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Andrew MILLER

Andrew MILLER

Male 1824 - 1888  (64 years)

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  • Name Andrew MILLER 
    Born 2 Jun 1824  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 66y 1d in death record would put birth date at Jul 20 1822. But age 44 in 1870 Census puts it in about 1826, while age 26 in 1850 and age 56 in 1880 puts it in about 1824. Age at death on headstone puts birth date at Jun 2 1824.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 1 Feb 1862 to 8 May 1865  [3] 
    Pvt, Wagoner, Co H, 10th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 
    • The entry pertaining to Andrew Miller in "Union and Confederate Soldiers and Sympathizers of Barbour County, West Virginia," p. 71, is quoted here in its entirety:

      "MILLER, Andrew. Enl. Co H, 10th W.Va. Inf. 5-8-62; disch. 5-7-65. Tenant; $0/50; b. Barbour 1824; Methodist Episcopal Church; married Rebecca Nutter 1845; moved to Doddridge Co., W.Va. after war, then Ritchie Co., W.Va. where d. 1888; widow listed Union veterans 1890. Son of Martin and Margaret (Lochrea) Miller; grandson of John & Janet Miller, settled Barbour from South Branch 1780's."

      (Note: Andrew Miller's wife, Rebecca Nutter Miller, filed for a widow's pension on Aug 4 1888, two weeks after his death. She participated in the June 1890 Special Veterans Schedule on behalf of her deceased husband. Andrew Miller's service dates were reported there as Feb 1 1862 to May 21 1865, at variance from the dates reported above.)
    Census 1870  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 4] 
    Died 21 Jul 1888  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Buried Oxford Baptist Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I33194  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 May 2020 

    Father Martin MILLER 
    Mother Margaret LOCHREA 
    Family ID F38868  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca NUTTER,   b. 3 Jul 1823,   d. 18 Aug 1898  (Age 75 years)  [8, 9] 
    Married 17 Jul 1845  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
    +1. James William MILLER,   b. Mar 1848, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Phoebe Jane MILLER,   b. Apr 1850, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. George Engle S. A. H. MILLER,   b. Dec 1852, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1936, Chatham Co, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years)
     4. Nathan MILLER,   b. 3 Dec 1853,   d. 16 Dec 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
    +5. Delila A. MILLER,   b. 10 Mar 1855, Upshur Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1900  (Age 45 years)
    +6. Flora A. MILLER,   b. Apr 1858, Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. Mary Catherine MILLER,   b. Aug 1860, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1910  (Age ~ 49 years)
    +8. Hannah Rebecca "Annie" MILLER,   b. CA 1862
    +9. Hiram A. "Bud" MILLER,   b. Feb 1867, Barbour Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1965, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 98 years)
    Family ID F12942  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S2193] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central Twp).

    2. [S2191] 1850 Census, Barbour County, (W)VA.

    3. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S2204] 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).

    5. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 10 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5047533&Type=Death.
      Identified as Andrew Miller, white male, married, farmer; died Jul 21 1888 in Southwest District, age 66 yr 1 da, cause of death chronic diarrhea and resulting disease of rectum, complicated by abscess on liver and kidney disease. Buried at Southfork, Doddridge County. Undertaker: Joshua Adams, Southwest District. Reporting physician: Dr. White, Cabin Run. (Note: Although his burial location is reported here as Southfork Cemetery, there is a marker for him at the nearby Oxford Baptist Cemetery. That marker, however, is inscribed with the phrase "In memory of," often used when the remains are actually buried elsewhere. Age at death on headstone is 64y 1m 19d, which calculates to a birth date of Jun 2 1824. Identified here as an undertaker, Joshua Adams' primary occupation was carpenter.)

    6. [S5] Headstone.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    9. [S1604] Death record of son.

    10. [S1877] Barbour County WV Marriages 1843-1892, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Apr 1986)).