Susannah Miller (1800/1-1851/2)

LINE: A1 Johann Michael (Mueller) Miller | B6 Johann Michael Miller, Jr. | C7 Philip Jacob Miller | D4 David Miller

E7 Susannah Miller, born 1800/1, died probably in 1851/2, Randolph County Indiana; married June 5, 1823, to Joseph Martin (her sister's widower) in Montgomery County, Ohio. Ten children. Joseph was Born 4 March, 1797, Saltlick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, died June 16, 1861, Randolph County Indiana, Son of John Martin and Appolonia (Abigail) Bucher.

Joseph married (3) October 7, 1852, in Randolph County Indiana, Elizabeth Romizer, widow of Andrew Romizer. Three children.


Joseph Martin, son of John Martin Jr. and Appolonia Bucher

Joseph Martin, son of John Martin Jr. and Appolonia Bucher, was born in Fayette County Pennsylvania March 4, 1797, and moved to Montgomery County Ohio by 1817. He married Nancy Miller (1800, Ohio -1823, Montgomery County Ohio), daughter of David Miller and Magdalena Maugans, Feb. 26, 1818, in Montgomery County Ohio and, after Nancy's death, married Nancy's sister, Susannah Miller (1800-01,Ohio - 1851-2, Randolph County Indiana), June 5, 1823, in Montgomery County Ohio. Joseph, Susannah, and their family, moved to Randolph County Indiana some time between July, 1836, and the 1840 census. Susannah died there about 1852, and Joseph married Oct. 7, 1852, in Randolph County Indiana, Elizabeth Romizer, widow of Andrew Romizer. Joseph died June 16, 1861, in Randolph County Indiana.

A newspaper article describing a September 24, 1908, Martin family reunion states that, "Joseph Martin was married four times and was the father of twenty three children." "Joseph Martin was the father of Mrs. Joseph Creager of Horatio and of Mrs. Abigail Willis of Pikeville, and the grandfather of Rev. James N. Martin of Peru Ind, Geo. Martin and Mrs. W. H. Anderson of Dayton, Ind., Mrs. Cyrus Derricks of Frankfort Ind, and Mrs. Wm Warwick of Dayton Ind." I have worked with Joyce Fagerness in trying to reconstruct Joseph Martin's family, and she found much of what I will report below. I will try to differentiate between what is proven and what is just conjecture.

An obituary for Susannah Martin Lennon, daughter of Joseph Martin and Susannah Miller, states that Susannah was born February 16, 1842, on the Martin homestead north of Farmland and was "left without a mother's care at the age of ten years." This means her mother, Susannah Miller Martin, probably died in 1852. The 1850 Randolph County Indiana census shows Elizabeth Romizer and her husband, Andrew, with their seven children. Cemetery inscriptions of Old Winchester Cemetery, Randolph County Indiana show Andrew Romaser died 16 Nov 1850 age 43 years.

Eight years after Joseph and Elizabeth were married, the 1860 White River Twp, Randolph County census shows Joseph and Elizabeth Martin living with his daughter Susannah, three of her Romizer children, and three children they had together. I believe that the 23 children referred to in the newspaper article include the 7 step-children Joseph acquired with his marriage to Elizabeth Romizer and that his marriages produced 16 children, 3 with Nancy, 10 with Susannah, and 3 with Elizabeth. We have found no records of a fourth marriage for Joseph Martin. A list of cemetery inscriptions in the old Winchester Cemetery in the HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY shows Joseph Martin, died June 16, 1871, 71 years, and Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Martin, born at Parmasen, Rhein, Bavaria, in 1815, and died June 8, 1874, 59 years. I suspect that the number on Joseph's grave that was read as "71 years" was actually a 74.

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Children of Joseph Martin and (1) E6 Nancy Miller:


Children of Joseph Martin and (2) Susannah Miller:


Children of Joseph Martin and (3) Elizabeth Romizer:


Tree Outline of Miller Generations

The Miller Family Tree is a collection of information gathered over the past 50+ years by Karleen & Tom Miller of Morrisville Pennsylvania,
and Gale Honeyman of the Brethren Heritage Center.
The html version was created by Eric Davis.