He married Sarah Neer in Loudoun Co, VA, 7 Jan 1809. Sarah was born in Loudoun Co, VA 28 Jun 1786, the daughter of Conrad Neer Jr. and Ann Conard. She died 20 Aug 1864 in Sangamon Co, IL. Her body was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cooper Twp, Sangamon Co, IL. "Miller, Christian, was born Jan. 12, 1771, in Loudoun county, Va. Sarah Neer was born June 28, 1786, in the same county, and they were there married in 1807. They had eight children in that county. The whole family left Loudoun county Sept. 4, 1833, traveling in wagons; they reached Champaign county, Ohio, and stopped with a brother. Mr. Miller and his eldest son, David, set out on horseback for Illinois to Pekin, Lewiston and Canton, and returning, crossed the Illinois river at Fort Ross - now Havana - thence to Springfield, Paris, Terre Haute, Ind., and back to Ohio. He purchased a farm in Miami county, Ohio, and commenced moving to it on the morning after the great meteoric shower, Nov. 13, 1833. One year later he sold out in Ohio, and started, Nov. 17, 1834, with his family; passing through Springfield they reached Alton in December. From there they moved back to Sangamon county, arriving in Springfield, Jan. 20 1835. Mr. Miller entered two thousand one hundred acres of land in the vicinity of the mouth of Buckhart creek, in what is now Cooper and Rochester townships. On the 19th of March, 1835, the family moved to what is now Cooper township. All the Miller family except David and John C., moved, in Nov., 1838, to Coles county, six miles from Jefferson City, Mo., and all returned to Sangamon county in Dec., 1841. ..." - History of the Early Settlers Sangamon County, Illinois; John Carroll Power, p.528 Christian Miller and Sarah Neer had the following children: |
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"... Ann, born Nov. 11, 1810, in Virginia, resides with her brother, Jacob C. She never married, has been an invalid for fifteen years, and has been blind since Nov. 30, 1868. ..." - The History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois; John Carroll Power, p.520 |
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