Rev. Obadiah H. Miller and Julia Ann Wilson

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Husband Rev. Obadiah H. Miller ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Jun 1822 - Murrysville, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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         Father: Joseph Miller (1783/1788-1862/1864) 1 4 5
         Mother: Mary Newlon (1799/1800-1880/1881) 6

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       Marriage: 1846 3

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Wife Julia Ann Wilson ³

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         Father: James Wilson (      -      ) 3
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1 F Annie W. Miller ³

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2 F Mary N. Miller ³

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3 M J. Kerwin Miller ³

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4 M J. Wilson Miller ³

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5 F Ruth P. Miller ³

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6 F Elizabeth B. Miller ³

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Obadiah H. Miller

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He was reared in the rural districts until seventeen years of age, in whose common schools he received his early education. After attending Jefferson college three years he graduated in 1843 from Washington college. Entering the Western Theological seminary the same year he graduated therefrom in 1846 and was in that year licensed to preach. The next year he was ordained and installed as pastor of the Fairfield church in Ligonier valley. In 1848 he became pastor of Lebanon Presbyterian church, Allegheny County, where he labored for ten years and then took charge of the Wapello church in Iowa. Two years later he returned to his native state, becoming pastor of the church at New Florence, Westmoreland County. In 1862 he was elected chaplain of the twelfth reg. Pa. V. R. C.; in 1864 became pastor of the Presbyterian church at West Newton, Pennsylvania, and four years later was appointed to a position in the State school department at Harrisburg by Gov. Geary, who in 1871 made him State Librarian. To this position he was reappointed in 1874 by Gov. Hartranft and in 1878 was chosen chaplain of the Allegheny County Work House, in which capacity he served more than five years, retiring on account of ill health. He then located on a small farm in Lower Burrell township and conducted at his own expense a sort of experimental fruit farm, being ambitious to have the largest and choicest collection of fruits in the county. Owing to outdoor exercise his health was entirely recovered, which was his original object in locating on the farm.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 682, 734.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 272.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 734.

4 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 362.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 271.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 682.