Israel B. Miller (1860-1918)

Israel B. Miller (1860-1918)

Miller Funeral Home - Gettysburg, Ohio December 1, 1909

H1 Israel B. Miller, born July 10, 1860 Adams Township, Darke County, Ohio, died March 18, 1918 Gettysburg, Ohio, married (1) February 22, 1880 Darke County, Ohio by Elder Isaiah Rairigh, Mary M. Bashore, daughter of Jacob G. Bashore and Sarah Miller, born August 3, 1860 Wayne Township, Darke County, Ohio, died 1890 Gettysburg, Ohio; married (2) June 18, 1893 Darke County, Ohio by Elder Abraham Brumbaugh, Sallie Kneisley, daughter of Daniel Kneisley and Nancy Hoover, born February 20, 1863 Newberry Township, Miami County, Ohio, died 1948.

Israel's father started a funeral service in 1865 which Israel succeeded in 1895, establishing his parlor and furniture store in Gettysburg. The Miller Funeral Home's passed through five generations and several locations, until it was sold out of the family in 1988.

" I. B. Miller was the son of Aaron and Susanna Miller, born in Darke County, Ohio, July 10, 1860. He was married February 22, 1880, to Mary Bashore. She died and again he was married June 18, 1893, to Sallie Kneisley.

He was elected to the ministry on February 20, 1895, by the Oakland Church. He was the proprietor of a large furniture and undertaking establishment at Gettysburg, Ohio, where he ministered in his business to the surrounding community. Few men have had more business tact or been more courteous in deportment and benevolent in disposition. He came to his end in a tragic way on March 18, 1918, when he and his son, Ralph, attempted to cross the railroad at the crossing west of the depot at Gettysburg, with the auto hearse and were caught on the tract by the trough mail train, killing him instantly. The accident was a shock to the community and the church at large."

History of the Church of the Brethren of the Southern District of Ohio, 1920, p. 512
Israel and his wives are buried Harris Creek Cemetery.

Children of Israel B. Miller and Mary Bashore:

I1 Charles E. Miller, born 1880 Darke County, Ohio, died 1897, buried Harris Creek Cemetery.

I2 Clarence Jesse Miller, born February 12, 1883 near Webster, Ohio, died September 16, 1962 Greenville, Ohio, married January 8, 1901 Darke County, Ohio, Caroline Estella Moul daughter of Daniel Moul and Martha A. Arn, born June 4, 1883 Gettysburg, Ohio, died September 20, 1942 Greenville, Ohio. He and Estella are buried Greenville Cemetery.

I3 Nora May Miller, born February 25, 1889 Darke County, Ohio, died in March 1982 East Lansing, Michigan, married March 20, 1913 Gettysburg, Ohio, Rev. Herbert Arthur Studebaker son of Alexander Studebaker and Lavina "Lovey Ann" Baisinger, born November 19, 1884 Shideler, Indiana, died April 3, 1975 East Lansing, Michigan. Herbert was a Congregational Church minister. He and Nora are buried Evergreen Cemetery in Lansing, Michigan.

Child of Israel B. Miller and Sallie Kneisley:

I4 Ralph Kneisley Miller, born October 26, 1902 Gettysburg, Ohio, died in October 1980 Columbia, Maryland, married May 28, 1924, Mabel Ellen Norris. Ralph is buried Harris Creek Cemetery.