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William Davis Miller

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William Davis Miller

Birth
Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
Death
17 Oct 1917 (aged 71)
Independence, Polk County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Scio, Linn County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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Son of Samuel and Mary Miller. Husband of Elizabeth L. Riggs Miller. He traveled with his parents to Oregon in 1852, celebrating his 6th birthday on the Oregon Trail just across the border into Idaho.
He attended his parents private boarding school and then Old Santiam Academy in Lebanon where he graduated. He taught school for a while but gave it up. He and Elizabeth lived and farmed near the Old Providence Church until 1904 when they moved to Independence, Oregon where they remained until his death. One of the first men in his neighborhood to introduce tame grass seed to farmers. (History of the Samuel T. Miller Clan)
Son of Samuel and Mary Miller. Husband of Elizabeth L. Riggs Miller. He traveled with his parents to Oregon in 1852, celebrating his 6th birthday on the Oregon Trail just across the border into Idaho.
He attended his parents private boarding school and then Old Santiam Academy in Lebanon where he graduated. He taught school for a while but gave it up. He and Elizabeth lived and farmed near the Old Providence Church until 1904 when they moved to Independence, Oregon where they remained until his death. One of the first men in his neighborhood to introduce tame grass seed to farmers. (History of the Samuel T. Miller Clan)


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