Rev. Adam Miller
[Life Sketches of Lutheran Clergy..., pg. 309]
Stone transcription:
Born in Scott Co.
Va. Feb. 23
1801, and Died at his late
Residence Feb. 13, 1868,
Aged 66 yrs. 11 mos. and 18 days.
A safe and able divine; a
Staunch and constant friend of Civil and religious
liberty;
and an uncompromising opponent
To innovation in doctrine or Discipline.
A pastor of the Evangelical lutheran church 42 year.
Farewell dear friends, though cold
in death
I'll speak to you but not with breath
My troubles and trials are now all past
And here in my grave, I rest at last.
Remember well the vows you made,
When on your heads my hands were laid
And in all your trials to Jesus look
Who is all in all as saith His Book.
Wife and children my innocent
doves,
Our Father in Heaven his children loves,
And when they ask Him for his grace
He never turns away His face;
Wife children friends foes and all,
You unto Christ I cannot call,
But when I quit this resting place,
I'd like in Heaven to greet your face,
I have fought a good fight;
I have Finished my course;
I have kept the faith. 2 Tim. 4,7.
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MILLER, ADAM, JR.
Date~Place of Birth: February
23, 1801, Scott County, VA.
Parent: John Miller, nephew of
Adam Miller, Sr.
First Spouse~Marriage Date:
Mary Ann (Rudisill) Miller; 1829. Children of First
Marriage: Catherine, S. Gerard and Frances (died at
sixteen years).
Second Spouse~Marriage Date:
Susan (Carpenter) Miller; 1857. Children of Second
Marriage: Gertrude and Candace. Ordination: Ordained
Deacon, 1825 and Pastor 1826 by Tennessee Synod.
Calls: Fifteen in North
Carolina, 1831-46, most from six to ten years; Grace, St.
John, St. Paul, and St. Stephen in Catawba County;
Daniel's, Emmanuel, St. Luke, St. Paul, and Trinity in
Lincoln County; Antioch and Bethel in Gaston County;
Morning Star in Mecklenburg County; Mt. Moriah in Rowan
County; Friendship in Alexander County; St.
Martin~inStanly County.
Other: Secretary, Tennessee
Synod, 1835. Withdrew from Tennessee Synod in October
1846, with others in project to organize The Reorganized
Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod, a small synod that
eventually united with The Joint Synod of Ohio. Petitions
for his reinstatement from St. James, Greene County,
Tenn., and Salem, Cocke County, Tenn., were submitted to
1847 Convention of Tennessee Synod and considered, but
the Synod declined request. Later joined Joint Synod of
Ohio.
Date of Death/Burial Location:
February 13, 1868; St. Paul Cemetery, near Newton, N.C.
[Source: Life Sketches of Lutheran Clergy,
North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America and Atecedents, 1773-1999; Licensed
and Ordained Lutheran Clergy - 1999; Historical Works
Committee, North Carolina Synod, Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America, 1988 Synod Drive, Salisbury, NC 28144]
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Additional facts:
1. Rev. Adam MILLER was born on
23 Feb 1801 in Scott County, VA. He died on 13 Feb 1868
in Catawba County, NC and was buried in Old St. Paul's
Church Cemetery. Rev. Adam MILLER and Susan ROBERTS were
married about 4 Aug 1857 in Lincoln County, North
Carolina. Susan ROBERTS was born on 20 Jun 1823 in
North Carolina. She died on 14 Sep 1913 in Catawba
County, NC and was buried in Old St. Paul's Church
Cemetery. They had the following children:
+2 i. Susan F. Gertrude MILLER
(born on 28 Jun 1858).
+3 ii. Candace MILLER (born
about 1859).
Rev. Adam MILLER and Mary Ann
[Rudasill] RUDISILL were married on 22 Aug 1829 in
Lincoln County, North Carolina. Mary Ann [Rudasill]
RUDISILL (daughter of Michael [Rudasill] RUDISILL and
Elizabeth "Betsy" DETTER) was born in 1814 and
died on 25 Dec 1851 in Catawba County, NC. She was buried
in Old St. Paul's Church Cemetery. They had the following
children:
+4 i. Catherine E. MILLER
(born about 1830).
5 ii. Unk. son of Adam &
Mary MILLER born abtout 1830. Probably died in
infancy.
+6 iii. S. G. MILLER (born
about 1832).
7 iv. Frances E. MILLER was
born in 1836 and died on 29 Dec 1851 in Catawba
County, NC and was buried in Old St. Paul's Church
Cemetery.
[SOURCES: DS Hartshorn-personal
notes-references upon request]
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