Miller, A. M.

MILLER

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 7/31/2008 at 13:59:47

A. M. Miller

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.102, Grove Twp.)
A. M. Miller, farmer, P. O. Wheeler's Grove, was born in Tennessee in 1838, son of John H. and Mary (Ewing) Miller; he, born in Tennessee, died in 1848; she, born in Tennessee, died in 1844. They had four children, subject being the only one living. Subject received a good education, having passed through the high school, commencing life as a carpenter, and was married, in this State, on November 23, 1865 to Nancy E. Garrett, born in Ohio April 20, 1839, daughter of Robert and Sarah I. (Patterson) Garrett; he, born in Pennsylvania, died in 1855; she, born in Tennessee, died in 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have three children - Carrie, born November 18, 1867; Orion G., born October 10, 1869; Arthur E., born July 13, 1872; all of them being born in Davis County, this State. Subject is a member of the C. P. Church; a Republican; musted in Company I, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry, November 2, 1861; mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 22, 1865; was in the first battle of Shiloh, the two battles of Corinth, Vicksburg, siege of Atlanta, Sherman's march to the sea, and the grand review. He has held several township offices; moved from Tennessee to Davis County, Iowa in 1847; from thence to this township (Grove) in 1874; bought the undivided half of 120 acres for $10 per acre, and now has 120 acres valued at about $30 per acre. There is a grove of natural timber, a small orchard, and he is now erecting a fine one-and-a-half story building on his place.