Lewis M Miller

Abt 1812 - 1889  (~ 77 years)

• Name	Lewis M Miller
  Born	Abt 1812	Meigs County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Apr 1889	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Notes	JCWR, Will, 2/22/1889, Prob 4/15/1889 'of Union Dist' Wife, Elizabeth, children, Columbus, Monroe, Rosalvo, Hampton, Perry, Warren, Lenader Miller, Sarah E Miller
  Person ID	I10482	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	24 May 2005

  
  

  Father	Stephen Kitts Miller,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Sarah [Miller],   d. Yes, date unknown
  Notes	Miller Family Monroe Miller's grandfather, Kitts Miller, came to America from Germany after he was grown. He served in the Colonial Army, in the War for Independence. He married and located in Meigs County, Ohio. He remained there a few years, then crossed the river and bought land below the mouth of Mill Creek. He raised a large family of children, of whose names I find: "Becky" Miller, married Charlie Shinn, who was an uncle of George Shinn, who lived on Grass Lick. Charles Shinn lived on Cow Run. Nancy Miller, married Washington Rader, who was a son of Michael Rader, Jr. Wash Rader sold goods for Nehemiah Smith in the first store in Reedy, in 1841. Lewis Miller, married Lydia Sayre, whose parents lived in Meigs County, Ohio. He later married Elizabeth (Betsy) Shinn, whose parents were native of Meigs County, Ohio, but who had settled on Mill Creek. Lewis Miller was for several years a member of the County court of Jackson County. His children, by his first wife: Rosalie, Perry, Hampton, and Monroe. By his second wife: Warren, Leander, Columbus, and Sarah E. Monroe Miller, the oldest son of Lewis Miller, was in 1905, a widower of seventy, and talked of "going west to grow up with the country." He laughingly told me there was no chance for him to get married here, as he was related to nearly all the women and girls on both sides of the river for many miles, they being of Sayre descent. Warren Miller was for a time in Athens University. He studied law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1871. He was Mayor of Ripley in 1884, was Prosecuting Attorney from 1880 until 1884. He also served in the House of Delegates, State Senate and Congress. The first settler at Buffalo was Joe Miller, who married Caroline Parsons. Afterward, he lived on the Davis farm, on the Right Fork of Reedy, above Greenbrier, being the first settler there. This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek"
  Family ID	F4008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lydia Powell Sayre,   d. Between 1843 and 1845
  Married	19 Jun 1834	Mason, Mason County, West Virginia   [3]
  Notes	1850 JC # 639-646 Miller Lewis 38 M Farmer Ohio Miller Elizabeth 36 F Va Miller Monroe 14 M Va Miller Ro*. Salvo 12 M Va Miller Elera 10 M Va Miller Hampton 8 M Va Kays Peran 13 M Va Kays Margaret 12 F Va Kays Henry 8 M Va Miller Warren 4 M Va Miller Columbus 3 M Va Miller Leander 3/12 M Va
  Children	1. Lewis Monroe Miller,   b. Abt 1836, Meigs County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 2 Jun 1913, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 77 years)   2. Rosalvo Miller,   b. Abt 1838, Meigs County, Ohio, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Benjamin Perry Miller,   b. Abt 1840, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Hampton Miller,   b. Abt 1843, Meigs County, Ohio, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth 'Betsy' Shinn,   b. Abt 1814, Virginia, USA ,   d. 24 Oct 1889, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Married	1 Jun 1845	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [4]
  Notes	1850 JC # 639-646 Miller Lewis 38 M Farmer Ohio Miller Elizabeth 36 F Va Miller Monroe 14 M Va Miller Ro*. Salvo 12 M Va Miller Elera 10 M Va Miller Hampton 8 M Va Kays Peran 13 M Va Kays Margaret 12 F Va Kays Henry 8 M Va Miller Warren 4 M Va Miller Columbus 3 M Va Miller Leander 3/12 M Va 1860 JC # 158-148 Lewis M, 46 Elizabeth, 46 Monroe, 24 Benjamin Perry 20 Hampton, 18 Warren, 14 Columbus C, 12 Leander, 10 Sarah E, 8 Lavine, Margaret, 17, domestic
  Children	1. Warren Miller,   b. 31 Mar 1846, Virginia, USA ,   d. 29 Dec 1920, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 74 years)   2. Columbus Cooper Miller,   b. 23 Dec 1847, Meigs County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 24 Feb 1929, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 81 years)   3. Leander Miller,   b. 7 Mar 1850, Virginia, USA ,   d. 10 Jan 1935, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 84 years)   4. Sarah E Miller,   b. 22 Apr 1852,   d. 27 Jan 1894  (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F4004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 19 Jun 1834 - Mason, Mason County, West Virginia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1205] Census. [S4] Death Records, Jackson Co, WV. [S16] Marriage Records, Mason Co, WV. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.