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Jonas Miller

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: January 02, 1854 (65)
Walnut Creek, Holmes County, Ohio, United States
Place of Burial: Holmes, Ohio, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Peter G. Miller and Mary H Miller
Husband of Catherine Miller
Father of Moses "Little Mose" J. Miller; Mary Mast; Peter J. Miller; Jacob J. Miller; Catherine Miller and 6 others
Brother of Abraham Peter Miller; Magdalena S Troyer; Peter P Miller; Joseph P Miller; Jeremiah Miller, Sr. and 3 others

Occupation: 1835-ordained minister-1847 became a Bishop
Managed by: Tim Johnson
Last Updated:

About Jonas Miller

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199797283/jonas_miller

12 children

Moses (1811)(second Amish and third white child born in Walnut Creek Twnshp Holmes Co Ohio-his sone Jonas M suffered from rheumatism at 17 yrs of age. For 56 years and 7 mo was unable to walk and was blind for 39 years yet he was a shoemaker)

Infant son (1812)--Peter (1813)--Mary (1814)--Jacob (1817)--Catherine (1819)--Sarah (1821)--Elizabeth (1822)--Christina "dena" (1826)--Susanna (1828)--Elias (1833)--Barbara

Birth: 1788 Death: 1854

Jonas was the fourth child of ten children born to Peter Miller and Mary Stutzman. He married Catherine Hershberger. They moved to Holmes County, Ohio and lived near Walnut Creek. They were Amish-Mennonites. They had four sons and six daughters; two children died single. One son, Moses J. Miller, also called Klein Mose or Glee Mose (Little Mose) was a leading minister in the formation of the Old Order Amish.

Source: "Anniversary History of the Family of John "Hannas" Miller, Sr. (ca. 1730-1798)" by J. Virgil Miller pg 49

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Parents:

Heinrich Peter Miller (1756 - 1818)

 Mary Stutzman Miller (1756 - 1838)

Spouse:
Catherine Hershberger Miller (1789 - 1869)*
Siblings:
Abraham Miller (1780 - 1849)*

 Magdalena Miller Troyer (1781 - 1820)*
 Peter P Miller (1783 - 1852)*
 Jonas Miller (1788 - 1854)
 Jeremiah Miller (1790 - 1862)*
 Joseph Miller (1790 - 1862)*
 Sarah Miller Mast (1794 - 1847)*
 Mary Miller Livengood (1798 - 1847)*
 Moses P. Miller (1802 - 1877)*

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Jonas Miller's Timeline

1788
August 11, 1788
Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States
1811
January 12, 1811
Walnut Creek, Holmes County, Ohio
1814
August 2, 1814
Holmes County, Ohio
1816
January 4, 1816
Walnut Creek, Holmes, OH, United States
1817
November 27, 1817
Walnut Creek, Holmes County, Ohio
1819
December 17, 1819
Holmes County, Ohio, United States
1821
August 11, 1821
Holmes County, Ohio
1824
June 11, 1824
Holmes, Ohio, United States
1826
May 24, 1826
Walnut Creek, Holmes County, Ohio, United States