Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJoseph M. Miller 
Birth28 Feb 1826, Fayette Co, PA
Census17 Dec 1850, Washington Twp, Tuscarawas Co, OH
Memoroll#734, pg 178
Census28 Jul 1860, Washington Twp, Tuscarawas Co, OH
Memoroll#1043, pg 320
Census6 Jun 1870, Middlebury Twp, Knox Co, OH
Memoroll#1229, pg 344
CensusJun 1880, Middlebury Twp, Knox Co, OH
Memoroll#1038, pg 40
Death10 Nov 1893, Knox Co, OH
BurialNorth Fork Cem, Chesterville, Morrow Co, OH
MemoRow 18
Occupationblacksmith
FatherJohan “George” Motmiller (1776-1843)
MotherAnna Maria Rieflin (1783-1859)
Misc. Notes
Married to Terry Cecil (or Ciscel) born 1826 in Harrison Co, OH in 1848 in Knox Co, OH.
Listed after the record for his sister’s family in 1850. With Terry being shown as Perry in the 1850 and 1860 census records.
He is listed in the Jun 1863 Draft Registration for the Civil War with notes that he was Drafted and failed to respond, as he had 4 children at home by then.
(possibly for that reason) By 1870 they had moved from Tuscarawas county to Knox county, where they lived the rest of their lives.
He is entered incorrectly in the 1870 census (with his family) as David Miller (44, PA), the name of their youngest child.
Children: Ann/Amy (1849), John Benjamin (1851), Margaret J. (1853), George M. (1859), Francis (1861), David W. (1865)
Listed after the record for his sister’s family in 1850. With Terry being shown as Perry in the 1850 and 1860 census records.
He is listed in the Jun 1863 Draft Registration for the Civil War with notes that he was Drafted and failed to respond, as he had 4 children at home by then.
(possibly for that reason) By 1870 they had moved from Tuscarawas county to Knox county, where they lived the rest of their lives.
He is entered incorrectly in the 1870 census (with his family) as David Miller (44, PA), the name of their youngest child.
Children: Ann/Amy (1849), John Benjamin (1851), Margaret J. (1853), George M. (1859), Francis (1861), David W. (1865)
Spouses
Birth16 Dec 1827, Harrison Co, OH
Death12 Aug 1891, Knox Co, OH
BurialNorth Fork Cem, Chesterville, Morrow Co, OH
Misc. Notes
Name also listed as Cecill, Ciscel, and Sissel
Marriage1848, Knox Co, OH