The Daily Reporter
Independence, Kansas
August 17, 1897

Mr. J. J. Miller is quite ill with inflammation of the bowels and his advanced age makes the attack serious.

August 19, 1897

J. J. Miller continues to be quite ill.

August 21, 1897

Mr. J. J. Miller was reported much better yesterday,

August 25, 1897

Mr. J. J. Miller has so far improved that he is able to sit up.

November 2, 1897

DIED THIS MORNING

Mr. J. J. Miller, residing south of town, whose illness the Reporter has noted from time to time, died at 12:59 this morning. The remains will be sent to Indiana [sic] for burial.

November 3, 1897

The funeral of Mr. J. J. Miller took place from the Dunkard church last night and the remains were shipped to Versailles, Ohio, for burial. Mr. Miller was about 77 years of age and his death was due to an impaction of the bowels from which he has been suffering for three or four months past.

Funeral of John J. Miller

Notice was given in these columns of the death of John J. Miller, of Kansas. Mr. Mozier a friend and neighbor of the deceased arrived here with the remains, Friday morning, which were conveyed to his old home, now owned by his son Isaac, by undertaker Leonard Marker, The funeral services were held from the Oakland church, Saturday morning, Rev Abraham Brumbaugh officiating. Interment in the cemetery near the church.

Mrs. Miller is afflicted with dropsy and was not able to accompany the remains of her husband to his last resting place.

John J. Miller was born Feb, 2, 1823, died Nov. 3, 1894 (sic), aged 74 years, 9 months and 1 day.

He was married to Nancy Rohrer in 1844 which union was blessed with 10 children-5 sons and 5 daughters, the mother and three daughters having preceded him to the world beyond.

In 1888 he was married again in Kansas. He leaves a widow and seven children to mourn his loss.

G1 Mary Jane Miller, born December 7, 1845, died January 1, 1918; married October 29, 1863 Christopher Wagaman, born February 1, 1838, died September 14, 1911.

G2 Sarah Miller, born July 11, 1847, died June 1849; buried in the Miller Cemetery.

G3 Andrew Rohrer Miller, born March 30, 1849, died November 9, 1929; married September 17, 1872 Mary Maggie Yoder.

G4 Elizabeth Ann Miller, born October 8, 1851, died September 12, 1908; married November 12, 1872 Emamuel Marker, born September 12, 1845, died March 3, 1920.

G5 Isaac R. Miller, born November 10, 1853, died November 26, 1930 in Greenville, Ohio; married October 18, 1877 Minerva A. Christian, born March 8, 1858, died August 11, 1880; married (2) April 15, 1883 Catherine Maurer, born December 10, 1852, died October 22, 1944.

G6 Christianna Miller, born January 4/7, 1856, died September 19, 1894; married May 8, 1875 William Henry Murphy II, born June 19, 1847, died May 21, 1919.

G7 Susannah Miller, born April 2, 1858, died August 8, 1861.

G8 Jacob Rohrer Miller, born September 15, 1860, died August 22, 1950; married September 24, 1882 Rosa Ann Boyer, born August 24, 1862, died April 27, 1939.

G9 Daniel Rohrer Miller, born January 4, 1863, died August 18, 1932; married March 14, 1889 Emma Alice Hay, born June 16, 1867, died April 15, 1949 in Dayton, Ohio.

G10 John Rohrer Miller, born March 31, 1865, died February 12, 1935; married September 15, 1883 Mary Ellen Jackson, born July 4, 1865, died December 15, 1918.