12 for ’26: Descendants of Michael Stufflebeam Through Grandson Miller Ostrander Stufflebeam (1841-1916)

Miller Osytrander Stufflebeam was the third and youngest son of John E. Stufflebeam and his second wife, Harriet Ostrander, born 13 November 1841 in Warren County, Indiana.

Miller married Lucetta Nancy Webster on 21 September 1871 in Vermilion County, Illinois. She was born on 14 April 1850, Sandusky County, Ohio.

Miller was a veteran of the Civil War, serving in Co. K, 33 Indiana Infantry.

They were the parents of seven children:

Children: (Stufflebeam)

  1. Fred Perry, born 17 December 1872, Marion County, Kansas; died 5 January 1952, Tippecanoe County, Indiana; married Minnie Chapman, 28 September 1916, Grady County, Oklahoma. They had no children.
  2. Judson Morgan, born 4 December 1874, Marion County, Kansas; died 18 December 1962, Vermilion County, Illinois; married Myrtle Mae Cronkhite, 2 March 1898, Vermilion County, Illinois. They were the parents of three daughters and one son.
  3. Edith Harriet, born 19 February 1876, Marion County, Kansas; died 11 December 1953, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio; married Sherman Benton Groscost, c1899. They were the parents of two sons and four daughters.
  4. Lulu Belle, born 6 April 1879, Marion County, Kansas; died 13 May 1949, Tippecanoe County, Indiana; married Albertis Crouse Hill, 12 October 1904, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. They were the parents of two sons.
  5. Emma Webster, born 24 December 18800, Marion County, Kansas; died 22 March 1957, Marion County, Indiana; married Peter Joseph Rothenberger, 17 June 1903, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. They were the parents of one son.
  6. Dora M., born 17 February 1883, Kansas; died 15 February 1970, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana; married Bertram Arden Montgomery, between 1930-1940. They had no children.
  7. Albin Miller, born 1885, Kansas; died 1955, Tippecanoe County,Indiana; married Hazel Josephine Cummings, 29 March 1915, Seattle, King, Washington. They were the parents of one son, Stanwood, who died serving in the Korean War, unmarried, and one daughter.

Miller Ostrander Stufflebeam died on 23 April 1916, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. His wife, Lucetta, survived him only by six weeks, dying on 3 June 1916, also in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

This family reflected the later 1800s trend of much more frequent movement by family members in several directions. Families weren’t moving so much en masse anymore and, while Miller moved his family to Kansas for quite a few years, ultimately, he decided to return to Indiana, not far from his birthplace as Tippecanoe County borders Warren County.

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