John Edward Miller
Private, Company B, 98th P.V.I.
Listed in Bates History as: Miller, Edward
Born: December 5, 1843
Saxe-Altenburg, Germany
Immigrated to the United States with father in 1856
Mustered In: January 6, 1865
Mustered Out: (with Company) June 29, 1865
Occupation Post-War:
“After his term of service expired he engaged at his trade of cabinet making. For six years he was locking-tender on the old Union Canal, one mile above Myerstown, Lebanon county, and he also carried the ti-weekly mail between Mount Aetna and Wintersville, walking the distance, three miles, on foot for ten years. He is now living retired at Mount Aetna.”
Spouse:
Elizabeth Ziegler
(Daughter of Daniel P. and Mary (Kline) Ziegler, Ziegler’s Mill, Bethel Twp.)
Children:
William
Harry R.
John
George
Francis
Charles
Frank
Spouse: (1882)
Lovina Long
(no children from this union)
*Resource for this information: Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania: Embracing a Concise History of the County and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families
(via books.google.com)