Charles Miller Macomber was born 1 September 1826 in Susquehana County PA - his death occurred 2 December 1915 in Winslow, Stephenson County IL.
Charles moved at age 9 to Stephenson Co landing at Galena after coming up the Mississippi in a canal boat during a big flood.

It has been said that the name Miller came from William Miller a popular preacher of that day and especially in the “1844 movement.”

Charles held several titles in public office: town trustee, commissioner of highways, school director and police magistrate, Town Marshall etc. (History of Stephenson County revised: 1910). Held a an elective position until he was to old to serve.

A.J. Macomber went to Stephenson County with his parents in 1835. He became a teacher when he was 20 and taught school for 3 years before working on the stock market. He moved to Nebraska with his father and the family lived there 2 years, then returned to Stephenson County. After marrying, A. J. Macomber bought a farm in Palo Alto County, Iowa, then returned after a year to Stephenson County.

After returning from Iowa, he "carried on merchandising in Waddams Grove for 5 years and subsequently engaged in buying and selling stock at Nora 12 years. He then took up farming in Waddams Township and afterward settled on the Miller farm in West Point Township, where he is now located.

He is an industrious and successful agriculturist and stockraiser and has some thoroughbred shorthorn cattle. He also feeds and fattens a large number of hogs each year and their sale is a source of gratifying income. He has about 148 acres planted in corn and ninety acres in small grain, and he also does dairying, milking about twenty-two cows, which are high grade shorthorns."