1854 - 1910 (55 years)
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Name |
Martin Paul Miller |
Born |
28 Sep 1854 |
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
1878 |
Kansas |
born in Lancaster County but moved to Kansas in 1878 |
Religion |
charter member of Evangelical United Brethren Church |
Died |
29 Jun 1910 |
Russell, Russell County, Kansas |
Buried |
Russell City Cemetery, Russell, Russell County, Kansas |
Person ID |
I207081 |
Strausstown Roots | ~DMiller |
Last Modified |
29 Mar 2013 |
Father |
David P Miller, b. 22 Nov 1817, Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 27 Sep 1910, Terre Hill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Age 92 years) |
Mother |
Elizabeth Ann Pleam, b. 10 Jun 1825, Churchtown, Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 22 Apr 1920, Terre Hill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Age 94 years) |
Married |
05 Dec 1843 |
Family ID |
F67676 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Catherine V Groff, b. 27 Jan 1855, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 16 Mar 1944, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (Age 89 years) |
Married |
12 Dec 1894 |
Groffsdale, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
Children |
+ | 1. Samuel Shaffer Miller, b. 11 Aug 1879, Russell, Russell County, Kansas , d. 08 Apr 1946, Russell, Russell County, Kansas (Age 66 years) |
| 2. John Franklin Miller, b. 28 Jun 1882, Russell, Russell County, Kansas , d. 07 Oct 1887, Russell, Russell County, Kansas (Age 5 years) |
+ | 3. Paul David Miller, b. 14 Aug 1887, Russell, Russell County, Kansas , d. 27 Mar 1930, McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas (Age 42 years) |
+ | 4. Vincent Hoover Miller, b. 25 Oct 1888, Russell, Russell County, Kansas , d. 09 Dec 1958, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas (Age 70 years) |
| 5. Blanche Mamie Miller, b. 20 Nov 1890, Russell, Russell County, Kansas , d. 31 Aug 1981, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 90 years) |
+ | 6. Martin Groff Miller, b. 19 Jul 1893, Russell, Russell County, Kansas , d. 25 Mar 1975, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 81 years) |
| 7. Karl Dean Miller, b. 28 Nov 1895, Russell, Russell County, Kansas , d. 28 Jul 1982, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 86 years) |
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Last Modified |
29 Mar 2013 |
Family ID |
F67678 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S397] Doyle Miller, Descendants of Daniel Miller, person id 6.
May 1880 - Charter Members of the Evangelical United Brethren Church
Levi Hoover
Susan Hoover
Emma Hoover Cavanaugh
Martin P. Miller
Catharine Miller
George Smyser
Mary Smyser
Susan Householder
There is a written history of the church, telling how and where these
charter members started this church and it also states that there
were "Eight Persons, All From Pennsylvania." (Founding Members)
Information gathered by Doyle Miller on October 13, 1984 at the Otterbein United Methodist Church in Russell, Kansas. This church was the Evangelical United Brethren Church, in which M. P. Miller and family were members.
- [S397] Doyle Miller, Descendants of Daniel Miller, person id 6.
Note: The following excerpt contains information about Bareville, Pennsylvania. Martin P. Miller reportedly moved to Bareville at age 18 in 1872 and worked in the Myers General Store until he was married in 1878 to Catharine Groff. Also mentioned in this excerpt is the Groff Mill, which is now known as the Mascot Rollers Mills.
