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Born 1820, Monroe County
From The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens (1882)
ISAAC MILLER, farmer and stock raiser, section 29, was born on a farm in Monroe County, Indiana, on the 2d of January, 1820, being the second son of Mary M. (Myers) Miller, natives of Wythe County, Virginia. The former was born September 17, 1795, and the latter on the 2d of May, 1802. Isaac spent his boyhood days and received his education in his native state. When at the age of fifteen years he began working at the carpenter trade, farming at times, till 1848, when he moved to Adams County, Illinois, and in 1853, to McDonough County of the same state. In 1868 lie sold out and came to Andrew County, Missouri, and in 1869 purchased a farm consisting of 160 acres of wild land. By his own industry and good management he now has one of the best improved farms in this part of the country. Mr. M. was married on the 19th of February, 1846, to Miss M. J. Berry, a native of Monroe County, Indiana, born July 20, 1827. She was the eldest daughter of William and Patsy A. (Girens) Berry. Her father was born in 1803, in Kentucky, and her mother was born November 14, 1808, in Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are both members of the Christian Church. They have the following children: William M., Addison H., Mary M., J. M. Alvin G., L. C, Effie A. and Jennie D., living and Samuel H., T. M., John M., and Robert W., deceased.
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