ALLEN COUNTY OHIO - OLD FAMILY LETTER DATED 1931/ LETTER I RECEIVED IN 1960

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The following letter was written on March 29th 1931.  It was written Joseph and 
Julia Richardson in Lima, Ohio and sent to his half brother -Lawrence Veale in 
Chicago, Illinois. (Perhaps someone can use the informatiion.)  It reads as 
follow; 

                                           Lima, Ohio 
                                      March 29th, 1931 

Brother, Sister and Family 

I will answer your letter we got sometime ago this leaves us well and hope you 
folks are the same  I rote to Charles again again but have not heard from him 
yet Uncle Harvey Miller is very bad we were to seee him last Friday  he did not 
know us and does not eat anything  when we seen him I did not think he could 
live this long we did not hear from him today you can expect tohear of him being 
dead most anytime  he just rolled his eye back in his Head   It is colder here 
and has been trying to snow for the last two days Julia is making a rug of yarn it 
will look real look when she gets it done  I owe Thursy a letter for sometime  I 
will have to write to her soon it seems that I cant write anymore  Ethel were well 
last time that we saw them 

I will close for this time from your Bro X Sister 
Joseph X Julia Richardson 
735 w Spring St 
Lima, Ohio 



                                  UNCLE HARVEY MILLER  1856-1931 

HARVEY MILLER  was married prior to his marriage to SARAH BAKER.  His first 
wife was named MARY L. , who was born January 1, 1887.  There was a son by 
thie marriage whose name was OSCAR MILLER.  MARY L. died December 
9,1902.  The son of this marriage was electrocuted while working on the inter 
urban lines on November 8, 1907.  HARVEY and SARAH (BAKER) MILLER  lived 
on East Silver St in Wapakonet and he worked for the Haman Churn Factory in 
Wapakonet. They were members of the Methodist Church.  No children by this 
marriage. They are buried in the Green Lawn Cemetery in Wapakonet. 

(SARAH BAKER was the daughter of GEORGE and MALINDA (MOYER) BAKER -- 
the grandaughter of BENJAMIN and SAVILLA (POE) BAKER  and SAM and 
Catherine (DE LONG) MOYER.  She was born March 3, 1875 in Auglaize County, 
Ohio and died July 16, 1960.) 

( HARVEY MILLER was the son of SILAS and CYNTHIA (HEMPLEMAN) MILLER-- 
the grandson of GEORGE and RUTH ( HOWELL) HEMPLEMAN and JACOB 
MILLER.  He was May 2, 1856  in Allen County, Ohio and died in 1931. 

Harvey Miller 		   
