Jacob Frederick Miller1

M, (5 July 1799 - 10 August 1881)
Charts
Herman Op Den Graeff descendants (Aldekerk, Rheinland, Duchy of Prussia)
Isaac Hermans Op Den Graeff and Greietjen Pieters descendants
Abraham Wolf descendants (likely Eßlingen or Möhringen, Württemberg)
     Jacob Frederick Miller was born on 5 July 1799 at Oberampt Stuttgart, Neckarkreis, Württemberg.2 He has also been reported to have been born 25 June 1799.3 He first married Susannah Updegraff, daughter of Samuel Updegraff and Sarah Shaeffer, circa 1826 at Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.2 Jacob Frederick Miller married a second time, at age 30, Barbara Cordelia Wolf, age 23, daughter of Abraham Wolf and Christina Lang, on Thursday, 6 May 1830 at Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, by Jacob Grafius Esquire, Justice of the Peace.2,4 Jacob Frederick Miller died on 10 August 1881 at Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 82 years, 1 month and 5 days.2,5,6 He was buried in the Blooming Grove Cemetery, located in Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. On his grave marker his middle initial is listed as T, not F.
     He was a farmer. He immigrated in 1817 to Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He and Susannah Updegraff had one known child and an unnamed second child. This second child possibly died at birth. It is also possible that both Susannah and the child died during birth.7,2 Jacob Frederick Miller appeared on the census of 1850 at Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He appears in portrait of the Miller "grandparents" circa 1880. "Grandfather Miller and Grandmother Miller. She died in 1890 at the age of 84. Grandfather died ten years earlier at the age of 82," was handwritten on the back by Susie Kurtz Silliman, their granddaughter.6

The family of Jacob Frederick Miller submitted an account of his life to John F. Meginness, editor for inclusion in the "History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania." This was published in 1892 and on page 1143 we find:

     JACOB MILLER was born in 1799 in Ober-Umpt, Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, Germany, and immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1817. He located in Hepburn township, Lycoming county, where he entered the employ of Dirk Updegraff in farming on the Susquehanna river near Newberry. He subsequently married a Miss Updegraff, who bore him two children. One died in infancy, and the other, Sarah, became the wife of John Rote. He married for his second wife Barbara, a daughter of Abraham Wolf, who was one of the early settlers of Blooming Grove, Hepburn township. She was born on the ocean when the family were emigrating to this country. She bore him the following family: Sophia, who was twice married, first to John Taylor, and after his death to John Eckard; Elizabeth, who married Robert Burton; Catherine, who became the wife of Isaac Kurtz; Abraham; Mary, deceased wife of Christ Bidlespacher; Isaac, deceased; Jacob; William; Dorothy, wife of Gottlieb Kurtz; Rachel; Susanna, and Samuel, deceased. Mr. Miller died in 1882 upon the farm which he settled, in Hepburn township. He was a life-long member of the Democratic party. His widow survived him until 1891, and died at the ripe old age of eighty-five years.2

Child of Jacob Frederick Miller and Susannah Updegraff

Children of Jacob Frederick Miller and Barbara Cordelia Wolf

Last Edited=31 Jan 2020

Citations

  1. [S563] Carol (Taylor) Olson, "Report for the Descendants of Jacob F. Miller," supplied 14 February 2005 (6515 Marlo Way, Riverside, California 92506, USA; 951-788-4635). This report has no sources attached to it. p. 1.
  2. [S14] John F Meginness, History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (Baltimore, Maryland: prepared by Lycoming Historical Society; Gateway Press, Inc., 1990 reprint of 1892 original), p. 1143.
  3. [S585] Carol (Taylor) Olson, "Report for the Descendants of Abraham Wolf," supplied 14 February 2005 (6515 Marlo Way, Riverside, California 92506, USA; 951-788-4635). This report has no sources attached to it. p. 3, shows the date of birth for Jacob Frederick Miller as 25 June 1799.
  4. [S585] Carol (Taylor) Olson, "Abraham Wolf Descendants", p. 3, shows the date of marriage between Barbara Cordelia Wolf and Jacob Frederick Miller as 6 May 1830 in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
  5. [S585] Carol (Taylor) Olson, "Abraham Wolf Descendants", p. 3, shows the date of death for Jacob Frederick Miller as 9 August 1881.
  6. [S558] Jacob F. and Barbara C. (Wolf) Miller studio portrait, original, inscribed and signed on verso, circa 1880. Photographer's imprint, T. J. Trapp, Court Street near Court House, Williamsport, Pa. Handwritten on the back by Susie Kurtz Silliman is "Grandfather Miller and Grandmother Miller. She died in 1890 at the age of 84. Grandfather died ten years earlier at the age of 82." Susie Kurtz was the daughter of Isaac Kurtz and Catherine Miller. Catherine was the daughter of Jacob F. Miller and Barbara C. (Wolf) Miller, the subjects of the photograph.

