History of Hardin County, Iowa
                 Springfield, Ill: Union Publishing Company, 1883.


                              Union Township 

Jacob Miller

Jacob Miller was born in Macon county, Illinois, March 11, 1827.  He
is a son of David Miller, of North Carolina, and Jane (Cooper) Miller.
Jacob came to Hardin county in the fall of 1850.  His education was
received in the pioneer school house, traveling from three to four
miles through the woods, each day to school.  He was married in
Marshall county, Iowa, to Harriet Ballard, a daughter of Philip
Mallard, of Kentucky.  She was born in Indiana, November 18, 1828.
The family consisted of eleven children, nine of whom are living, viz:
Henry R., William J., Robert E., Charles F., Lewis A., Martha A., John
W., Mary M., Rosella E.  Immediately after marriage, Mr.  and
Mrs. Miller moved to Hardin county and located where they now reside,
moving into a log cabin, 14 by 16, with a puncheon floor.  At that
time no family lived north on the river.  They had to go to Cedar
Falls for their milling, many times pounding their corn into meal for
the family use.  There was then plenty of game.  Mr.  Miller came to
Iowa a poor man, with nothing but his hands and a good constitution.
He went to work to make a home, and, by good management, has
accumulated a fine property, and to-day is one of the well-to-do
farmers of the county, having 280 acres of land, valued at $40 per
acre.