Jacob M. Miller (1877-1957)

Jacob M. Miller (1877-1957) & Ella Walker Family ca. 1920

H9 Jacob M. Miller, born September 6, 1877, died 1957; married December 11, 1902 Ella Walker.

JACOB M. MILLER OF BUCKLEY DIES

Jacob M. Miller, 80, of Buckley, died at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday in a Kankakee hospital, where he had been a patient for several months after suffering a stroke.

The body was brought back to Kelly Memorial Home in Buckley, and arrangements for services are to be completed. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery near Buckley.

Born Sept. 6, 1877, at Gettysburg, Ohio, Mr. Miller was one of seventeen children of Moses and Susanna Mourie Miller. He had lived in Iroquois County since 1900. On Dec. 11, 1902, he was married to Ella Walker.

Mr. Miller was a retired employee of the Illinois Central Railroad. He leaves his widow, two sons, Harley, Kankakee, and Earl, Onarga; two granddaughters, and three great-grandchildren.

He also leaves five sisters, Mrs. Lydia Suderman, Pasadena, Calif.; Mrs. Susan Miller, Los Angeles; Mrs. Amanda Miller, Versailles, Ohio; Mrs. Lizzie Lair, Granville, Ohio; and Mrs. Chettie Bailey [sic], Nappanee, Ind.

Children of Jacob M. Miller and Ella Walker:

I1 Harley Edgar Miller, born December 27, 1903 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois, died March 13, 1972 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois; married December 25, 1928 Mable Case.

I2 Earl L Miller, born January 24, 1909, died August 23, 1993, buried Onarga Cemetery, Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois.

I3 Gladys Miller, born September 11, 1915, died February 9, 1922.