Miller Family #2

Second Generation

2.  Nicholas Miller^2–3 (Ludwig-1) was born circa Aug 1749 in Pennsylvania.³ He died on 23 Jul 1833 at the age of 83 at Woodmansee Sugar Valley Cemetery, Maustown, Butler Co., OH in Liberty Twp., Butler, Ohio, United States.³ Nicholas Miller was the second son of Ludwig and Barbara [Grable] Miller. He was born in August of 1749 probably in SE Pennsylvania or near Antietam, MD. The family had settled in what was to become Fayette Co. about 1771.

Nicholas served as a private in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War according to his Grave Registration Card.. No record of his service has been located to date.

Nicholas been appearing in Luzerne and Manellen Township tax records from 1785 to 1789. Nicholas married Margaret Hostetler about 1786. He was residing in Manellen Twp. at the time of the 1790 census. Miller was renting 400 acres, a house and barn in German Twp. from Nicholas Fast in 1798.

Nicholas Miller recorded a deed for 110 acres in Manellen and Luzerne Twp. purchased from his brother, Samuel on 16 August 1803. He sold his land about 1814. The Millers were in Liberty Twp., Butler Co., OH by 1820 and as early as 1815.

Nicholas and Margaret had eight children: Lewis, Catherine, Sarah, Daniel, Ann, Mary, Israel and Eliza.

Nicholas died in Butler Co. om 23 July 1833 and was buried in the Woodmansee Sugar Valley Cemetery in Maustown, Butler Co., Ohio.  Margaret followed him in death on 18 July 1834.

Nicholas Miller and Margaret Hostetler^3–5 were married circa 1786 in Prob. Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, United States.² Margaret Hostetler^2,4, daughter of Nicholas Hostetler and Mary Magdalena Ulrich?, was born in Jan 1764 in Pennsylvania.⁴ She died on 18 Jul 1834 at the age of 70 in Butler Co., Ohio, United States.⁴ She was also known as Ellen Miller.² Margaret was buried at Woodmansee Sugar Valley Cemetery, Maustown, Butler, Ohio.⁴ Margaret was buried in the Woodmansee Sugar Valley Cemetery in Maustown, Butler Co., Ohio.

Nicholas Miller and Margaret Hostetler had the following children:

              3              i.   Lewis Miller, born 1788, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, United States; married Loraine Griffis, 1830, Butler Co., Ohio, United States; died ca 1865, Butler Co., Ohio, United States.

              4             ii.   Catherine Miller, born 30 Nov 1791, Pennsylvania; married Isaac Clark, 30 May 1815, Reily Twp., Butler, Ohio; died 7 Jan 1879, Hendricks Co., Indiana.

              5            iii.   Sarah Miller, born 7 Jun 1795, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, United States; married Benjamin Enyart, 7 Apr 1818, Butler Co., Ohio, United States; died 14 Feb 1883, Cass Co., Indiana, United States.

              6            iv.   Daniel Miller, born 2 Apr 1798, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, United States; married Ruth Collier, 25 Oct 1831, Butler Co., Ohio, United States; died 17 Aug 1870, Newtown, Fountain, Indiana, United States.

              7             v.   Ann Miller, born ca 1800, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, United States; married Israel Miley.

              8            vi.   Mary Miller, born ca 1800, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, United States; married Alexander Sickles, 16 Dec 1834, Butler Co., Ohio, United States.

              9           vii.   Israel Miller, born 1805, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, United States; married Mary Mahan.

           10          viii.   Eliza Miller, born 19 Nov 1806, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, United States; married Daniel Griffis, 21 Apr 1825, Butler Co., Ohio, United States; died 17 Sep 1894, Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States.

           11            ix.   Sally Ann Miller, married james wesley.

Sources:

        1. "Ludwig Miller Family Tree", database, WikiTree, WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Miller-39979 : accessed )"; submitted, [contact information for private use].

        2. Frank Clark, Catherine Miller - Hendricks Co., IN Message Board, Subject: Re: Obits, Listserve: Ancestry.com (21 March 2004, Original Date, 29 May 2000).

        3. Find A Grave, compiler, "Woodmansee Sugar Valley Cemetery, Maustown, Butler, OH," database, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42259348/nicholas-miller : accessed 14 January 2019), Nicholas Miller.

        4. Find A Grave, compiler, "Woodmansee Sugar Valley Cemetery, Maustown, Butler, OH," database, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42259700/margaret-miller : accessed 14 January 2019), B/D of Margaret Hostetler Miller.

        5. "Ludwig Miller Family Tree," database, WikiTree, "Nicholas Miller."