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Elijah Miller
Birth: 4-11-1772
Death: 11-13-1851
Nickname: Judge
RelationshipsSpouse
Miller, Hannah (HFM)
Biography
Elijah Miller's ancestors came from Suffolkshire England. He was the second of 10 children and his early education took place at his mother's knee during the revolutionary war. After the War, he attended quaker schools and then went to the Academy at Williamstown (which later became Williams college). His parents moved to Romulus, New York and when Miller finished his schooling, he went there to study law with Daniel Shepard of Aurora. In 1798, Miller was selected to practice in the Supreme Court as an attorney. On January 1, 1800 he married Hanna Foote. He opened his own real estate law office and was considered to be one of the best lawyers in Western New York. He moved to Auburn in 1808 (Lazette and Frances, his only daughters, were born a few years earlier). He joined in the Episcopal Church despite his Quaker Upbringing. His wife died 3 years later.
In 1813 Miller was appointed County Clerk and then selected to help choose the new prison site in Auburn as well as be the President of the board of inspectors. He was then appointed the First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Cayuga County
In 1817, Miller supported the building of the first cotton mill in Auburn, using power from the Owasco River. In 1817 he built a new house in Auburn, Brigham Young, who was at the time a builder but later became the founder of Mormonism helped build the house.
He partnered with Seward in his practice but focused on building his investments. He supported the building of canals and railroads throughout Western new York. In 1826 he was nominated for Congress but lost.
Letter References
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, May 26, 1868
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, Jr., November, 1846
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Clarinda Miller McClallen, December 22, 1849
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 4, 1849
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, February 15, 1849
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, Jr., February 13, 1846
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Lazette Miller Worden, August 29, 1844
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, May 28, 1844
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, February 9, 1844
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 29, 1841
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, June 2, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 8, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 21, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 1, 1831
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 28, 1831
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, December 11, 1837
Letter from George Washington Seward to Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield, April 21, 1827
Letter from Mary Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 6, 1825
Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, August 15, 1823
Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, August 12, 1823
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, March 25, 1833
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, October 9, 1834
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1832
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, September 28, 1831
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Paulina Titus Miller, September 7, 1815
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 20, 1831
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, December 7, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 23, 1837
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 28, 1837
Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, December 13, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 22, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 19, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, September 2, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 21, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 12, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 26, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 1, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 11, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 27, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 17, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 4, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 4, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 13, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 25, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 1, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 7, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 17, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward,
February 11, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 22, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 4,
1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 8,
1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 1, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward,
February 14, 1837
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 8, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward,
February 23, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 3, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 11, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 2, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 5, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 24, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 5, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 13, 1838
Letter from Francis Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 20, 1838
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, March 30, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 13, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 20, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 25, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 28, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 15, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 1, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 26, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 8,
1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward,
December 28, 1836
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 1, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward,
December 11, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward,
December 21, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 9, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 28, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 23, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 7, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 23, 1839
Letter from Julia Ann Van Brunt to Frances Miller Seward, March 10, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 2, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 17, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 24, 1836
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, October 7, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 29, 1836
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, June 27, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 2, 1835
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 9, 1835
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 27, 1835
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 15, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 8, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 25, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 19, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 26, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 22, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 25, 1833
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 21 1833
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 28, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 8, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 22, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 21, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 5, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 25, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 13, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 4, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1833
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Frances Miller Seward, February 3, 1833
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 27, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Wiliam Henry Seward, November 11, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 27, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 24, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 20, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward, to William Henry Seward, December 30, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 18, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 1832
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, Feburary 13, 1832
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 26, 1830
Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, March 16, 1842
Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, October 19, 1842
Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, March 9, 1842
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 25, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 9, 1831
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, December 19, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 1, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 15, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 29, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 27, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 18, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 18, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 17, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 26, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 4, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 11, 1831
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, June 26, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 3, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 8, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 28, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 23, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 19, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 27, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 11, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 16, 1831
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 6, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 22, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 27, 1831
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Biography: Elijah Miller's ancestors came from Suffolkshire England. He was the second of 10 children and his early education took place at his mother's knee during the revolutionary war. After the War, he attended quaker schools and then went to the Academy at Williamstown (which later became Williams college). His parents moved to Romulus, New York and when Miller finished his schooling, he went there to study law with Daniel Shepard of Aurora. In 1798, Miller was selected to practice in the Supreme Court as an attorney. On January 1, 1800 he married Hanna Foote. He opened his own real estate law office and was considered to be one of the best lawyers in Western New York. He moved to Auburn in 1808 (Lazette and Frances, his only daughters, were born a few years earlier). He joined in the Episcopal Church despite his Quaker Upbringing. His wife died 3 years later.
