Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 854
EZRA WILSON MILLIMAN

Ezra Wilson MILLIMAN, house, sign and artistic painter, at Logan, came to Harrison County, in February, 1865, from Saratoga County, NY, and located at Harris Grove, where he engaged at his trade, which he continued to follow for three years, and then purchased an eight-acre farm, to which he added until he now has one hundred and eight acres, also a fourteen-acre tract adjoining Logan, where he resides. He removed to the last named place in the spring of 1882, and built his present house, which stands on one of the most elevated and charming building sited overlooking the Boyer Valley.

Mr. MILLIMAN was born in Saratoga County, NY, April 1, 1836. His father was Francis MILLIMAN, a native of the empire State, born April 9, 1809, and came West with his famly in 1865, locating at Harris Grove, and died in Logan, May 10, 1883. The mother of our subject, Emily (HUNT) MILLIMAN, was a native of New York, and died in Ballston Springs, NY, April 28, 1849. Our subject attended the district school, receiving a good business education. He was married February 22, 1867, to Mrs. Esther KNIGHT. Their children are as follows�Walter, Ada and Francis.

Our subject enlisted in the Union Army, December 25, 1861, as a member of Company D, Fourth New York Heavy Artillery, and served three years, during which time he was in the hospital sixteen months. He was honorably discharged December 25, 1864, at Washington, D.C.

Not unlike other members of the MILLIMAN family residing in Harrison County, this gentleman commands the respect and admiration of a large circle of acquaintances, both in a business and a social way.

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