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Back Row: Seth, Greg & Mary, Put & Ida, Burt & Lizzie, Charley & Emma, Lois
Front Row: Unknown, Charity & Earl, Catherine
Boy in background is unidentified; Catherine is Charity's sister.

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Miller Genealogy

James Miller Sr. (father unknown) b. ca. 1755, d. 1808, m. about 1783 to Abigail Vredenburg/Fredenburg. James moved in 1792 to Delaware County, NY, purchasing land at the present site of the village of East Branch. He died in 1808, leaving a will which mentioned his wife Abigail, sons Solomon,James Jr., Isaac, Col. A., Levi and Earl; daughters Mary (Twaddel) and Phebe (later Roff).

James Miller Jr (James Miller Sr.) b. 1790 Hancock, Delaware, NY, d. between 1855 and 1860 Delaware county, m. about 1808 to Mary 'Polly' Sutton, b. about 1791, d. 25 Feb 1848, dau. of Caleb Sutton. James is last seen in the 1855 NY state census, age 65, living with Dewitt Clinton Miller, his son. The death notice for Polly states that she died 25 Feb 1848, age 57 years, leaving 11 sons and one daughter.

Children:

• James Madison Miller b. 14 Dec 1809
• Dewitt Clinton Miller b. about 27 Jan 1812
• Putnam G. Miller b. 17 Dec 1812
• Charles L. Miller b. about 1814
• Earl Gregory Miller b. 16 Jun 1816
• Caleb Sutton Miller b. 1823
• Abigail Miller birth date unknown
• 5 more sons

Earl Gregory Miller (James Miller Jr.) b. 16 Jun 1816 in Delaware Co., NY, died 7 Jan 1907 in Antelope Co., Nebraska, married 20 Jun 1841 Walton, NY to Charity Jane Hawley, b. 24 Oct 1822 Delaware Co.,NY, d. 23 Dec 1907 Antelope Co., NE; dau of Harvey and Charity Lewis Hawley. Earl was a dairyman and lumberman, sometimes rafting logs down the Delaware river to market. The family moved in 1855 to Chickasaw Co., Iowa, and then to Antelope County, Nebraska. Several sons and daughters arrived in Nebraska about 1870, Earl, Charity and the remaining family members moved in 1883.

Children of Earl and Charity:

• Mary Esther Miller b. 1842, d. ?, m. 27 May 1859 to James Choate
• Earl Gregory Miller Jr. b. 1844, d. 1917, m. 1876 to Mary J. Snider
• Isaac L. Miller b. 1846, d. 1913, m. after 1870 to Lois S. Norwood
• Martha Jane Miller b. 1849, d. ?, m. 1871 to John Gardner Connell
• Theda Ann Miller b. 1851, d. 1937, m. 1870 to Edmond Joseph Bonneau
• Emma A. Miller b. 1853, d. 1936, m. 1879 to Charles Walter Graham
• Putnam G. Miller b. 1855, d. 1942, m. 1880 to Ida M. Dunlap
• Polly L. Miller b. 1858, d. 1939, m. 1881 to George I. Herrington
• Edith Miller b. 1860, d. 1938, m. 1883 to William C. Bartsch
• Seth Henry Miller b. 1862, d. 1916, m. 1905 to Ida Vilone Foster Adams
• Elsie Miller b. about 1864, died in infancy
• Burton J. Miller b. 1867, d. 1911, m.1) 1889 to Mary Elizabeth White, m.2) 1894 to Mary E. Grenier

Seth Henry Miller b. 3 Jul 1862 Chickasaw Co., IA, d. 27 Mar 1916, m. 15 Jan 1905 Clearwater, NE to Ida Vilone Foster b. 29 Jan 1876, d. 16 Dec 1938, Seth was a rancher, stockman and breeder of racehorses. Seth and Ida are buried in Clearwater cemetery, Antelope Co.

Children of Ida and Homer Adams

• Ida Blanche Adams b. 15 May 1900, d. 1991

Children of Ida and Seth Miller

• Flossie Freida Miller b. 11 Dec 1905, d. 26 Feb 1968
• Harold Earl Miller b. 18 May 1907, d. 25 Nov 1978
• Harley Ivan Miller b. 4 Nov 1910, d. 16 Apr 1963
• Floyd Burton Miller b. 25 Jul 1912, d. 17 Apr 1971
• Cecil Henry Miller b. 7 Oct 1915, d. 16 Oct 1982

Harley Ivan Miller b. 4 Nov 1910 Frenchtown, Antelope, NE, d. 16 Apr 1963 Neligh, NE, m. 15 Sep 1928 Butte, NE to Mildred Violet Hauser b. 12 May 1914 Clearwater, NE, d. 28 Apr 1979 Neligh, NE. Harley and Mildred farmed in Floyd Co., IA before moving to Neligh, Antelope, NE in 1946. Both are buried in the Clearwater, NE cemetery.

Children of Harley and Mildred Miller:

• Verle Donald Miller b. 7 Apr 1929 Clearwater, NE d. 10 Aug 1968 Tilden, NE
• Joyce Elaine Miller b. 17 Oct 1930, d. 8 Apr 1999
• Francis Irene Miller b. 15 Jun 1933, d. 8 Aug 1990
• Harley LaVerne Miller b. 7 May 1937