Descendent Families

Timeline

10/31/1873. Birth
Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana, USA

1898. Graduates from Rochester College as a teacher, along with Orion Miller
Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA

1899. Marriage to Grace Ellen Pocock
Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana, USA

1904. Untitled location
Graduates Indiana University

1904. Untitled location
1322 61st Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

1906. High School Principal
Galveston, Illinois, USA

1906. Instructor at Hyde Park High School
Chicago, Illinois, USA

-1/92/1910. Teaching at Hyde Park High School, according to his obit.
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

1918. Instructor at Hyde Park High School, according to Grace Pocock obit.
Hyde Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

08/03/1922. Marriage to Ethel Jean Rassweller
Chautauqua, New York, USA

1927. Instructor at Hyde Park High School, according to Jean Miller obit.
Hyde Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

1928. Converts Ebenezer Baptist Church (founded by a Babcock) into summer residence
Fulton County, Indiana, USA

1939. Retires from teaching, having taught at Chicago Teacher's College and University of Chicago
Fulton County, Indiana, USA

1960. 928 Jefferson Street
Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana, USA

09/04/1969. Death
Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana, USA

09/07/1969. Burial at I.O.O. Cemetery
Rochester Township, Fulton County, Indiana, USA

Documents

1900. Federal Census
Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA

09/09/1918. WWI draft registration card

1920. Federal Census
Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA

1930. Federal Census
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

1950. Some Early Experiences
Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA

09/04/1969. Rochester Indiana Sentinel

Ancestral Families
Orion Melvidore Miller PHOTOS:

Back row: Alida Rae Miller, unknown (Rassweiler sister?), Donald Miller?, unknown (O.M. Miller uncle or Rassweller brother?), O.M. Miller, Bob Miller. Front row: unknown (Rassweiler sister?), Ethel Rassweiler, unknown, Elizabeth Blacketor

Date: 1927?

"Alida, Om, Bea, Ethel (back), Joshua, Ellen (front)"

Back row: Alida Rae Miller, O.M. Miller, Bea (Miller, wife of Don Miller), Ethel Jean Rassweiler. Front row: Joshua? (or Barry Miller?), Ellen the dog

Date: 1937?

O.M. Miller and fellow graduates of ?

Date: 1904?

Place: Bloomington, Indiana

Photographer: W.A. Thomerson, 504 W 5th St, Bloomington Ind.

Gregory Miller, Gordon Miller in basket, O.M. Miller

Date: 1937?

O.M. Miller (far right) with friends/classmates?

Date: 1891?

Place: Porltand, Indiana, USA

Photographer: Malin & Schwartz Eclipse Studio, Portland, Ind

Standing: O.M. Miller. Seated on bench: Susannah Jane Babcock, Alida Rae Miller, Elizabeth Margaret Blacketor. Seated on lawn: Allen Miller, Mabel Miller

Date: 1905

""Class of 1898". Estill A. Gast, Clement Slonaker, Orion M. Miller, Grace Ellen Pocock (back) Lulu G. Suman, John C. Werner, Grace Elma Leas (front)"

College graduation picture. Orion Miller and Grace Pocock graduating as teachers from Rochester College

Date: 1898

Place: Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA

Henry Allen Miller, Orion Melvedore Miller, Elizabeth Margaret Blacketor

Date: 1878?

O.M. Miller

Date: 1933?

Ethel Jean Rassweller and O.M. Miller

Date: 1950s

"Circa 1905. In swing Grace Ellen Miller, in chair (r) John Robbins. 1st row: Allen, Mable. 2nd Mother Blacketor, Alida, Grandma. 3rd O.M."

Standing: O.M. Miller. Seated on bench: Susannah Jane Babcock, Alida Rae Miller, Elizabeth Margaret Blacketor. Seated on lawn: Allen Miller, Mabel Miller. Extreme left: Grace Pocock. Extreme Right: John Robbins (Wider shot of scan 31)

Date: 1905

Place: Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA?

O.M. Miller and Gregory Miller

Date: 1935?

Orion Miller and Josh Blacketor

Date: 1877?

O.M. Miller and Grace Ellen Pocock

Date: 1900?

O.M. Miller and Elizabeth Margaret Blacketor

Date: 1882?

O.M. Miller

Date: 1887?

Place: Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA

Photographer: C.B. Moore, Rochester, Ind

"Alida, Sam Horn, Allen / Grace Elizabeth"

Alida Rae Miller, Sam Horn (hired man), Allen Miller and Mabel Miller in tree; Grace Pocock and Elizabeth Blacketor below

Date: 1908?

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