Smith, page 39 gives Mary's maiden name as Cochrane.

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Died in infancy

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He was endowed in the Provo, Utah LDS temple. He was baptized into the LDS church in the Provo, Utah LDS temple. He has reference number 58

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William and Christiana Colbaugh were twins. William was living in the household of his brother-in-law, John Thomas McCurry in 1870, in West Pittsburgh, Alleghenny City, Temperenceville, PA. John Thomas was listed as a riverman and William as a watchman. Christiana died 1871. She and her eldest son, William must have been visiting her parents in Jul 1870 as they were not listed with the rest of the family at that time.

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. She was endowed in Feb 1978 in the Provo, Utah LDS temple. She was baptized into the LDS church on 10 Feb 1978 in the Provo, Utah LDS temple. She was buried in Uniondale, Pittsburgh, Alleghenny Co., PA. She has reference number 29. Christiana was not on the 1870 Census with her family, so, where was she, in a hospital with Tuberculosis? She didn't die till the next year. Ben was not there either so she may have been visiting her mother.
Christiana was called Christina by her granddaughters Nellie Walton McCurry and her sister Sarah Blanche; also by her great granddaughter Nellie Elizabeth Algeo. It was from the records of Christiana's husband that the correct spelling of her name was learned. Christiana had a twin brother, William, for whom she named her first son. Twins ran in the Vandergrift family.
Christiana's mother was Sarah Vandergrift.