Miller - John L.
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MILLER, John L., PO Crawfordsville, among the early settlers
in Montgomery County was Mr. William Miller. He was born in Pa in 1790;
at the age of 6, he removed with his parents to Bath Co KY; where
he resided until 1835, when he immigrated to this county and settled
in Wayne Twp, purchasing 160 acres of land and paying for it
$1,000 in silver. He was a hard working farmer and by hard labor
and strict economy he managed to accumulate a large amount of
property, and one time owned 800 acres of the best land in Mont.
Co. He was a consistent Christian, and for 32 years held the
office of Deacon in the Old School Baptist Church. In August
1812, Mr. Miller entered the army as a volunteer soldier; the
div. that he was in marched from Georgetown KY to Ft. Wayne,
thence to Ft. Defiance and thence to French Town on the River
Raisin, where it was engaged in two battles one on the 18th and
the other on the 22d of Jan 1813. After the battle of the 22nd
the division which was commanded by Gen. Winchester was
surrendered to the enemy, and the prisoners were marched through
Upper Canada in the dead of Winter to Ft. Niagara ont he Niagara
River where they were paroled and sent home. At the battle of the
22d, Mr. M. had his knapsack and blanket burned by the hot shot
from the British artillery and was compelled to make the march, a
distance of 200 mi. without overcoat or blanket and amid rain and
storm and excessive cold. During the closing years of his life,
he suffered much from sciatic rheumatism, the cause of which he
attributed to his exposure during the time that he was a prisoner
of war. Politically he was a Whig, during the existence of the
Whig party, and voted for Adams, Clay, Harrison, Taylor &
Scott. After the demise of the Whig party, he united with the
Democrats and voted with them steadily thereafter. he was marr.
in1 814 to Miss Casandrew ROSS, who died in 1869. They had 10 children, all but 3 of whom are now living. John L Miller, editor of the
Review (establish 1873); their youngest son, was born in Wayne Twp
Dec 21, 1840; married Miss Eliza A. CRAIN at Waynetown In ; June
1871 who died Jan 1873. In 1872, Mr. Miller died in the 82nd year
of his age.