Because of the long connection of the Miller family with the pioneer development of Gem county, it will be interesting to know something more in detail about the worthy pioneer couple who settled here when much of the land in this section of the state was still unclaimed and uncultivated. Mr. Miller was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1844, and his wife, who was in her maidenhood Miss Ellen Amanda Patrick, was born in Elkhart county, Indiana. They were married in Missouri and came to Idaho about thirty-five years ago. They have since remained in the northwest and are now residing near Eugene, Oregon, both enjoying good health. Mrs. Miller was the daughter of Hiram and Eliza Ann Patrick and the latter lived to the notable old age of ninety-four years. Hiram Patrick was born in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1812, and his wife, whose family name prior to her marriage was Legore, was born in Washington county, Ohio, July 4, 1818. They were married in the latter county and had a family of eleven children, four sons and seven daughters, five of whom are yet living: Mrs. Teresa Stagner, who is the widow of John Stagner and is now seventy-eight years of age, living at Emmett; Joseph Patrick, who is a veteran of the Union army and resides in Missouri; Mrs. Ellen Amanda, Miller, of Landax, Oregon; and Mrs. Eliza Brown, the wife of Clint Brown, of Emmett, Idaho. It will thus be seen that the family has become well represented in the northwest and the Amen children are the representatives of the Miller family in the third generation to reside in Gem county.
Because of the long connection of the Miller family with the pioneer development of Gem county, it will be interesting to know something more in detail about the worthy pioneer couple who settled here when much of the land in this section of the state was still unclaimed and uncultivated. Mr. Miller was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1844, and his wife, who was in her maidenhood Miss Ellen Amanda Patrick, was born in Elkhart county, Indiana. They were married in Missouri and came to Idaho about thirty-five years ago. They have since remained in the northwest and are now residing near Eugene, Oregon, both enjoying good health. Mrs. Miller was the daughter of Hiram and Eliza Ann Patrick and the latter lived to the notable old age of ninety-four years. Hiram Patrick was born in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1812, and his wife, whose family name prior to her marriage was Legore, was born in Washington county, Ohio, July 4, 1818. They were married in the latter county and had a family of eleven children, four sons and seven daughters, five of whom are yet living: Mrs. Teresa Stagner, who is the widow of John Stagner and is now seventy-eight years of age, living at Emmett; Joseph Patrick, who is a veteran of the Union army and resides in Missouri; Mrs. Ellen Amanda, Miller, of Landax, Oregon; and Mrs. Eliza Brown, the wife of Clint Brown, of Emmett, Idaho. It will thus be seen that the family has become well represented in the northwest and the Amen children are the representatives of the Miller family in the third generation to reside in Gem county.
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