The Genealogy of the Millslagle Family

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Samuel Milslagle
b. circa 1808
Last Edited=25 Jun 2004

     Samuel Milslagle was born circa 1808 in Virginia.^1,2 He was the son of Jacob Milslagel.³ He may have been enumerated on the 1820 census for Hampshire County, Virginia in the household of his father as a male aged from newborn to ten years old.⁴ Follow the link to see the census image. He may have been enumerated on the 1830 census for Hampshire Co in the household of his father as a male aged fifteen to twenty years old.⁵ Follow the link to see the census image.
           Before 1850, Samuel moved to Fulton County, Illinois.³ Samuel, age 42, was enumerated in the household of his sister, Elizabeth and her husband, Samuel Strain, on the 1850 Federal Census in Center, Fulton County, Illinois. Another brother, Elias Milslagle, was enumerated in the next household. This indicates he lived very close by (e.g. next door or across the "street").¹ Follow the link to see the census image.
          Samuel married Mariah (?).⁶ Samuel and Mariah may have had numerous children but I only know the name of one child, Owen.
          Samuel, age 48, and Mariah, age 38, were enumerated on the 1860 Federal Census the Cuba Post Office in Putman Township, Fulton County, Illinois. Also enumerated in this household was their son, Owen (age 4). Neither one is able to read or write. Samuel's personal property is valued at $50. There is no entry for the value of his real estate. Was his farm rented or did he work on another farm?⁶ Follow the link to see the census image.
          He is the great-grandson of Johann Andreas Mühlschlägel, original immigrant.

Child of Samuel Milslagle and Mariah (?):: Owen Milslagle b. c 1856

[S106] Samuel Strain household, 1850 U.S. Census, town of Center, Fulton County, Illinois, population schedule, page 311 (621), dwelling 123, family 129; National Archives micropublication M432, roll 107, viewed on Ancestry.com January 2002. PDN: Millslagle-IL-0020.
[S130] Samuel Millslager household, 1860 U.S. Census, Putman Township, Cuba post office, Fulton County, Illinois, population schedule, page 303 (657), dwelling #2161, family #2186; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 179, viewed on Ancestry.com 2001. PDN: Millslagle-IL-0006. Gives age as 48 which gives a birth of circa 1812.
[S3] Grace Kelso Garner, compiler, Earliest Settlers of Western Frederick - Eastern Hampshire Counties (n.p.: self, 1974), page 182.
[S665] Jacob Millslagle Jr., 1820 U.S. Census, Hampshire County, Virginia, page 221, line #15; National Archives micropublication M33, roll 136, viewed on Ancestry.com (image 15 of 74) December 20, 2002. PDN: Millslagle-VA-0021.
[S9] Jacob Milslagle Jr., 1830 U.S. Census, Hampshire County, Virginia, page 38, line #1; National Archives micropublication M19, roll 191, viewed on Ancestry.com (images 69 and 70), September 2001. PDN: Millslagle-VA-0024.
[S130] 1860 U.S. Census, Putman Township, Cuba post office, Fulton County, Illinois, population schedule, p. 303 (657), dwelling #2161, family #2186. PDN: Millslagle-IL-0006.