Miller, Robert Albert-PopCorn Bob
Company K, 25th Missouri Infantry.
b. 08-04-1835 in Licking County, Ohio,
Entered Service 11-13-1862 From Clarinda, Iowa,
Discharged 07-22-1865 in Louisville, Kentucky,
d. 12-20-1916 in Clarinda, Iowa. Age 81
His Children Lewis Elmer,George E., Charles A.,Robert Frank, all Miller's.
Funeral services for Robert A. Miller, who died in Clarinda, Sunday, Dec. 17, 1916, at the home of his son, R. F. Miller, on Fourteenth street and Lincoln avenue, were held yesterday afternoon from the Clarinda Christian church, at 3 o'clock p.m., conducted by the Rev. R. C. Snodgrass, pastor of that church.
Following his sermon, "Warren post, No. 11, G. A. R., of which the deceased was a member, conducted ritualistic exercises. Six members of Warren post acted as honorary pallbearers.
Interment was in the Clarinda Cemetery.
Robert A. Miller was born in Licking county, Ohio, August 4, 1835, and at the time of his death he was 81 years 4 months and 12 days of age.
Before the Civil war he came to Page county, where he enlisted from Hawleyville in Company K of the Twenty-fifth Missouri Volunteer infantry. He was transferred to the First Missouri engineers, serving four years in the Union army. After the war he returned to Ohio.
From Ohio he moved to Illinois in 1869, and in the following year, 1870, moved to Page county, in which he made his home from that time until his death.
For many years he conducted a truck farm in East River township, about three and one-half miles southeast of Clarinda. He was at one time head gardner at the Clarinda State Hospital.
In 1897 he moved into Clarinda and made it his home until the time of his death. During part of his residence in Clarinda he kept a restaurant at Ninth and Garfield streets.
He was married on April 3, 1869, at Utica, Ohio, to Sarah E. Sanderson, who, with three sons, survives him. The sons are L. E. Miller of Grant City, Mo.; C. A. Miller of Glenn Falls, Idaho; and R. F. Miller of Clarinda, Iowa; L. E. Miller arrived in Clarinda, Sunday, and C. A. Miller came yesterday, so that all the children were present for the funeral.
The only other near relative surviving is a half-sister, Mrs. William Galer, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Mr. Miller had been ill since last August, and during all that time his wife, who is 79 years of age, was most faithful and devoted in her care of him.
CLARINDA JOURNAL, Clarinda, Iowa, Dec 21, 1916
Robert A. Miller was born in Licking county, Ohio, Aug. 4th, 1835, where he lived until a few years before the outbreak of the Civil War, when he came to Page county, Iowa.
He enlisted from Page county in Company K. 25th Missouri Infantry, being transferred to the First Engineer Corps, serving from 1861 until 1864, when he was mustered out of the service.
From the war he returned to Ohio, where he resided until the latter part of the sixties, during which time he was married in 1866 to Sarah J. Sanderson at Utica, Licking county, Ohio, and about a year afterward went to Sullivan, Moultrie county, Illinois.
In 1870, forty-six years ago, he came to Page county for the second time, and has been a continuous resident here until the time of his death, at 2:30 a. m., December 17th, 1916, at his home in Clarinda.
The wife and three sons comprise the immediate family surviving. The sons are L. E. Miller of Grant City. Mo., C. A. Miller of Glenn's Ferry, Idaho, and R. F. Miller now residing in Clarinda.
It may be said of the helpmate who is left that she has been a most devoted nurse in the last few months, when a nurse and helpmate has been most needed.
A half-sister, Mrs. William Galer, living in Los Angeles, California, survives the deceased.
The services were held from the Christian church in Clarinda at 3 o'clock P. M., Wednesday, December 20th, conducted by Rev. R. C. Snodgrass. The members of Warren Post G. A. R. assisted in the services. Interment took place in Clarinda cemetery.
