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Portrait and biographical album of Newayco (sp) County, Mich.
containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and
representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and
biographies of all the governors of Michigan and of the presidents
of the United States: also containing a complete history of the county,
from its earliest settlement to the present time.

Published by Chapman Bros., Chicago, IL, 1884

Transcribed and submitted by Joyce Pearson
for the U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org
July 10, 2011
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MILLER, John
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John Miller, farmer, section 21, Sheridan Township, is a son of Peter
Miller, a native of Sweden, and was born in that country in June, 1837. He
came to America in 1864 and went directly to Illinois, where he lived two
and a half years engaged in farming, then came to Muskegon, Michigan and
worked in mills and on the railroad till the fall of 1876. He then came to
Newaygo County and purchased 120 acres of land, to which he has since added
40 more, and now has about 50 acres under tillage. He was married in
Sweden, Dec. 31, 1859, to Ida Peterson a native of that country. They have
had nine children, seven of whom are living: Peter M., Charles J., Otto A.,
Ida D., Jennie O., Hilma M. and Emily E.  In politics he is a Republican.

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