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Miller, Peter

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Last Name Miller
First Name Peter
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Death Date 1/19/1916
Birth Date 1/1/1817
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Spouse Elizabeth A. Fraker
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Other Age 98. Died in Ray Twp., Morgan Co., Ind. Married his wife on Sept. 20, 1841 in Cincinnati. Father of 3 sons: Peter Jr., John, and William. Located in Morgan County in 1852; then they had four more children: Joseph, Mary J., George, and another daughter, Fannie (also shown in census records as Frank S., Rancina, and F. Sina). In 1880, he was a saloon keeper in Martinsville. He was a native of Prussia, and his wife a native of Switzerland. Celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1891. "They have a son, William, buried in the west. He was killed in the Custer Massacre in the Black Hills." -- Martinsville Republican, Sept. 24, 1891. [Son William was actually killed when Indians attacked Fort Apache in 1881.] (Source: Morgan Co. History & Genealogy, vol.3 no.2, spring 1997.)
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