At the funeral services Wednesday afternoon the honorary pallbearers were J. N. ???, Henry Loranz, J. D. Jones, Beech ??? and George Fisher. Those who acted as pallbearers were Bud Akin, Chas. Ferris, Lloyd Lines, Clarence Johnson and William McKinnon. CLARINDA HERALD, Clarinda, Iowa, Dec 21, 1916
Company K, 25th Missouri Infantry.
b. 08-04-1835 in Licking County, Ohio,
Entered Service 11-13-1862 From Clarinda, Iowa,
Discharged 07-22-1865 in Louisville, Kentucky,
d. 12-20-1916 in Clarinda, Iowa. Age 81
His Children Lewis Elmer,George E., Charles A.,Robert Frank, all Miller's.
Funeral services for Robert A. Miller, who died in Clarinda, Sunday, Dec. 17, 1916, at the home of his son, R. F. Miller, on Fourteenth street and Lincoln avenue, were held yesterday afternoon from the Clarinda Christian church, at 3 o'clock p.m., conducted by the Rev. R. C. Snodgrass, pastor of that church.
Following his sermon, "Warren post, No. 11, G. A. R., of which the deceased was a member, conducted ritualistic exercises. Six members of Warren post acted as honorary pallbearers.
Interment was in the Clarinda Cemetery.
Robert A. Miller was born in Licking county, Ohio, August 4, 1835, and at the time of his death he was 81 years 4 months and 12 days of age.
Before the Civil war he came to Page county, where he enlisted from Hawleyville in Company K of the Twenty-fifth Missouri Volunteer infantry. He was transferred to the First Missouri engineers, serving four years in the Union army. After the war he returned to Ohio.
From Ohio he moved to Illinois in 1869, and in the following year, 1870, moved to Page county, in which he made his home from that time until his death.
For many years he conducted a truck farm in East River township, about three and one-half miles southeast of Clarinda. He was at one time head gardner at the Clarinda State Hospital.
In 1897 he moved into Clarinda and made it his home until the time of his death. During part of his residence in Clarinda he kept a restaurant at Ninth and Garfield streets.
He was married on April 3, 1869, at Utica, Ohio, to Sarah E. Sanderson, who, with three sons, survives him. The sons are L. E. Miller of Grant City, Mo.; C. A. Miller of Glenn Falls, Idaho; and R. F. Miller of Clarinda, Iowa; L. E. Miller arrived in Clarinda, Sunday, and C. A. Miller came yesterday, so that all the children were present for the funeral.
The only other near relative surviving is a half-sister, Mrs. William Galer, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Mr. Miller had been ill since last August, and during all that time his wife, who is 79 years of age, was most faithful and devoted in her care of him.
CLARINDA JOURNAL, Clarinda, Iowa, Dec 21, 1916
Robert A. Miller was born in Licking county, Ohio, Aug. 4th, 1835, where he lived until a few years before the outbreak of the Civil War, when he came to Page county, Iowa.
He enlisted from Page county in Company K. 25th Missouri Infantry, being transferred to the First Engineer Corps, serving from 1861 until 1864, when he was mustered out of the service.
From the war he returned to Ohio, where he resided until the latter part of the sixties, during which time he was married in 1866 to Sarah J. Sanderson at Utica, Licking county, Ohio, and about a year afterward went to Sullivan, Moultrie county, Illinois.
In 1870, forty-six years ago, he came to Page county for the second time, and has been a continuous resident here until the time of his death, at 2:30 a. m., December 17th, 1916, at his home in Clarinda.
The wife and three sons comprise the immediate family surviving. The sons are L. E. Miller of Grant City. Mo., C. A. Miller of Glenn's Ferry, Idaho, and R. F. Miller now residing in Clarinda.
It may be said of the helpmate who is left that she has been a most devoted nurse in the last few months, when a nurse and helpmate has been most needed.
A half-sister, Mrs. William Galer, living in Los Angeles, California, survives the deceased.
The services were held from the Christian church in Clarinda at 3 o'clock P. M., Wednesday, December 20th, conducted by Rev. R. C. Snodgrass. The members of Warren Post G. A. R. assisted in the services. Interment took place in Clarinda cemetery.
