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Born 1849
From History of Morrow County and Ohio : containing a brief history of the state of Ohio ... a history of Morrow County ... biographical sketches, portraits of some of the early settlers and prominent men, (1880)
JASON MILLER, teacher; Shaucks; is among the successful teachers of the “young idea” in this township, who was born here, June 4, 1849, and is the eldest child of Jacob Miller, Jr. Jason was reared to farming pursuits, but this not being agreeable to his tastes, he entered the field as an educator, and at the age of 20 began teaching, and has labored in that capacity up to the spring of 1880, seventeen terms; twelve of them were taught in the home district were he was raised. At the age of 24 he was married to Esther J. Burtnett, born in 1857, in North Bloomfield, a daughter of Adam and Caroline Burtnett, whose maiden name was Fringer, and who was from Maryland; her husband, Adam, was from York Co. They have one child — Clay, born in Feb. 1880. He has forty acres of land.
As printed in History of Morrow County and Ohio : containing a brief history of the state of Ohio ... a history of Morrow County ... biographical sketches, portraits of some of the early settlers and prominent men, (1880). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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