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Born 1883, Preble county
From History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people (1914)
SAMUEL MILLER.
Samuel Miller is numbered among the pioneer settlers of this county, he and his wife arriving here from the east in 1857. hi the nearly fifty-eight years succeeding they have resided here continuously, and they have done their full share in the upbuilding and development of this section of their adopted state.
Mr. Miller was born in Preble county, Ohio, in May, 1883, a time when the Buckeye state itself was on the frontier. In early life he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed till 1856, when he embarked in the grocery business at Lexington, conducting a store there for a year, when he concluded to try his fortune in the new and growing west. His father had been here the previous year and had bought a small farm near Littleton, which they were to divide.
As printed in History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people (1914). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Their biographies name Samuel Miller: Warren F. Miller (b. 1866) William C. Miller (b. 1863)
The printed record stops around 1914. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.