Mrs. Jane (TARDY) HAGANS of Manchester, Kansas, granddaughter of Henry and Catherine MILLER, paid them the following tribute:

My mother died before I was quite four years old; and I was at the home of my grandparents, very often, for several weeks at a time, until we came to Iowa, when I was thirteen-years-old. My recollections of them and their dear old Virginia home, are very pleasant.

Grandfather was an elder in the Broad Creek Associate Reformed Church and the precepts of the Bible, formed the rule of his daily life. Hypocrisy or sham of any kind, he could not tolerate. He was a man of strong convictions and held to that which he believed to be right. Industry, honesty and all that was good and true were shown forth in their home life.

After grandfater was seventy years of age he said that he could settle up his estate better than an administrator. He sold their home for $7,000.00, their farming implements, stock and household furniture; paid all indebtedness and came to Iowa, with their children to what was then a new and sparsely settled country.

It must have grieved them to leave their dear old home in Virginia where they had lived and labored for so many years. But I never heard a murmur of complaint, in reference to what they had left behind.

Nathan MILLER, came by wagon to Iowa in 1855; James and Robert in 1857. With William and a son-in-law, Reid BURKES and their youngest son Thompson MILLER, Henry and Catharine MILLER who were in their 70's came to Ringgold County, Iowa in 1859.

They were taken to their Heavenly home in tranquil peacefulness as became their lives of devotion to their Saviour.

I shall ever hold their memory in loving remembrance.

The Millers settled in Ringgold County, Iowa on beautiful, rich, rolling prairie, with timber along the streams. They have prospered abundantly; have become a most numerous family connection, including grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren of Henry and Catharine (MONTGOMERY) MILLER. Henry was born January 25, 1786, Rockbridge County, Virginia. His first wife was Nancy JACKSON. He married his 2nd wife Catherine "Kitty" MONTGOMERY on February 15, 1816, and they had 12 children all born in Rockbridge County, Virginia. They raised their children in the Broad Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.

Cathereine "Kitty" (MONTGOMERY) MILLER was born August 22, 1792, Rockbridge County, Virginia, the daughter of Robert MONTGOMERY (1768-1827) and Martha Howell (CRAWFORD) MONTGOMERY (1763-1837).

Henry died at the age of 78 of pneuomonia, March 25, 1865. Catherine at the age of 72 had a stroke, dying on May 18, 1864. They were buried at Middlefork Church Cemetery one mile southeast of Redding, Ringgold County, Iowa.

Henry and Catherine's children, all born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, were:

1. Elizabeth Lackey MILLER, b. 20 Oct 1816; d. 17 Jul 1848, Rockbridge Co. VA, aged 32y
    married 08 Jun 1844 Alexander TARDY

2. Robert Montgomery MILLER, b. 01 Feb 1818; d. 26 Oct 1897, Redding IA, aged 79y
    married 26 Apr 1844, Rockbridge Co. VA Elizabeth ANDERSON (1821-1916)

3. Martha Catherine MILLER, b. 01 Aug 1819; d. 06 Jun 1905, Johnson Co. MO, aged 85y
    married 04 Dec 1845, Rockbridge Co. VA John Graham WALLACE (1817-1888)

4. William Montgomery MILLER, b. 21 Feb 1821; d. 09 Aug 1892, Redding IA, aged 79y
    married 1st 26 Aug 1846, Rockbridge Co. VA Elizabeth McHENRY (? -1848)
    married 2nd 13 Mar 1855, Rockbridge Co. VA Mary Jane KNIGHT (1834-1904)

5. Nancy Jane Agnes MILLER, b. 05 Dec 1822; d. 06 Jun 1896, Ohio, aged 73y
    married 24 Mar 1852 James McHENRY (1818-1882)

6. Nathan Neal MILLER, b. 17 Sep 1824; d. 01 Sep 1895, Ringgold Co. IA, aged 70y
    married 09 Dec 1846, Rockbridge Co. VA Sarah Margaret SHAFFER (1831-1914)

7. James Alexander MILLER, b. 04 Sep 1826; d. 02 Dec 1902, Redding IA, aged 76y
    married 04 Oct 1849, Rockbridge Co. VA Susan Elizabeth MACKEY (1829-1906)

8. John Addison MILLER, b. 28 Apr 1829; K.I.A. 29 Dec 1862, Chicksaw Bayou MS, aged 33
    enlisted 07 Apr 1861 with Co. G 4th IA Infantry, K.I.A. during Siege of Vicksburg
    married 28 Aug 1851, Rockbridge Co. VA Mary Malinda (LEECH) MILLER BURKE (1833-1904)

9. Janetta MILLER, b. 08 Sep 1831; d. 09 Dec 1865, Lucas Co. IA, aged 34y
    married 1854, Ringgold Co. IA Hezekiah Reed BURKE (1829-1869)

10. Henry Clay MILLER, b. 17 Nov 1833; d. 1835, Broad Creek Church Cem., Rockbridge Co. VA

11. Horatio Thompson MILLER, 06 Mar 1836; d. 19 Feb 1924, Redding IA, aged 87y
      married 24 Mar 1859, Rockbridge Co. VA Elizabeth Jane ZOLLMAN (1838-1926)

SOURCE: Rockbridge County, Virginia Heritage book

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2010