This Miller family originates from Scotland. In Scotland, Miller is most commonly spelled Millar with an a. It is also spelled Myler, Mylar, Mylaire and a variety of other ways.
The Gaelic Millar family is a sept -- a branch -- of the proud MacFarlane clan, claiming rights to its heritage, motto and crest. The MacFarlane clan lived in the lower part of Scotland's Highlands by its western coast, surrounded by the clans of MacAulay, Campbell, MacGregor, MacNaughton, Stewart, Buchanan, MacNab and Colquhoun.
It's speculated that William 'Will' H. Miller was a grandson of John David Miller and Elinor (Highfield) Miller. Will's father may have been William Miller from the Highfield family in Mason County. Will's mother may have been Frances Emelia Triplett.
A William Miller and Frances Triplett married in 1818 in Mason Co., KY. At least two of Frances's siblings lived in Mason County, Kentucky then: William Triplett and Ann Triplett Hord; two more siblings lived near Mason County. In 1790 Benedite and husband Lawrence Triplett moved to Fleming County next to Mason County. In 1790 Elizabeth 'Betsy" and husband Thomas Triplett moved to Bourbon County, next to Fleming County.
Their father's 1794 Will bequeathed them thousands of acres in Mason County and Bourbon County, KY, and Virginia. (from William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 21, publ. July 1912; online)
This Miller family was living in and very close to Lewisburg, Mason County, Kentucky at the time William H. 'Will' was born around 1823.
Other evidence of the identities of William H. Miller's ancestors: His wife Nancy's maternal grandfather, Notley Duvall, married the widow Sarah (Highfield) Belt. Sarah's sister, Mary (Highfield) Miller, married John David Miller's brother Robert H. Miller.
Tripletts and Duvalls are buried in Lewisburg Church Cemetery in Lewisburg, Mason Co., Kentucky.
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In 1870 William H. Miller was a blacksmith living with his wife Nancy M. and their children in Lewisburg, Mason Co., Kentucky. In 1880 Nancy is widowed, living in Newport, KY, with her children at the end of Central Avenue, right next to the Ohio River. She is also listed in the 1880 Cincinnati City Directory.
In a 1990 phone conversation between Jill S. (Gasdorf) Topper and Frank W. Gasdorf, Frank told her that William died in an Ohio River flood. Research confirms the Ohio River caused serious flood damage in 1878. In the 1880 census their residence in Newport was at the end of a street that dead-ended at the Ohio River. More research is needed.
William's and Nancy's children were Richard T., Susan, Katherine, Estella, Mary, Lauretta F. (F. for Frances?) and Nancy M. Mary isn't with the family in the 1880 census. She probably died between 1870 and 1880, possibly in the same Ohio River flood her father is speculated to have died in.
Sources for more on this Miller family are Kentucky's Gateway Museum in Mason Co., Kentucky, the library in Newport, Campbell Co., Kentucky, Cincinnati's library and Platte City Cemetery in Platte Co., Missouri.
The Gaelic Millar family is a sept -- a branch -- of the proud MacFarlane clan, claiming rights to its heritage, motto and crest. The MacFarlane clan lived in the lower part of Scotland's Highlands by its western coast, surrounded by the clans of MacAulay, Campbell, MacGregor, MacNaughton, Stewart, Buchanan, MacNab and Colquhoun.
It's speculated that William 'Will' H. Miller was a grandson of John David Miller and Elinor (Highfield) Miller. Will's father may have been William Miller from the Highfield family in Mason County. Will's mother may have been Frances Emelia Triplett.
A William Miller and Frances Triplett married in 1818 in Mason Co., KY. At least two of Frances's siblings lived in Mason County, Kentucky then: William Triplett and Ann Triplett Hord; two more siblings lived near Mason County. In 1790 Benedite and husband Lawrence Triplett moved to Fleming County next to Mason County. In 1790 Elizabeth 'Betsy" and husband Thomas Triplett moved to Bourbon County, next to Fleming County.
Their father's 1794 Will bequeathed them thousands of acres in Mason County and Bourbon County, KY, and Virginia. (from William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 21, publ. July 1912; online)
This Miller family was living in and very close to Lewisburg, Mason County, Kentucky at the time William H. 'Will' was born around 1823.
Other evidence of the identities of William H. Miller's ancestors: His wife Nancy's maternal grandfather, Notley Duvall, married the widow Sarah (Highfield) Belt. Sarah's sister, Mary (Highfield) Miller, married John David Miller's brother Robert H. Miller.
Tripletts and Duvalls are buried in Lewisburg Church Cemetery in Lewisburg, Mason Co., Kentucky.
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In 1870 William H. Miller was a blacksmith living with his wife Nancy M. and their children in Lewisburg, Mason Co., Kentucky. In 1880 Nancy is widowed, living in Newport, KY, with her children at the end of Central Avenue, right next to the Ohio River. She is also listed in the 1880 Cincinnati City Directory.
In a 1990 phone conversation between Jill S. (Gasdorf) Topper and Frank W. Gasdorf, Frank told her that William died in an Ohio River flood. Research confirms the Ohio River caused serious flood damage in 1878. In the 1880 census their residence in Newport was at the end of a street that dead-ended at the Ohio River. More research is needed.
William's and Nancy's children were Richard T., Susan, Katherine, Estella, Mary, Lauretta F. (F. for Frances?) and Nancy M. Mary isn't with the family in the 1880 census. She probably died between 1870 and 1880, possibly in the same Ohio River flood her father is speculated to have died in.
Sources for more on this Miller family are Kentucky's Gateway Museum in Mason Co., Kentucky, the library in Newport, Campbell Co., Kentucky, Cincinnati's library and Platte City Cemetery in Platte Co., Missouri.