At the funeral services Wednesday afternoon the honorary pallbearers were J. N. ???, Henry Loranz, J. D. Jones, Beech ??? and George Fisher. Those who acted as pallbearers were Bud Akin, Chas. Ferris, Lloyd Lines, Clarence Johnson and William McKinnon. CLARINDA HERALD, Clarinda, Iowa, Dec 21, 1916
Miller, Robert Albert-PopCorn Bob
Company K, 25th Missouri Infantry.
b. 08-04-1835 in Licking County, Ohio,
Entered Service 11-13-1862 From Clarinda, Iowa,
Discharged 07-22-1865 in Louisville, Kentucky,
d. 12-20-1916 in Clarinda, Iowa. Age 81
His Children Lewis Elmer,George E., Charles A.,Robert Frank, all Miller's.
Funeral services for Robert A. Miller, who died in Clarinda, Sunday, Dec. 17, 1916, at the home of his son, R. F. Miller, on Fourteenth street and Lincoln avenue, were held yesterday afternoon from the Clarinda Christian church, at 3 o'clock p.m., conducted by the Rev. R. C. Snodgrass, pastor of that church.
Following his sermon, "Warren post, No. 11, G. A. R., of which the deceased was a member, conducted ritualistic exercises. Six members of Warren post acted as honorary pallbearers.
Interment was in the Clarinda Cemetery.
Robert A. Miller was born in Licking county, Ohio, August 4, 1835, and at the time of his death he was 81 years 4 months and 12 days of age.
Before the Civil war he came to Page county, where he enlisted from Hawleyville in Company K of the Twenty-fifth Missouri Volunteer infantry. He was transferred to the First Missouri engineers, serving four years in the Union army. After the war he returned to Ohio.
From Ohio he moved to Illinois in 1869, and in the following year, 1870, moved to Page county, in which he made his home from that time until his death.
For many years he conducted a truck farm in East River township, about three and one-half miles southeast of Clarinda. He was at one time head gardner at the Clarinda State Hospital.
In 1897 he moved into Clarinda and made it his home until the time of his death. During part of his residence in Clarinda he kept a restaurant at Ninth and Garfield streets.
He was married on April 3, 1869, at Utica, Ohio, to Sarah E. Sanderson, who, with three sons, survives him. The sons are L. E. Miller of Grant City, Mo.; C. A. Miller of Glenn Falls, Idaho; and R. F. Miller of Clarinda, Iowa; L. E. Miller arrived in Clarinda, Sunday, and C. A. Miller came yesterday, so that all the children were present for the funeral.
The only other near relative surviving is a half-sister, Mrs. William Galer, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Mr. Miller had been ill since last August, and during all that time his wife, who is 79 years of age, was most faithful and devoted in her care of him.
CLARINDA JOURNAL, Clarinda, Iowa, Dec 21, 1916
Robert A. Miller was born in Licking county, Ohio, Aug. 4th, 1835, where he lived until a few years before the outbreak of the Civil War, when he came to Page county, Iowa.
He enlisted from Page county in Company K. 25th Missouri Infantry, being transferred to the First Engineer Corps, serving from 1861 until 1864, when he was mustered out of the service.
From the war he returned to Ohio, where he resided until the latter part of the sixties, during which time he was married in 1866 to Sarah J. Sanderson at Utica, Licking county, Ohio, and about a year afterward went to Sullivan, Moultrie county, Illinois.
In 1870, forty-six years ago, he came to Page county for the second time, and has been a continuous resident here until the time of his death, at 2:30 a. m., December 17th, 1916, at his home in Clarinda.
The wife and three sons comprise the immediate family surviving. The sons are L. E. Miller of Grant City. Mo., C. A. Miller of Glenn's Ferry, Idaho, and R. F. Miller now residing in Clarinda.
It may be said of the helpmate who is left that she has been a most devoted nurse in the last few months, when a nurse and helpmate has been most needed.
A half-sister, Mrs. William Galer, living in Los Angeles, California, survives the deceased.
The services were held from the Christian church in Clarinda at 3 o'clock P. M., Wednesday, December 20th, conducted by Rev. R. C. Snodgrass. The members of Warren Post G. A. R. assisted in the services. Interment took place in Clarinda cemetery.
