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The Oral History of the John Thomas Barnett Family

John Thomas Barnett was the son of Thomas Barnett. Thomas was born about 1810, probably in Virginia, to John William Barnett and his wife Tymandra, a "Cherokee maiden." He first married Johannah Christian. She fell from a horse and was dragged to death. Thomas then married Jane Lane. Jane also met an untimely death. She fell from a foot log while crossing a stream, got wet, took cold and died. Thus twice Thomas was left with small children. Thomas' third wife was Elizabeth Blanding.

Thomas Barnett came down the Ohio River from Ironton (Zanesville), Lawrence County, Ohio on a flatboat. He got off at Cape Girardeau, Missouri and went overland to Iron County, Missouri, near Iron Mountain and Pilot Knob. During the Civil War he was a Union soldier, and after the war they were forced to leave their Missouri home. They moved to Mahaska County, Iowa near Thomas' brother, John Sanford Barnett, where Thomas died about 1870.

BARNETT, Thomas and Johanna Christian (Parents unknown)
Issue:
Marcelina Arena Barnett , born probably in Ohio
Chrystaline Parthenia Barnett, born probably in Ohio
Isaac Van Buren Barnett, born probably in Ohio, died young in Missouri. Probably named after Thomas' brother Isaac.
Alonzo Cushion Barnett, born probably in Ohio, died an infant, drank lye water.

BARNETT, Thomas and Jane Lane (Parents unknown) born in Ohio, died probably in Iowa. 
Issue:
Zachary Taylor Barnett , born 16 Apr 1850 Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, died December 24, 1944, Kings County, California. Married August 28, 1879 to Fannie E. (Frances?) Ogle in Tulare, California.
Mary Edna Barnett, born about 1852, Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. Died April 1917 in Sterling, Logan County, Colorado. She married (1) George Fell Slocum on July 13, 1873, Mahaska County, Iowa. Then she married (2) John Schultz on January 29, 1889 in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa.
John Thomas Barnett, born March 24, 1854 Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, and died May 17, 1926, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. He married October 9, 1879 to Laura Etta Miller in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa.
James W. Barnett, born about 1856, Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, and died 1946, possibly in California. He married on February 28, 1884 to Jane Brown in Given, Mahaska County, Iowa.
Jane Barnett, born about 1857, Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, died an infant.

BARNETT, Thomas and Elizabeth Blanding (Parents unknown, may have been a widow)
Issue:
Martha Barnett , born Eddyville, Mahaska County, Iowa.
Lizzie Barnett, born Eddyville, Mahaska County, Iowa.

The Oral History of the Daniel Dull Miller Family

According to John Robert Martin, Daniel Miller was smooth-shaven, medium height and fleshy. He was a cabinetmaker and a great fruit man, and he had a beautiful fruit orchard. He grafted trees and had several kinds of fruit on one tree. Jane Dull Miller was tall with hair that remained black until her death.

The family was Presbyterian and very religious. When Saturday's work was done, the table was set for Sunday's breakfast. Dishes were left until Monday. No work was to be done on Sunday. Their son, Daniel Dull Miller, was educated for the ministry, but he never worked in that field. He did hold several county offices. (From notes of Laura Etta Miller Barnett).

MILLER, Daniel & Jane Dull
Parents unknown, born about 1801, probably in Virginia. He married Jane Dull on February 14, 1829 (?) in Trumbull County, Ohio. Her parents are unknown and she was born about 1803, probably in Pennsylvania.

Issue:
Emily Miller , Born about 1829, probably in Ohio. She died in 1855. She married on February 6, 1851 in Mahaska County, Iowa, to Leonidas R. Thompson.
Daniel Dull Miller, Born 5 Jan 1829, probably in Trumball County, Ohio. He died March 28, 1908 in Blake, Garfield County, Nebraska. He was buried in Eddyville, Mahaska County, Iowa. He was married September 5, 1856 in Monroe County, Iowa to Mary Jane Bishop, daughter of Samuel D. Bishop & Huldah Daniels. She was born November 19, 1821 in Indiana, and died April 14, 1908 in Blake, Garfield County, Nebraska. She was buried in Eddyville, Mahaska County, Iowa. Mary had first married Henry Weed in Indiana. And her second marriage was to William C. Sellers in Monroe County, Iowa.
Clay F. Miller, Born about 1831, probably in Ohio. He married about 1856, Frulove ??
William H. Miller, Born about 1834, probably in Ohio. He married Mary J. Plough
Elizabeth Miller, Born about 1837, probably in Ohio.
Olive J. Miller, Born about 1839, probably in Ohio.
Samuel Newell Miller, Born 9 May, 1841, probably in Ohio. He died March 27, 1872. He is buried in the Highland Cemetery in Eddyville, Mahaska County, Iowa. He served in during the Civil War in Co. "L", 4th Cavalry of Iowa. He married March 17, 1858 to Elizabeth Martin.
Cornelia Miller, Born about 1846, Iowa.