Saumuel H. Miller, farmer, Wards Grove Township, Jo Daviess County, Ill., was born in Carbon County, Penn., Feb. 18, 1838, son of John and Kathrine (Moore) Miller, natives of Pennsylvania. John Miller was a soldier in the War of 1812, and his father, Abraham Miller, served in the Revolutionary War. At the age of twelve years Samuel H. Miller went to live with his uncle, Samuel Hodge, and removed with him to Packwaukee, Wis., where he lived for eleven years, and then came to Carroll County, Ill. In 1862 he enlisted in Company I, Ninety-second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out of the service in 1865, after having participated in all the engagements of his regiment. He also had four brothers in the Union army, two of whom were wounded in battle. In 1867 Mr. Miller was married in Carroll County, Ill., to Mary E. Hunter, who was born in Ogle County, Ill., Feb. 12, 1846, the daughter of Henry and Mary (Hughes) Hunter. Henry Hunter was a native of Mississippi and removed from that State to Indiana and later to Ogle County, Ill. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Miller first settled in Carroll County, but later came to Jo Daviess County and purchased their present homestead in Section 32, Wards Grove Township. They have one child, Mary M., who married Ellis Evans. Mr. Miller is a member of the G. A. R. Post, No. 520, at Stockton. In politics he is a Republican, and has served as Highway Commissioner fifteen years and School Director sixteen years

From Dori Leekley - History of JoDaviess 1904