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Born 1852
From The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens (1882)
JOSEPH A. MILLER, section n, post office Hopkins. The subject of this sketch is a native of Andrew County, Missouri, and was there born December 25, 1852. He was raised in that county till sixteen years of age, when, with the family, he came to this county and settled near where he now resides. He was brought up in the occupation he now follows, and is the owner of 105 acres of land in section 13, besides renting and working 100 acres where he now resides. Mr. Miller was married November 10, 1880, to Miss Ella Lytle, a native of Ohio.
As printed in The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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