In 1813 Miller was appointed County Clerk and then selected to help choose the new prison site in Auburn as well as be the President of the board of inspectors. He was then appointed the First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Cayuga County
In 1817, Miller supported the building of the first cotton mill in Auburn, using power from the Owasco River. In 1817 he built a new house in Auburn, Brigham Young, who was at the time a builder but later became the founder of Mormonism helped build the house.
He partnered with Seward in his practice but focused on building his investments. He supported the building of canals and railroads throughout Western new York. In 1826 he was nominated for Congress but lost.Citation Type: WebsiteCitation URL: http://books.google.com/books?id=p8jmmSwD9KEC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=elijah+miller+1772+biography&source=bl&ots=Wwp6OWAWea&sig=sYC8al2Qc2bktDSuzLfEhjWd2bg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hx4jU4Ml0eqQB9CDgKAM&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=elijah%20miller%201772%20biography&f=falWebsite Viewing Date: Friday, March 14, 2014 - 11:30Website's Last Modified Date: Friday, March 14, 2014 - 11:30
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Biography: Judge Elijah Miller, 79, was notably the father-in-law and early law partner of celebrated American statesman William H. Seward. A distinguished local jurist and widower of the former Hannah Foote, Judge Miller gave Seward permission to marry their daughter, Frances Adeline, on condition that the couple reside with him at his residence in Auburn, New York, now known as the national landmark Seward House, on the city's South Street. Impressed by the beauty of newly opened Fort Hill Cemetery in 1851, the Judge purchased a family plot here and was the first Seward relative to be buried in it, his death having occurred later that year. In time he was joined here by his daughter, son-in-law, their children, and many of his descendants.Citation Type: WebsiteCitation URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20855819Website Viewing Date: Friday, March 14, 2014 - 11:45Website's Last Modified Date: Friday, March 14, 2014 - 11:45
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Miller, Hannah (HFM)
Biography
Elijah Miller's ancestors came from Suffolkshire England. He was the second of 10 children and his early education took place at his mother's knee during the revolutionary war. After the War, he attended quaker schools and then went to the Academy at Williamstown (which later became Williams college). His parents moved to Romulus, New York and when Miller finished his schooling, he went there to study law with Daniel Shepard of Aurora. In 1798, Miller was selected to practice in the Supreme Court as an attorney. On January 1, 1800 he married Hanna Foote. He opened his own real estate law office and was considered to be one of the best lawyers in Western New York. He moved to Auburn in 1808 (Lazette and Frances, his only daughters, were born a few years earlier). He joined in the Episcopal Church despite his Quaker Upbringing. His wife died 3 years later. In 1813 Miller was appointed County Clerk and then selected to help choose the new prison site in Auburn as well as be the President of the board of inspectors. He was then appointed the First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Cayuga County In 1817, Miller supported the building of the first cotton mill in Auburn, using power from the Owasco River. In 1817 he built a new house in Auburn, Brigham Young, who was at the time a builder but later became the founder of Mormonism helped build the house. He partnered with Seward in his practice but focused on building his investments. He supported the building of canals and railroads throughout Western new York. In 1826 he was nominated for Congress but lost.
