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Source:
A Standard History of
THE HANGING ROCK IRON REGION OF
OHIO
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with the Extended
Survey of the Industrial and Commercial Development
Vol. II
ILLUSTRATED
Publishers - The Lewis Publishing Company
1916
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SAMUEL
G. MILLER. There are many reasons why this sterling
citizen of Scioto County should be accorded special recognition in
this publication. He personally represented his native state
as a valiant soldier of the Union in the Civil war and he has been a
successful farmer and honored citizen of Scioto County for many
years, his homestead farm being in Clay Township, near the City of
Portsmouth, where he is now living virtually retired. He came
with his parents to this county when a child and here he has resided
during the long intervening period of nearly seventy years—years
marked by earnest and fruitful endeavor on his part. Further
than this, he is a representative of families that were founded in
Ohio more than a century ago, before the admission of the state to
the union, and thus his personal and ancestral history becomes one
of consecutive identification with the development and progress of
this favored commonwealth.
Mr. Miller was born in Columbiana County, Ohio,
on the 24th of January, 1841, and is a son of Samuel and Emma (Peekham)
Miller, both likewise natives of that county, where the former
was born in 1803 and the latter in 1801. The parents were
reared and educated under the pioneer conditions in their native
county and there their marriage was solemnized. In 1846 they
removed to Scioto County, where the father developed an excellent
farm and became a citizen of worth and influence, both he and his
wife continuing their residence on their homestead farm until their
death. Of their six children the subject of this review is the
elder of the two now living, and Phoebe A. is the wife of
John C. McNulty, of South Webster, Scioto County.
Samuel G. Miller was five years old at the time
of the family removal to Scioto County, and he was reared to
maturity on the old homestead farm, in Jefferson Township, in the
meanwhile availing himself of the advantages of the common schools
of the locality and period. He continued to be actively
identified with agricultural operations until the outbreak of the
Civil war, when he did not long delay response to the call of
patriotism, as shown by the fact that, in July, 1862, he enlisted as
a private in Company C, Ninety-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which
was assigned to the Eighth Army Corps. After a short period of
service the regiment was transferred to the Department of West
Virginia, and with his command Mr. Miller continued in
active service until the close of the war. He endured his full
share of hardships and perils and took part in numerous engagements,
among which may be mentioned the following: Cloyd's Mountain
(or Farm), Martinsburg, New River, Halltown, Stephenson's Depot,
Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. Mr.
Miller was never wounded or captured, and continued with his
regiment until the close of the war. He was mustered out in
June, 1865, and duly received his honorable discharge, after a
record that will ever give honor to his name. His continued
interest in his old comrades in arms is manifested through his
affiliation with Bailey Post, No. 164, Grand Army of the Republic,
in the City of Portsmouth.
After the close of the war Mr. Miller
returned to Scioto County, and here he has continued to be
identified with agricultural pursuits during the long intervening
years. In politics Mr. Miller has never wavered
in his allegiance to the republican party and in earlier years he
was an active worker in its local ranks, besides which he was called
upon to serve in various minor offices in his township, including
that of township assessor. His life has been guided and governed by
the highest principles of rectitude and honor and he has not been
denied the fullest measure of popular confidence and esteem.
For the past eight years he has served as superintendent of the
Sunday School of Valley Chapel, of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and for seven years he has held also the position of class leader in
this church, of which both he and his wife were devoted and valued
members.
On the 22d of November, 1866, was solemnized the
marriage of Mr. Miller to Miss Margaret J. Meek,
who was born in Iowa but who was reared and educated in Carroll
County, Ohio. Of the children of this union three are now
living: Charles B., who was born Feb. 8, 1868, wedded Miss
Margaret Dall and they reside on a farm near
Wheelersburg. Scioto County; Edward G., who was born Sept.
20, 1878, and who is a successful farmer of Clay Township, Scioto
County, married Miss Elizabeth Bobst; and Mary, who
was born Mar. 7, 1884, is wife of Orville Gable,
likewise a farmer of Scioto County. There are also eight
grandchildren. Mrs. Miller died Mar. 2, 1910,
and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth.
Source: A Standard History of The Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio,
Vol. II - Illustrated - Published by The Lewis Publishing Company,
1916 - Page 937 |
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