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Subject: MILLER, William Ballard/Bart
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 23:19:34 EST

Monroe County Early Obits, copied by Dorothy Hamm from microfilm prepared by
the Newspaper Archives, Indiana University (IU), available at the Monroe
County Historical Society (MCHS).
NOTE: There is no longer a newspaper archives at IU and the microfilm cannot
be located. The cards from which the microfilm was made is part of the
clipping file available at the MCHS. The cards may or may not contain the
entire obituary.

MILLER, William Ballard/Bart
Died on Nov. 28, 1883 from consumption. The son-in-law of Gamel/Gammel
Peterson.
Bloomington Republican Progress, Dec. 5, 1883.
Newspaper Archives, I.U. Library. [See above note.]
Note: Monroe Co. Death Index 1882-1920 lists William B. Miller, male,
white, age 30, d. Nov. 27, 1884. (This must have been a typographical error.
Should be 1883 instead of 1884.) Recorded in book H-12, p. 10.
Mr. Miller is buried in Mt. Gilead Cemetery near Unionville, east of
Bloomington. Tombstone reads: Ballard Miller, b. March 1854, d. 11-17-1883.
Both his death notice and his tombstone agree that William Ballard Miller
died in 1883, so the Monroe Co. Death Index is incorrect.
Mr. Miller's death notice referred to him as Bart Miller, the death index
as William B. Miller, and his tombstone as Ballard Miller, however, the
evidence appears to be conclusive that Bart, William B., and Ballard are all
one and the same person.

Data Entry Volunteer - Lana Carrol Taylor

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