Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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Henry Nesbitt Miller and Francis C. "Fannie" Nesbitt




Husband Henry Nesbitt Miller 1 2

           Born: 6 Feb 1835 - Young Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2
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         Father: Michael Miller (1806-Aft 1891) 2 3
         Mother: Christena Burns (1805-      ) 3


       Marriage: 2 Apr 1861 4



Wife Francis C. "Fannie" Nesbitt 1 4

           Born: 1836 5
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         Father: Nathaniel Nesbitt (1792-Aft 1880) 5
         Mother: Sarah Nesbitt (1796-Aft 1880) 5




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1 M Martin E. Miller 4

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2 M Thomas G. Miller 4

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3 M Wilbert H. Miller 4

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4 F Jessie E. Miller 4

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Nesbitt Miller


He was reared in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and received his education in the public schools and Jacksonville academy, which he attended during four summer terms between 1850 and 1860. He commenced life for himself as a teacher in the common schools of Indiana County, in which he taught eleven terms. In April, 1863, he engaged as a laborer on the Pennsylvania railroad, at Blairsville, but was soon promoted to track foreman, and had charge of a work-train for over five years. On March 1, 1874, he was appointed as a supervisor of the road, and stationed at Freeport. In 1887, 1888 and in 1890 he built twenty-two miles of the second track on the West Penn. R. R. east of Allegheny city, in connection with his regular duties as supervisor.
He was a republican in politics, and a member of the United Presbyterian church of Freeport, in which he served for several years as an elder. He dealt, to some extent, in real estate, and owned a good farm in Conemaugh township. He served as a councilman of his borough, and was a member of the school board.

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Sources


1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 435, 439.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 470.

3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 439.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 471.

5 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 435.


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