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of aue of11 resator.OOiltboldit.ho if) his Its] Itand .Mary (Arnold* Starkey, a native of the Buekeve stateThetather was of German descent andthe mother of English. The motherdied when the twins were six yearslt;f age. Of this union, there werethree children.*the twins and Rebec-* a, w ho is the deceased w ife ofHenry Pickover, of Arcadia. A fewvears after the death of hisw ife,ivify.■wentot lierwordmanstoodjownMr. Starkev was united in marriageto Miss Oadwallader, a native of iOhio. There were born to the mo-ond marriaue three boys and fourgirls, all of whom are deceased, onedying in infancy, all of the otherslining to maturity and were married.ifTuloIn 1 x 4. Jacob Starkey came tothatnoti» thetheIndiana and settled in Hamiltoncounty, on a farm near the Me- jOartv grave yard, on Cicero creekTen years later, he rented the wellknown Blount farm, at West Kin-derhook, where lie liv d for man.'promulelinedvears. His second wife died in l vf7and Mr. Starkev died in about Cueiear 1 ^ 77.it ropiroiisThe twin si-ters married hruth-its a1C Ol*s inmaners; Sarah to Isaac Miller and Tamer to David Miller, both sons lt;ofPeter and Elizabeth Miller, PeterMiller a native of Pennsylvania andwav. r ofng aHesideElizabeth Miller of Wa ne county.where in the latter countv, they continued to live for main vears. Xfter the death of hi.- wife. Pet -r MP-lcr came to Hamilton countv armit- itismi. theE*ntlyentered from the United States governraeht 160 acres of land, on which■ Iplace, ,;:he town of Millersburg, nowon.almost'extinct. was laid out. TSie P.P. A* C. railroad was being bulb.and Millersburg was exne ted t » b*inlt va permanent station lt;n the roadAnother nv.-.i, running east andilege1 be-lhuug aitofIton.west was projected and a good deaof grading- was none, evidences ofwhich still can lie seen, hut change.-killed all hopes of Millersburg beih-rnuch of a town. When he becamevpcr. le ofUnwell.eterling-Foxaged, he made his home with hp»j daughter. Mrs. Matthew Sobererand with his son, Isaac Miller untilhis death1. Miller and Sarah Starkev were*onenot: notloldse of Edunited in marriage Februarv1 Sf,r», to whom were born nine children. two being deceased and sevenstill survive, they being Peter Miller,Mrs. Arnos Murray, John E. Miller,Mrs. John Piston. Mrs Celia Boyer,all of Tipton county: Mrs. Sam Ritzier. of Atlanta and Mrs. Albert Cadis aOIIIl-dbeswalledar, of Girard, Kansas. Sarahis a member of the New Hope Christian church, two miles south of thilt;city, not far distanct from where sbeI* inonet hisnowDavid Miller andMiss TamerItliiStarkey, were united in marriage.m i iJanuary 7. 1849, in Hamilton county. on the farm owned by Ii 1 lor. nearn‘st Millorsbiirg. In is.’l* Mrs. TamerthatmmmatMiller came to Tipton county an !settled on the very farm on whichshe now lives, three and a half milersclfiins.boutIdnortheast of Atlanta. It was then ia dense forest but now is one ot th**good farms in that locality. Thefirst home in which she lived, was atv i s»llllMabekedi cures tsmall log cabin, made or round poles.Here, a family of eight children wereborn and reared, one child djing ininfancy. He husband died .May 30,1 S95. Four of her children are stillliving, David Miller, who is single.lives with his mother; Mrs. EphramWiltham, Mrs. Ab. Conowav, and.Mrs. William Swift, all residing inTipton Co. Mrs. Tamer Miller is amember of the English Lutheraner.church, east of Arcadia, at Mt. Pleas-
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Tipton Daily Tribune
Tipton, Indiana, US
Mon, Mar 09, 1914
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