Barbara Miller (1733-1808)

C9 Barbara Miller, born 1733, died 1808. Married Elder John H. Garber, born 1717, died 1787. Imigrant of 1750. He lived for a while in York County, Pennsylvania and Frederick County, Maryland, where he was an assistant to Elder Jacob Danner. He was an early minister at the Beaver Dam Brethern Church. He owned a farm which he bought in 1768 from Jacob Danner called "Spring Plain.". At the start of the Revolution, he moved his family to the area of Flat Rock, Shenandoah County, virginia. Here he was one of the first Ministers in the area. He was a farmer and a shoemaker. Seven of their sons became ministers. Most of them settled in Virginia and started Brethern settlements there.

Ten children:

D1 Samuel Garber, born 1756, died 1814. Was an Elder. Married Mollie Stoner. Lived in Virginia and Tennessee. Eleven children. Samuel Garber was a non-associator in the Revolutionary War. He was one of several Miller family members who chose not to pay the War Taxes or participate in the War Activities, due to the non-violent principals of the Brethren Church. Samuel had his property confiscated by the authorities for remaining true to the non-violent principals of their church.

D2 John Garber, 1758, died 1819. Was an Elder, in Virginia, Tennessee and Ohio. Married Barbara Zook. Nine children.

D3 Abraham Garber, born 1760, died 1848. Was an Elder. Married Elizabeth Humbert, daughter of Jacob Humbert, and lived in Augusta County, Virginia. He donated land for the Middle River Congregation in 1824 and was their minister. Seven children.

D4 Martin Garber, born 1761, died 1824. Was an Elder. Married Rebecca Stoner. Lived in Beaver Dam Creek, Maryland and Shenandoah County, Virginia. Martin Garber was also a non-associator in the Revolutionary War. Like his brother Samuel (D1), Martin had his property confiscated by the authorities for remaining true to the non-violent principals of their church.

D5 Anna Garber, born 1762, died 1837. Married Daniel Miller I, born 1752, died 1820, son of Lodowich Miller and Barbara (?).

D6 Jacob G. Garber, born 1766, died 1836. Married Susannah Humbert, daughter of Jacob Humbert. Lived in Virginia. Three children.

D7 Daniel Garber, born 1769. Married (first wife) Susanna Miller, born 1780, daughter of Jacob Miller, born 1748. One child. Married (second wife)Elizabeth Shank.

D8 Catherine Garber, born 1771, died 1835. Married John Flory, born 1766, died 1845, son of Abraham Flory. Ten children.

D9 Joseph Garber, born 1733,died 1851-'54. Married Catherine Leedy of Ohio.

D10 Magdalene Garber, born 1774, died 1832. Married George Wine, born 1774, died 1845, son of Michael Wine and Susannah Miller.