Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Henry Miller and Salome Bortz




Husband Henry Miller 1 2

           Born: 1804 - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1888 - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Adam Miller (      -1844) 2 3
         Mother: Catharine [Unk] (      -      ) 3


       Marriage: 



Wife Salome Bortz 1 4

           Born: Abt 1814
     Christened: 
           Died: 1888 - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Henry Bortz (      -Bef 1888) 1
         Mother: Magdalena Litzenberger (      -Bef 1820) 1




Children
1 F Mary Miller 5 6

           Born: 1 Jun 1834 - West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Lester Melvin (1831-      ) 5
           Marr: 31 May 1855 5


2 M George A. Miller 4

           Born: 3 Jun 1834 - Clarksville, Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Smith (      -1885) 4
           Marr: 1864 4
         Spouse: Sarah Jane Blaney (      -      ) 7


3 M James B. Miller 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



4 F Susan Miller 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Henry Miller


He learned the miller’s trade and afterwards operated a mill for thirty-five or forty years. Starting in when but fifteen years of age, he succeeded in clearing for himself a farm later known as the McGarge farm, one and one-half miles north of Clarksville. He served two terms as justice of the peace and was constable when the Erie Canal was built. He was a member of the German Reform church and a Democrat in his political affiliations.
He and his wife had nine children.


General Notes: Wife - Salome Bortz


She died at the age of seventy-four years.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1168.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 654.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1183.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 655.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1192.

6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 702.

7 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 632, 655.


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