Isaac Newton Miller

6 February 1870–10 December 1948 (Age 78)
Gaston, Washington Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States

The Life of Isaac Newton

When Isaac Newton Miller was born on 6 February 1870, in Gaston, Washington Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States, his father, Adam Harvey Miller, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Jane Hayden, was 28. He married Martha R. Miller about 1880. He lived in Winslow, Navajo, Arizona, United States in 1920 and Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1930. He died on 10 December 1948, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Newton Miller
1870–1948
Martha R. Miller
1862–
Marriage: about 1880

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
about 1880

Parents and Siblings

    Adam Harvey Miller

    Male1839–1924Male

    Sarah Jane Hayden

    Female1841–1892Female

siblings

(7)

    Levi Franklin Miller

    Male1861–Male

    Katherine Ruhama Miller

    Female1864–Female

    Martha Ann Miller

    Female1867–Female

    Isaac Newton Miller

    Male1870–1948Male

    Effie Estella Miller

    Female1874–1950Female

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World Events (8)

1872 · The First National Park

Age 2

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1882

Age 12

Historical Boundaries - 1882: Apache, Arizona Territory, United States; 1895: Navajo, Arizona Territory, United States; 1912: Navajo, Arizona, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 26

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

1 English and Scottish: occupational name for a miller. The standard modern vocabulary word represents the northern Middle English term, an agent derivative of mille ‘mill’, reinforced by Old Norse mylnari ( see Milner ). In southern, western, and central England Millward (literally, ‘mill keeper’) was the usual term. The American surname has absorbed many cognate surnames from other European languages, for example French Meunier , Dumoulin , Demoulins, and Moulin ; German Mueller ; Dutch Molenaar ; Italian Molinaro ; Spanish Molinero; Hungarian Molnár; Slavic Mlinar , etc.2 Southwestern and Swiss German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Müller ( see Mueller ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Story Highlight

Grandpa and Grandma Miller's wedding picture

This is Grandpa Newt and Grandma Rhuie's wedding picture. They were married on August 29, 1901 in Indiana.

Sources (3)

  • I N Miller, "United States Census, 1940"
  • I Newton Miller in household of Harvey A Miller, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Isaac N Miller, "United States Census, 1930"

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