John Miller (c. 1794-1856)
MSA SC 3520-13905
Biography:
Born c. 1794. Married Margaret Schurar on June 28, 1818. Six children included a son born between 1821 and 1825, daughter Margaret (born c. 1827), Mary (born c. 1829), Sarah (born c. 1832), Isabella (born c. 1835), and another daughter born between 1835 and 1840 (died young). Died March 12, 1856.
John Miller was a merchant in Annapolis and served as mayor of Annapolis from 1837 to 1840. In the early 1840s, Miller sold his lots in Annapolis and moved to rural Anne Arundel County, just south of the current Howard County line, in order to engage in farming. Late in life he joined the Protestant Episcopal Church.
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