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>From 1880 Beers History of Darke County, Ohio (Adams Twp.) page 557

ABRAHAM MILLER, retired blacksmith, P. O. New Harrison; is a native of
Maryland, born in Frederick County, on the 9th of March, 1820; his
father's sketch appears with his brother Geo. W. Miller, in another
place of this work;  Abraham came to Ohio when he was about 21 years
old;  he obtained a good common-school education in the district
schools of Maryland;  he commenced to learn the blacksmithing trade
when he was in his eighteenth year, at which he served two years.
When he came to Ohio, he opened up a shop in New Harrison, where he
operated for a period of thirty years; meeting with good success, he
now owns 70 acres of land, valued at $4,000, all of which he has made
by his hard labor, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and
amiable wife, to whom he was married on the 4th of December, 1845; she
is a daughter of William and Christina Reck, born in Adams County,
Penn., on the 17th of September, 1824, her name being Julia Ann; eight
children have been born to them - viz., William R., Jeremiah, Abraham
S., Eliza Christing, Rachel Rebecca, Samuel (deceased), Henry H.,
Julia Ann; Mr. and Mrs. Miller are members of the Lutheran Church.