Mrs. Mary (Lichty) Miller 1808-1892

MILLER, LICHTY, LIDOLPH, LYDOLPH

Posted By: Volunteer - Karen DaPra
Date: 10/2/2001 at 00:45:55

OBITUARY

Died at the residence of Earnest Lidolph, March 23, 1892, Mrs. Mary Miller, aged 83 years, 4 months and 27 days. Her maiden name was Mary Lichty. She was born in Somerset county, Pa., Oct. 27, 1808, and was married to Peter Miller in 1825, who preceded her nineteen years. Their union was blessed with twelve children, six sons and six daughters, eleven of whom survive them; one died while in the army. They came to Iowa in 1854, and settled near Bonaparte, where they had lived ever since. She had sixty-seven grand children, fifty-three of whom are living, and seventeen great-grand-children. She was a member of the church for fifty years. The funeral sermon was preached at the residence March 24, by Rev. M. Masters, when she was laid to rest in the White cemetery.

(Photocopy of this obit is located on page 25 of Obit Book A found in the Van Buren County, IA Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in October 1999. Name and date of newspaper not given.) ORIGINAL POST 02 Nov 1999.

2nd Source: Entler Scrapbook Collection, vol 6, Iowa Historical Library, Iowa City, IA