This Miller family originates from Scotland. In Scotland, Miller is most commonly spelled Millar with an a. It is also spelled Myler, Mylar, Mylaire and a variety of other ways.
The Gaelic Millar family is a sept -- a branch -- of the proud MacFarlane clan, claiming rights to its heritage, motto and crest. The MacFarlane clan lived in the lower part of Scotland's Highlands by its western coast, surrounded by the clans of MacAulay, Campbell, MacGregor, MacNaughton, Stewart, Buchanan, MacNab and Colquhoun.
It's speculated that William 'Will' H. Miller was a grandson of John David Miller and Elinor (Highfield) Miller. Will's father may have been William Miller from the Highfield family in Mason County. Will's mother may have been Frances Emelia Triplett.
A William Miller and Frances Triplett married in 1818 in Mason Co., KY. At least two of Frances's siblings lived in Mason County, Kentucky then: William Triplett and Ann Triplett Hord; two more siblings lived near Mason County. In 1790 Benedite and husband Lawrence Triplett moved to Fleming County next to Mason County. In 1790 Elizabeth 'Betsy" and husband Thomas Triplett moved to Bourbon County, next to Fleming County.
Their father's 1794 Will bequeathed them thousands of acres in Mason County and Bourbon County, KY, and Virginia. (from William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 21, publ. July 1912; online)
This Miller family was living in and very close to Lewisburg, Mason County, Kentucky at the time William H. 'Will' was born around 1823.
Other evidence of the identities of William H. Miller's ancestors: His wife Nancy's maternal grandfather, Notley Duvall, married the widow Sarah (Highfield) Belt. Sarah's sister, Mary (Highfield) Miller, married John David Miller's brother Robert H. Miller.
Tripletts and Duvalls are buried in Lewisburg Church Cemetery in Lewisburg, Mason Co., Kentucky.
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In 1870 William H. Miller was a blacksmith living with his wife Nancy M. and their children in Lewisburg, Mason Co., Kentucky. In 1880 Nancy is widowed, living in Newport, KY, with her children at the end of Central Avenue, right next to the Ohio River. She is also listed in the 1880 Cincinnati City Directory.
In a 1990 phone conversation between Jill S. (Gasdorf) Topper and Frank W. Gasdorf, Frank told her that William died in an Ohio River flood. Research confirms the Ohio River caused serious flood damage in 1878. In the 1880 census their residence in Newport was at the end of a street that dead-ended at the Ohio River. More research is needed.
William's and Nancy's children were Richard T., Susan, Katherine, Estella, Mary, Lauretta F. (F. for Frances?) and Nancy M. Mary isn't with the family in the 1880 census. She probably died between 1870 and 1880, possibly in the same Ohio River flood her father is speculated to have died in.
Sources for more on this Miller family are Kentucky's Gateway Museum in Mason Co., Kentucky, the library in Newport, Campbell Co., Kentucky, Cincinnati's library and Platte City Cemetery in Platte Co., Missouri.
The Gaelic Millar family is a sept -- a branch -- of the proud MacFarlane clan, claiming rights to its heritage, motto and crest. The MacFarlane clan lived in the lower part of Scotland's Highlands by its western coast, surrounded by the clans of MacAulay, Campbell, MacGregor, MacNaughton, Stewart, Buchanan, MacNab and Colquhoun.
It's speculated that William 'Will' H. Miller was a grandson of John David Miller and Elinor (Highfield) Miller. Will's father may have been William Miller from the Highfield family in Mason County. Will's mother may have been Frances Emelia Triplett.
A William Miller and Frances Triplett married in 1818 in Mason Co., KY. At least two of Frances's siblings lived in Mason County, Kentucky then: William Triplett and Ann Triplett Hord; two more siblings lived near Mason County. In 1790 Benedite and husband Lawrence Triplett moved to Fleming County next to Mason County. In 1790 Elizabeth 'Betsy" and husband Thomas Triplett moved to Bourbon County, next to Fleming County.
Their father's 1794 Will bequeathed them thousands of acres in Mason County and Bourbon County, KY, and Virginia. (from William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 21, publ. July 1912; online)
This Miller family was living in and very close to Lewisburg, Mason County, Kentucky at the time William H. 'Will' was born around 1823.
Other evidence of the identities of William H. Miller's ancestors: His wife Nancy's maternal grandfather, Notley Duvall, married the widow Sarah (Highfield) Belt. Sarah's sister, Mary (Highfield) Miller, married John David Miller's brother Robert H. Miller.
Tripletts and Duvalls are buried in Lewisburg Church Cemetery in Lewisburg, Mason Co., Kentucky.
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In 1870 William H. Miller was a blacksmith living with his wife Nancy M. and their children in Lewisburg, Mason Co., Kentucky. In 1880 Nancy is widowed, living in Newport, KY, with her children at the end of Central Avenue, right next to the Ohio River. She is also listed in the 1880 Cincinnati City Directory.
In a 1990 phone conversation between Jill S. (Gasdorf) Topper and Frank W. Gasdorf, Frank told her that William died in an Ohio River flood. Research confirms the Ohio River caused serious flood damage in 1878. In the 1880 census their residence in Newport was at the end of a street that dead-ended at the Ohio River. More research is needed.
William's and Nancy's children were Richard T., Susan, Katherine, Estella, Mary, Lauretta F. (F. for Frances?) and Nancy M. Mary isn't with the family in the 1880 census. She probably died between 1870 and 1880, possibly in the same Ohio River flood her father is speculated to have died in.
Sources for more on this Miller family are Kentucky's Gateway Museum in Mason Co., Kentucky, the library in Newport, Campbell Co., Kentucky, Cincinnati's library and Platte City Cemetery in Platte Co., Missouri.
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