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Andrew Miner
(1849-1939)

Andrew Miner was born on Oct. 2, 1853 near Champion, Trumbull County, OH, one of 13 children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Forney) Miner. He "was born in a two room log cabin built by his father on the hill in what is now known as Meadowbrook," said a newspaper, "and [he] was a life long resident of Warren Township" in Trumbull County.

At his death, he was said to be the "eldest citizen of this community [Leavittsburg], where close friends and neighbors affectionately knew him as 'Pop'."

On Jan. 3, 1878, at the age of 29, Andrew married his cousin, Margaret "Maggie" Forney (1857-1911), who was the daughter of George Forney (1819-1883). They had one daughter, Daisy Elnora Phillips, born in 1879.

The federal census of Warren Township of 1880 shows that Andrew was employed as a carpenter.

Maggie, said the Warren (OH) Daily Tribune, "was a lifelong member of the German Lutheran church of Lords town…"

Virtually nothing is known about their adult lives together, other than that they resided in Leavittsburg.

Maggie became ill in about 1910, and suffered for about one year, until her death on Nov. 4, 1911. She was buried at the Lutheran and German Reformed Cemetery in Southington, Trumbull County. The Daily Tribune published her obituary under a large, prominent headline (seen here), reading "DIED SATURDAY - Mrs. Andrew Miner of Leavittsburg Passed Away - Funeral Tuesday."

After Maggie's death, Andrew moved into the home of their daughter Dazie, where he remained for more than a quarter of a century.

Andrew lived to be 89 years, nine months and 15 days old. He passed away of cancer on March 9, 1939. He was laid to rest beside his wife.

In his obituary, the Warren Tribune Chronicle reported: "Pallbearers were Ned Higley, I.E. Wakefield, R.S. Wilcox, Guy Burnett, J.V. Johnson and H.E. Hine."

Andrew is mentioned in a lavishly illustrated, 2011 book about his cousin who was a Civil War veteran -- entitled Well At This Time: the Civil War Diaries and Army Convalescence Saga of Farmboy Ephraim Miner. The book, authored by the founder of this website, is seen at right. [More]

~ Daughter Dazie (Miner) Phillips ~

Daughter Dazie Miner ( ? - ? ) married Reese Phillips ( ? - ? ) of Warren.