Jacob W Miller

1841 - 1926  (85 years)

• Name	Jacob W Miller
  Born	14 Jul 1841	York, York County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Aug 1926	Glasgow, Valley County, Montana
  Buried	2 Sep 1926	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I5033	Rossville
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Jane Gray Miller,   b. 16 Jul 1846, Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1920  (Age 73 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1866	Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
  Children	+ 1. George W Miller,   b. Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 Oct 1929, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas   2. Charles Miller,   b. Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania   3. Grace Miller Lane,   b. Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania + 4. Harry Miller
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2019 02:45:47
  Family ID	F3600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Miller, Jacob J. W. MILLER Jacob W. Miller passed away at Glasgow, Mont., Saturday, August 28, at 4 p. m., very quietly in unconsciousness, in which state he had been for only 24 hours, suffering almost no pain. He was living with his son Charles Miller at the time of his death whence he came the last of February. He missed the old familiar walks and friends and was never happy away from Rossville, but was cared for lovingly in his last days. Jacob W. Miller was born in York township, York county, Pa., July 14, 1841. His mother was a sister of the late Daniel Wilt. He was baptized in the German Reformed church. He learned the plasterers trade with the Wilt brothers, John and Daniel. He entered the Civil war as a volunteer and joined the 15th Penna. Cavalry of Harrisburg and was made a corporal Aug. 15, 1865. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war. December 25, 1866, he was married to Elizabeth Jane Gray at Germantown, Pa., and their four children were born at Blaine, Pa., where the family lived until coming to Kansas. His shoulders were crippled with rheumatism when he was mustered out and his trade was not easy to follow, so he was apprenticed to John Seiger and learned cabinet making and undertaking business, which he followed until the manufactured goods forced the handworker out and it was then he came to Kansas. With a very brief period of a part of two years his family have thought of Rossville as home for these 47 years. Always interested in the church to the point of sacrifice, a loyal and faithful citizen, proud to vote, and a careful father, his children revere his memory and all his friends regarded him highly for his common virtues simply lived. Funeral services in Rossville were held in the M. E. church Thursday, September 2, conducted by Rev. G. G. Albin of Topeka, and the body interred in the family lot in Rossville cemetery.