    This photograph was handed down from Catherine Miller Kurtz, Williamsport Pennsylvania to her daughter Susie Kurtz Silliman, Alhambra, California. Inherited by her daughter Kathryn Silliman Olson, Redlands, California who in turn passed it on to her son Robert Silliman Olson (great-great grandson of Jacob F. Miller and Barbara C. Wolf) sometime between the years of 1993 and 2001 when she entered a nursing home. The original was scanned into electronic format by Robert's wife Carol Taylor Olson. Owned 2004 by Carol (Taylor) and Robert Olson (6515 Marlo Way, Riverside, California).
  7. [S544] Stammbaum Wäldchen of the settlers of Blooming Grove, original family tree, printed in German. Stammbaum Wäldchen means "Family Tree Little Woods," being several family trees within a single large registry. This document was recorded exactly as it was printed by Kevin L. Sholder in 1997, and then all but the names were translated into the English language by Mrs. Steiner of the Centerville High School German Department, Centerville, Ohio in 1998.

    The document states at the beginning: "With approximately 20 family trees of families who largely live in Lycoming Co., Pa. and who still have living parents at the turn of the century, mostly from Mühringen and Eßlingen in Würtemberg, and who have moved here."

    At the end is the following explanation or legend: "The letter and numbers of this family tree agree with each other. Branches and smaller branches always were counted from left to right. So one finds the members of their family according to their age. Wherever the family of both parents is given, the families are usually indicated twice, ex. a. 1., designates a family - father's side, while 1.2. indicates the mother's side. In the list of names the children and grandchildren of the father's side only are given, except when the sex of the father is not registered, then the mother's side is given. The letter s. stands for see the following letter a. or b. etc. indicates the family line from that s. person, and the number after that indicates the order then of the ages of the range of siblings, as one can see when one looks up the family tree according to the letters indicating the names and then the branch which is indicated with the designated number. The ever appearing K. = Kinder (children). The † behind a name indicates that the person has died, as well as an entire branch that has died out. The number following indicates the J jahr an unknown date M monat [month] W woche [week] or I Iag [day] of their age = indicated by capital letter. † indicates a person whose name was unknown."

    At the very bottom of the document it states: "Upon request of friends, this has been set up and put into print." This document is 28 inches by 28 inches in size and contains 19 primary families, that make up approximately 500 individuals listed within. Based on known years of birth and death from other sources of persons within this tree, this document was printed circa 1860-1862.

    The founding individuals and families arrived in Pennsylvania between 1804 and 1817. At the time that the Blooming Grove community produced this document many of the original settlers were still living resulting in the high quality of this source.

    The document used for this record was handed down from Johann Michael Stäbler (family m. 2. in the document) to his son Abraham Stabler then to his son Pierce Albert Stabler it remained in the family home, 1453 Job's Run Road, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania with his son Frederick U. Stabler, it was then passed to Fred's son Daniel Leroy in the year 2000 and then to his son Kurtlan Daniel Stabler, circa 2013, who built a new home in place of the original homestead still located at 1453 Job's Run Road, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania where it remains a fixture within the home of Kurt and wife Lyndsay (Shader) Stabler. Kurtlan Daniel Stabler (Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, USA), see family Q. 2. Hereinafter cited as Stammbaum Wäldchen.
  8. [S559] Carol (Taylor) Olson, "Report for the Descendants of Jacob F. Miller," supplied 25 February 2003 (6515 Marlo Way, Riverside, California 92506, USA; 951-788-4635). This report offers a full list of the primary and secondary sources consulted. p. 2.
  9. [S559] Carol (Taylor) Olson, "Jacob F. Miller Descendants", p. 3.