682HISTORY OF IOWA COUNTY.

CHAPTER IX.

PILOT TOWNSHIP.

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683PILOT TOWNSHIP.
EARLY SETTLERS.

The first settler in Pilot was Reuben Miller. He came from Illinois in the year 1845 and settled on section 8, English township. He was a native of Kentucky. He laid off the town of Millersburg in the year 1852, June 28. In the year 1854 he built a water mill on North English River, put in burs and ground corn. The mill was just over the line in English township, but he had built a house and lived in what is now Pilot. He subsequently removed to the western part of the State, where he still lives. Reuben Miller was fond of the hunt, he killed deer by the score, he chased bears and trapped large game and took many otters and minks. He was a whole-souled, good-natured honest man. One of his sons, Martin, accidentally shot himself through the head while preparing his gun for a hunt, on Christmas morning in the year 1862. Hezekiah, another son, died about fifteen years ago.

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687PILOT TOWNSHIP.
BIOGRAHICAL.

 

689PILOT TOWNSHIP.

 

Index

SEPTER, PAUL—Blacksmith, Sec. 15, P. O. West Pilot. Was born October 28, 1850, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and when he was six years of age he came with his parents to this State (Iowa) and settled in Davenport, and remained there one year. In 1866 he came to his present location and is 1875 he engaged in his present line of business and is securing a large patronage. He was married in 1877 to Miss Annie Hibl, and by this union they have two children: William H. and Annie M. He owns a farm of 40 acres.