History of Miller County, Missouri
Miller County, Missouri became known and organized on February 6th, 1837. It got it's name from the Govenor of Missouri, John Miller. It is bordered by Cole County, Pulaski County, Camden County, Morgan County, Osage County, Moniteau County and Maries County.
Miller County has a wide variety of townships within it's borders. These Town/Townships are: Tuscumbia, Iberia, Eldon, Equality, Glaize, Jim Henry, Franklin, Mary's Home, Richwoods, Osage, Mount Pleasant, St. Anthony, St. Elizabeth and Saline.
{Above} Photos from Miller County Historical Society Website (see website below)
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Miller County Homesteads
By Cyrilla A. Tellman Doerhoff
"Standing like a silent sentinel as guardian of its heritage is the Miller-Tellman house, high on a hill overlooking the Osage River. This historical residence is five miles downstream from the County Seat. The west side faces the confluence of the Saline Creek and Osage River and the east side faces the confluence of the Jim Henry Creek and Osage River.
William and Sarah Mulkey Miller, moved to the site in 1834. On February 6, 1837, the governor approved an act to organize the county of Miller and to define the southern boundary of Cole. The county was named for John Miller, Governor of Missouri, 1826-28. The legislature directed "until the permanent seat of justice shall be established, the several courts for said county shall be held at the house of William Miller. The temporary seat ordered was William Miller's log house on the present Charles P. Tellman farm.
Herman S. Tellman, born in Hanover, Germany in May 1833, married January 29, 1856, to Miss Mary A. Schwaller, a native of Ohio, but whose parents came from France, acquired the Miller property in March 1869. Charles P. Tellman was one of thirteen children born to this union on this homestead and lived there until his death at 78 after rearing a family of nine children.
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Resources to Miller County History
P.O. Box 57
Tuscumbia, MO 65082
Website: http://www.MillerCountyMuseum.org
Email: millercountymuseum@att.net
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