Excerpt from the History of Lancaster County by Dr. Frederick Klein, 1926
UPPER LEACOCK TOWNSHIP
The village of Bareville is a place of about 250 inhabitants, about one and one-half miles east of Mechanicsburg, or Leacock. The first settlers were of the Bare family, Andrew and Martin Bare. Andrew Bare was innkeeper at that point, and there was no other dwelling house there until ism, when John Mery, Jr., built a large house of brick. Adam Bare, son of Andrew, was the first licensed innkeeper, and probably the first storekeeper, and was sheriff of Lancaster county, 1831-33. The next to conduct a mercantile business in Bareville was Mr. Oberholtzer, whose store was in the large brick dwelling house, later he built a storehouse; he was succeeded by Jacob Swarr. S. R. Myer was the local merchant in 1855, and for several decades thereafter the Myers family had part in the business. W. G. Eaby was a later storekeeper, and at present the Bareville store is conducted by Harry E. Harsh. Levi Dunwoody was village tailor for many years, and Jacob Dunwoody has had a tinning and plumbing establishment in Bareville for many years. The tobacco warehouse erected in 1881 by Solomon C. Groff passed to Shaeffer & Company eventually; the Bareville Concrete Block Company has established a new and noticeable industry in the place, many fine residences being erected of that material along the New Holland pike. Also at Bareville is the National Store Specialty Company, manufacturers of the Pennsylvania Line Computing Scales. There is one garage and machine shop, and one or two hotels. The pioneer physician was Dr. A. S. Bare, who commenced to practice in Bareville in 1845, and continued in Bareville practice until 1883, when he died. Dr. J. Winfield Good began to practice in Bareville in 1873. Dr. L. K. Leslie is now in practice in the village.
Bareville has had an unique communal body almost from the beginning. The Bareville Trustee Association was formed in 1823 by Adam Bare, William Carpenter, Abraham Gerhart, John Deblin, William Michael, Martin Bare, Isaac Myer and David Oberholtzer, at a meeting held "in an old school- house." Its purpose was educational, religious and literary, and it has probably done more to shape and mould the character of many young men in this vicinity than any other influence. With the exception of two years during the Civil War, the organization held sessions every year. In 1849, during certain anti-society" sentiment, the association thought it advisable to obtain corporate protection, and in that year the State Legislature granted the society a charter as the Bareville Trustee Association. The society had considerable part in school government prior to the adoption of the common school law, and later, when their house was rebuilt by the township school directors, the society still held "their chartered rights by granting the house for all educational and religious purposes which have a tendency to promote the general welfare of Bareville." Ultimately the association became known as the Bareville Literary Society.
The Bareville Primary School was built in 1854, and the Bareville Secondary School in 1859. The common school law was not adopted in Upper Leacock township until 1847, and though directors were then elected, it was found impossible to collect the school tax, most of the taxpayers being opposed to the change. The dispute was carried into the courts, and eventually to the Supreme Court which, of course, upheld the law. In 1849 another election was held and the school directors when elected "Performed the first effectual educational work in the township." They organized the districts, laid and collected the tax, and successfully completed the school session set for that year. These first school directors were M. G. Wenger, John Bard, Reuben Weidler, Benjamin Rohrer, Samuel Seldomridge and Wilson Brubaker. Teachers were then paid only twenty dollars a month for a school term of six months. The Mechanicsburg school house was erected in 1850; Mill Creek in the same year; Bard's in 1853; Stormtown in 1853; Stumptown in 1858; Locust Grove in 1860; Gibbon's in 1862; Mussers' and Myers' in 1863; and Wenger's in 1869. It was necessary to proceed slowly and be extremely conservative in all measures, as for many years the prejudice against the school system was strong in Upper Leacock. Groff's store was erected near Groff's mill, which was the first established on that part of Mill creek which is in Upper Leacock. Groff's store became a post-office, Mr. R. R. Plean writing as follows regarding it in 1883:
Groff's store and mill have been operated together for more than half a century. * * * In 1815 the stone house for the first time was occupied as a store by Mr. Sharp, followed by Isaac Becker in 1817, who occupied it for four years, when Samuel G. Groff, a brother of Daniel Groff, rented the store. Daniel Groff was at that time the miller, and erected the large brick building on the top of the hill which is the present store. Samuel G. Groff removed his stock into the new store, and was engaged in the mercantile business until 1854, * * * Samuel Groff, Daniel's son, then carried on the store business until 1870, when C. B. Buckwalter became the proprietor, and was succeeded by Jacob Denlinger in 1880. Through the influence of the Groffs, Groff's Store post office was established in or about the year 1827, with Samuel G. Groff as the first postmaster. The post office was kept in the store building until 1891, when the citizens of Monterey presented a petition to the Post Office Department, and caused the removal of the office to Hershey's store, Monterey, with Benjamin Hershey as postmaster, but still the office retains its original name. The store business at the original Groff's Store is now conducted by L. S. Lichty.
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