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to William Henry Seward, May 26, 1868
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, Jr., November, 1846
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Clarinda Miller McClallen, December 22, 1849
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 4, 1849
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, February 15, 1849
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, Jr., February 13, 1846
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Lazette Miller Worden, August 29, 1844
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, May 28, 1844
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, February 9, 1844
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 29, 1841
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, June 2, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 8, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 21, 1834
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 1, 1831
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 28, 1831
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, December 11, 1837
Letter from George Washington Seward to Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield, April 21, 1827
Letter from Mary Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 6, 1825
Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, August 15, 1823
Letter from William Henry Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, August 12, 1823
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, March 25, 1833
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, October 9, 1834
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1832
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, September 28, 1831
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Paulina Titus Miller, September 7, 1815
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 20, 1831
Letter from Alvah H. Worden to William Henry Seward, December 7, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 23, 1837
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 28, 1837
Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, December 13, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 22, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 19, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, September 2, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 21, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 12, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 26, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 1, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 11, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 27, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 17, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 4, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 4, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 13, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 25, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, May 1, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 7, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 17, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 11, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 22, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 4, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 8, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 1, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 14, 1837
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, January 8, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 23, 1837
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 3, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 11, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 2, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 5, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 24, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 5, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 13, 1838
Letter from Francis Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 20, 1838
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, March 30, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 13, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 20, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 25, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 28, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 15, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 1, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 26, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 8, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 28, 1836
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, December 1, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 11, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 21, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 9, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 28, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, March 23, 1839
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 7, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 23, 1839
Letter from Julia Ann Van Brunt to Frances Miller Seward, March 10, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 2, 1839
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, October 17, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 24, 1836
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, October 7, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 29, 1836
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, June 27, 1836
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 2, 1835
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 9, 1835
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 27, 1835
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 15, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 8, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 25, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 19, 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 1834
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 26, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 22, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 25, 1833
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 21 1833
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 28, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 8, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 22, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 21, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 5, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 25, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 13, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 4, 1833
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1833
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Frances Miller Seward, February 3, 1833
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, March 27, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Wiliam Henry Seward, November 11, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 27, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 24, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 20, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward, to William Henry Seward, December 30, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 18, 1832
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 1832
Letter from Louisa Cornelia Seward Canfield to Frances Miller Seward, Feburary 13, 1832
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, July 26, 1830
Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, March 16, 1842
Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, October 19, 1842
Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Lazette Miller Worden, March 9, 1842
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 25, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 9, 1831
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, December 19, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 1, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 15, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 29, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 27, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 18, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 18, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 17, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 26, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 4, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 11, 1831
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, June 26, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 3, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 8, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 28, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 23, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 19, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 27, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 11, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 16, 1831
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 6, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 22, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 27, 1831
Citations
Biography and Citation Information:
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Biography:
Elijah Miller's ancestors came from Suffolkshire England. He was the second of 10 children and his early education took place at his mother's knee during the revolutionary war. After the War, he attended quaker schools and then went to the Academy at Williamstown (which later became Williams college). His parents moved to Romulus, New York and when Miller finished his schooling, he went there to study law with Daniel Shepard of Aurora. In 1798, Miller was selected to practice in the Supreme Court as an attorney. On January 1, 1800 he married Hanna Foote. He opened his own real estate law office and was considered to be one of the best lawyers in Western New York. He moved to Auburn in 1808 (Lazette and Frances, his only daughters, were born a few years earlier). He joined in the Episcopal Church despite his Quaker Upbringing. His wife died 3 years later.
In 1813 Miller was appointed County Clerk and then selected to help choose the new prison site in Auburn as well as be the President of the board of inspectors. He was then appointed the First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Cayuga County
In 1817, Miller supported the building of the first cotton mill in Auburn, using power from the Owasco River. In 1817 he built a new house in Auburn, Brigham Young, who was at the time a builder but later became the founder of Mormonism helped build the house.
He partnered with Seward in his practice but focused on building his investments. He supported the building of canals and railroads throughout Western new York. In 1826 he was nominated for Congress but lost.
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Judge Elijah Miller, 79, was notably the father-in-law and early law partner of celebrated American statesman William H. Seward. A distinguished local jurist and widower of the former Hannah Foote, Judge Miller gave Seward permission to marry their daughter, Frances Adeline, on condition that the couple reside with him at his residence in Auburn, New York, now known as the national landmark Seward House, on the city's South Street. Impressed by the beauty of newly opened Fort Hill Cemetery in 1851, the Judge purchased a family plot here and was the first Seward relative to be buried in it, his death having occurred later that year. In time he was joined here by his daughter, son-in-law, their children, and many of his descendants.
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