Biography of Wesley D. Miller, pages 660 / 661.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Wesley D. Miller, son of Thomas and Mary Miller, was born in Jackson 
Township, March 3, 1847.  His grandfather William Miller, came to the county 
about 1836, from Stark County, Ohio, and settled on section 6, Jackson 
Township, his wife dying soon after their arrival.  Their children were 
seven in number, but three of who are living---Joseph, Benjamin and John, 
all of whom live in Missouri.  Lettice was the wife of Robert Williams; 
Jane married Thomas Griffin and moved to Missouri,, where Mr. Griffin died, 
and she subsequently married a Mr. Cowan; William died in Missouri.  Thomas 
married Mary E., daughter of Daniel McCroy.  Her mother was killed in Ohio 
by a falling tree, and her father afterward married again and came to DeKalb 
County.  He died in Allen County, Thomas and Mary E. Miller had a family of 
eight children---Wesley D., John G., Lydia J., wife of Samuel Andrew; Mary, 
died at the age of ten years; Emma, wife of Fremont Smith; Celia, deceased, 
wife of Thomas Stafford; William died in infancy; and Addie, now living with 
her widowed mother.  Thomas Miller was killed in 1871 by the overturning of 
his wagon loaded with railroad ties.  Wesley D. Miller was married Jan. 21, 
1875, to Rebecca Coy, a native of Jackson Township, born April 1, 1852, a 
daughter of John Coy, who came to De Kalb County from Wayne County, Ohio, 
in 1845.  After his marriage Mr. Miller remained a year on the old homestead, 
and then moved to his present home on section 9.  In addition to cultivating 
his small farm, he has for the past eleven years been engaged in brickmaking, 
and by his skill and industry has made it a successful and lucrative business.  
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have had three children---Ada, Minnie, who died at the 
age of three years, and May.  Mr. Miller’s uncle John has been a great 
hunter, enjoying the sport and making a good shot, which in an early day 
was very useful to the old settler.

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