Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Samuel Miller and Priscilla Hurst




Husband Samuel Miller 1 2 3




           Born: 19 May 1803 1
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           Died: 5 Feb 1879 1
         Buried:  - Unity Church Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA


         Father: Isaac Miller (      -1805) 1
         Mother: Sarah Grier (Abt 1779-1866) 1


       Marriage: 29 Dec 1831 4

• Note: This may be the same person as : Samuel Miller.




Wife Priscilla Hurst 2 3 4

           Born: Abt 1810
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           Died: 16 Nov 1862 4
         Buried:  - Unity Church Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA


         Father: James Hurst (      -      ) 5 6 7
         Mother: Sarah Blackstone (      -      ) 5 6




Children
1 F Sarah Miller 4

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           Died: Bef 1882
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         Spouse: [Unk] Nelson (      -      ) 4


2 F Martha Miller 4

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3 F Lydia Miller 4

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         Spouse: [Unk] Baldridge (      -      ) 4


4 F Rosanna Miller 4

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5 F Harriet Miller 4

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         Spouse: [Unk] Thompson (      -      ) 4


6 F Frances Miller 4

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         Spouse: [Unk] McKee (      -      ) 4


7 F Priscilla Miller 4

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8 F Anna Miller 4

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9 F Celia Miller 4

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         Spouse: [Unk] Boyle (      -      ) 4


10 M Samuel H. Miller 4

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11 M [Unk] Miller 4

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12 F [Unk] Miller 4

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Miller


He passed his boyhood on the farm his father had owned, about a mile and a half east of Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. His father dying while he was a mere child left the care of the farm and its management to his widow and his two sons, Samuel and Isaac. These boys, growing strong, industrious, and judicious, soon took upon themselves the entire management, and proved adequate to their trust. In 1840 he removed to the Grier farm, and occupied it as its possessor until his death.

"The character of a man such as Samuel Miller is difficult to describe. It was only from intimacy that one could get to understand him. He united in a marked degree traits seemingly at variance with each other. His manners, his conservatism, his scrupulous honesty belonged to the generation of his boyhood, but his activity in behalf of all innovations which were calculated to improve mankind about him, either in morals, in intellect, or in worldly circumstances, were the marked characteristics of a later generation. He was never in a hurry, and he was never behind time; watched well his interests, and at the same time adequately compensated his tenants and his working-men; was economical, but not penurious. For a full generation, or from the time he came to manhood, he was one of the recognized leaders in his township in those things wherein a leader is required. His zeal for the success and prosperity of the common schools of his district in particular, and for the system in general, knew no abatement as long as he lived.
In early life he united with the Presbyterian Church at Greensburg, under the pastorate of the Rev. Robert Henry. Having settled within the bounds of the Unity congregation he united with that church, and in about a year afterwards was elected a ruling elder, which office he filled with great usefulness and acceptance till the time of his death."

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Sources


1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 640.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 162.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 382.

4 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 641.

5 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 786.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 140.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 381.


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