Jane Miller

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Jane Miller, daughter of Robert and Mary (Shaw) Miller, was born in Richland Township, Bucks County, about 1772. She removed to Washington County, Pa., with her sister Mary Walton in 1796. She married there in 1797 Jacob Hormell. He was several years her senior and had resided for some years in Washington County, having served in a militia company from that county during the Revolution. The log cabin built by him previous to his marriage and in which the family resided is still standing. He died in 1827. Jane survived him but the date of her death is unknown. Their graves at Westland Monthly Meeting are unmarked.

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Quaker section

Jane married Pvt. Jacob Hormell in 1797 in Low Hill, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. Jacob (son of John Hendrick Hermel and Maria Eva Felker) was born in 1737 in Normandy, France; died in 1821 in Low Hill, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried in 1821 in Centerville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Their love affair was a peculiar one. Jane had been drying apples for Jacob on shares. When it was time to divide the apples Jacob exclaimed, "Thee need not divide the apples, if thee is willing thee can have them all." Jane being willing, they were happily married; Jacob being sixty years old at the time of the marriage. There were five children born to their union, two sons and three daughters. [Source: Stanley Wright Aultz, "Chronicles of a Griffis Family", Miamisburg, Ohio: S. W. Aultz, 1981 Sarah Fenton Brown Hathaway, "History of the HorMell Family 1737-1924]

1. Katherine Hormell was born on 16 Nov 1799 in Pennsylvania, United States; died in Mar 1829.
2. John Hormell was born on 6 May 1801 in Brownsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 5 Apr 1882 in Low Hill, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried in Apr 1882 in Centerville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.
3. Nancy Hormell was born on 15 Nov 1803 in Pennsylvania, United States; died in in Indiana, United States.
4. Prudence Hormell was born on 3 Feb 1804 in Low Hill, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 15 Mar 1889 in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Mar 1889 in Hanoverton, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.
5. William Hormell was born in 1806 in Pennsylvania, United States; died in 1826; was buried in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.