Pleasant Hill History Center

DAVID MILLER, farmer; P. O. Covington; was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., in 1817. His father; Henry Miller, and his mother, Ann E. Klein, were both natives of Pennsylvania; they reared a family of fourteen children, nine sons and five daughters. Henry Miller gave his attention chiefly to farming and followed it till his death, which occurred in Cumberland Co., Penn., at the age of 77 years.  A. E. Klein, his second wife, died at the age of 66 years.  The subject of this sketch was next to the youngest of the family.  His life has been that of a farmer.  He passed the first ten years of it in the place of his nativity, when he was taken with his parents to Cumberland Co.  Here he remained, assisting his father in the duties of the farm, till he was 23 years old.  He then embarked in life on his own resources, operating a farm in same county for about nine years.  In the spring of 1850, he concluded to make his home in Ohio. That he has made farming a success is evidenced by his large farm and fine buildings.  He has been a faithful member of the German Baptist Church for about thirty-three years. His first marriage was in 1840, with Martha Kauffman, of York Co., Penn., with whom he lived about two and a half years, when her death occurred.  A son and daughter were born to this union.  His second marriage was with Nancy Nussleman, of Lancaster Co., Penn., who died in 1868, leaving four sons and one daughter.  His third marriage was with Anna Eller, a native of this county; they have no children.