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Born 1837, Union county
From History of Wapello County, Iowa, and representative citizens (1901)
H. MILLER, a web known resident of Ottumwa, Iowa, owns a valuable farm of 322 acres in iPleasant township, Wapello county. He was born in Union county, Indiana, December 1, 1837, and is a son of Caleb and Mary (Bedell) Miller.
Caleb Miller was born in Union county, Indiana, October 15, 1815, and followed farming throughout his entire life. In 1839 he moved to Darke county, Ohio, where he resided seven years, when he located in Dahlonega township, Wapello county, Iowa, in the fall of 1846. Entering a claim, he followed farming until his death, which occurred in 1874. He was a Republican in politics, served as justice of the peace for some Aears, and was on the school board of Dahlonega township for a number of years. Religiously he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was united in marriage with Mary Bedell, who was born in Indiana, in 181 7, and died in 1897. They reared six children, as follows:
As printed in History of Wapello County, Iowa, and representative citizens (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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