At the funeral services Wednesday afternoon the honorary pallbearers were J. N. ???, Henry Loranz, J. D. Jones, Beech ??? and George Fisher. Those who acted as pallbearers were Bud Akin, Chas. Ferris, Lloyd Lines, Clarence Johnson and William McKinnon. CLARINDA HERALD, Clarinda, Iowa, Dec 21, 1916
Company K, 25th Missouri Infantry.
b. 08-04-1835 in Licking County, Ohio,
Entered Service 11-13-1862 From Clarinda, Iowa,
Discharged 07-22-1865 in Louisville, Kentucky,
d. 12-20-1916 in Clarinda, Iowa. Age 81
His Children Lewis Elmer,George E., Charles A.,Robert Frank, all Miller's.
Funeral services for Robert A. Miller, who died in Clarinda, Sunday, Dec. 17, 1916, at the home of his son, R. F. Miller, on Fourteenth street and Lincoln avenue, were held yesterday afternoon from the Clarinda Christian church, at 3 o'clock p.m., conducted by the Rev. R. C. Snodgrass, pastor of that church.
Following his sermon, "Warren post, No. 11, G. A. R., of which the deceased was a member, conducted ritualistic exercises. Six members of Warren post acted as honorary pallbearers.
Interment was in the Clarinda Cemetery.
Robert A. Miller was born in Licking county, Ohio, August 4, 1835, and at the time of his death he was 81 years 4 months and 12 days of age.
Before the Civil war he came to Page county, where he enlisted from Hawleyville in Company K of the Twenty-fifth Missouri Volunteer infantry. He was transferred to the First Missouri engineers, serving four years in the Union army. After the war he returned to Ohio.
From Ohio he moved to Illinois in 1869, and in the following year, 1870, moved to Page county, in which he made his home from that time until his death.
For many years he conducted a truck farm in East River township, about three and one-half miles southeast of Clarinda. He was at one time head gardner at the Clarinda State Hospital.
In 1897 he moved into Clarinda and made it his home until the time of his death. During part of his residence in Clarinda he kept a restaurant at Ninth and Garfield streets.
He was married on April 3, 1869, at Utica, Ohio, to Sarah E. Sanderson, who, with three sons, survives him. The sons are L. E. Miller of Grant City, Mo.; C. A. Miller of Glenn Falls, Idaho; and R. F. Miller of Clarinda, Iowa; L. E. Miller arrived in Clarinda, Sunday, and C. A. Miller came yesterday, so that all the children were present for the funeral.
The only other near relative surviving is a half-sister, Mrs. William Galer, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Mr. Miller had been ill since last August, and during all that time his wife, who is 79 years of age, was most faithful and devoted in her care of him.
CLARINDA JOURNAL, Clarinda, Iowa, Dec 21, 1916
Robert A. Miller was born in Licking county, Ohio, Aug. 4th, 1835, where he lived until a few years before the outbreak of the Civil War, when he came to Page county, Iowa.
He enlisted from Page county in Company K. 25th Missouri Infantry, being transferred to the First Engineer Corps, serving from 1861 until 1864, when he was mustered out of the service.
From the war he returned to Ohio, where he resided until the latter part of the sixties, during which time he was married in 1866 to Sarah J. Sanderson at Utica, Licking county, Ohio, and about a year afterward went to Sullivan, Moultrie county, Illinois.
In 1870, forty-six years ago, he came to Page county for the second time, and has been a continuous resident here until the time of his death, at 2:30 a. m., December 17th, 1916, at his home in Clarinda.
The wife and three sons comprise the immediate family surviving. The sons are L. E. Miller of Grant City. Mo., C. A. Miller of Glenn's Ferry, Idaho, and R. F. Miller now residing in Clarinda.
It may be said of the helpmate who is left that she has been a most devoted nurse in the last few months, when a nurse and helpmate has been most needed.
A half-sister, Mrs. William Galer, living in Los Angeles, California, survives the deceased.
The services were held from the Christian church in Clarinda at 3 o'clock P. M., Wednesday, December 20th, conducted by Rev. R. C. Snodgrass. The members of Warren Post G. A. R. assisted in the services. Interment took place in Clarinda cemetery.
At the funeral services Wednesday afternoon the honorary pallbearers were J. N. ???, Henry Loranz, J. D. Jones, Beech ??? and George Fisher. Those who acted as pallbearers were Bud Akin, Chas. Ferris, Lloyd Lines, Clarence Johnson and William McKinnon. CLARINDA HERALD, Clarinda, Iowa, Dec 21, 1916
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