BIOGRAPHY: Jacob MILLER, Mifflin County, PA

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The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, Comprising 
the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania.
Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume I, page 562.

  JACOB MILLER, Mattawana, Mifflin county, Pa., was born in Bratton township, 
September 16, 1840, son of Nicholas and Catherine (King) Miller).  His 
grandfather, John Miller, with his wife, Margaret (Kline) Miller, came to 
Oliver, now Bratton township, about 1816, having bought from James Junkin a 
tract of land, which they improved and cultivated.  Mr. Miller was respected as 
a worthy and conscientious man.  Their children were:  Nicholas;  John, of 
Bratton township, married Elizabeth Kauffman, had three children;  David, of 
Bratton township, married Mary Miller, not a relative, had three sons and six 
daughters;  Jacob, died at the age of twenty;  Catherine (Mrs. David 
Harshbarger), has eight children.  Both grandparents are deceased.  Nicholas 
Miller, their eldest child, after receiving his education in the country 
schools, remained until his marriage upon the homestead, where he began farming.  
He was not slow to appreciate and introduce improvements.  He was well liked and 
respected.  His wife, Catherine, was the daughter of Michael King.  Their 
children are:  Eliza, died in early childhood;  Jonathan K., married Sarah 
Kauffman, and has children, Ephraim, Martha, Amelia, married a distant relative, 
Nicholas Miller, Leah, married William Miller, also a distant relative, Lovina 
(Mrs. Warren Moist), Nancy (Mrs. John Ronk), Mollie (Mrs. William Reninger), 
Edward, Jacob and Fanny;  and Jacob. 
  Jacob Miller, brought up in Bratton township, attended its common schools, and 
at twenty years of age began farming on his own account, having rented a farm 
from Joshua King;  a year later he bought the old Casper Dull farm, near Jenkins 
Mill.  Here he farmed successfully until 1865.  He then enlisted in Company A, 
One Hundred and First Pennsylvania Volunteers, Captain Musser, and served until 
the close of the war.  In 1866 he purchased the Thomas Fritz farm, on which he 
now resides, 109 acres, which he has improved, remodelling the house and 
building a new barn.  In 1871 he removed to a tract which was a part of the old 
Miller homestead, which he improved;  in 1881 he returned to his present home.  
He is a very prosperous farmer.  Mr. Miller is a Republican, and actively 
interested in local affairs.  He was elected county commissioner in 1884, and 
has also served in the various township offices.
  Jacob Miller was married in 1859 to Nancy F., daughter of Peter and Rachel 
Fry.  Their children are:  Hannah L., born July 4, 1861, died November 7, 1867;  
Nannie, died September 21, 1868, aged two days;  Clara (Mrs. William Rontzy), 
has children, Charles and Mabel;  Ida C.;  Rebecca (Mrs. Harry Kauffman), of 
Bratton township;  Margaret (Mrs. Robert E. Wakefield);  Lydia E. (Mrs. Samuel 
S. Bratton), has one child, Ivy;  Mary E. (Mrs. Reuben E. Yontzy), of Altoona, 
Pa., has one child, Sarah Ruth;  and Sarah E. (Mrs. Schuyler C. Gunter), of 
Lewistown, Pa.  Mr. And Mrs. Miller are faithful members of the German Baptist 
church.
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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:  I believe that the last paragraph contains two typos:  Mrs. 
William "Rontzy" should be "Youtzy",  and Mrs. Reuben E. "Yontzy" should be 
"Youtzy".