Miles Bishir b. 11 Jan 1830 Highland, Ohio, USA d. 1898 Jasper, Indiana, USA: Bishir Family Scrapbook

1830 - 1898 (67 years)

Name	Miles Bishir [1, 2, 3, 4]
Birth	1830	Ohio [2, 3]
Born	11 Jan 1830	Highland, Ohio, USA [1]
Gender	Male
Alternate Name	Miles /Bisher/ [1]
Birth	11 Jan 1830	Highland Co., OH [5]
Death	1898	Jasper Co., IN
Occupation	BET 1871 AND 1882, Justice of the peace [6]
Died	1898	Jasper, Indiana, USA [1]
Buried	UNKNOWN	Independence Cemetery, Gillam Twp, Jasper, Indiana, USA [7]
Person ID	I4044	Bishir Family \| Jeremiah & Esther/Malinda Bishir
Last Modified	7 Sep 2013

Father	Jeremiah M Bishir, b. 13 Jun 1800, York, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 21 May 1875, Monticello, White, Indiana, USA (Age 74 years)
Mother	Ester Millet, b. 1803, Ohio, USA , d. Abt 1843, White, Indiana, USA (Age 40 years)
Married	1 Nov 1827	Warren, Ohio, USA [8]
Family ID	F1577	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Lavina Gillam, b. 16 May 1832, Carroll, Indiana, USA , d. 16 May 1913, Jasper, Indiana, USA (Age 81 years)

Married 11 Jul 1852 Jasper, Indiana, USA [1]

Alternate Marriage Date 11 Jul 1852 Jasper co., IN

Children

	1. Sarah Bisher, b. 2 Apr 1854, d. 15 Jul 1854, Jasper, Indiana, USA (Age 0 years)
	2. John G Bisher, b. 14 Jul 1855, Gillam Twp, Jasper, Indiana, USA , d. 17 Dec 1906, Gillam Twp, Jasper, Indiana, USA (Age 51 years)
+	3. Jeremiah Bisher, b. 24 Aug 1857, Jasper, Indiana, USA , d. 25 Feb 1931, Jasper, Indiana, USA (Age 73 years)
	4. Stephen A Bishir, b. 24 Feb 1860, Jasper, Indiana, USA , d. 6 Apr 1864, Jasper, Indiana, USA (Age 4 years)
	5. Martha Ellen Bisher, b. 14 Dec 1862, Medaryville, Jasper, Indiana, USA , d. 3 Jul 1935 (Age 72 years)

Last Modified 10 Nov 2022

Family ID F1605 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents
BISHIR, Miles, 1837 Land Patent

Headstones
BISHIR, Miles & Lavina (Gillam)
Contributed by Rob Bishir

Notes

From: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana : historical and biographical.
Chicago: F.A. Battey & Co., 1883, 799 pgs. Page 571

GILLAM TOWNSHIP
MILES BISHIR, farmer and stock-raiser is a native of Highland County, Ohio, born January 11, 1830, and is a son of Jeremiah and Esther (Millet) Bishir, of German and Welsh descent. They were married in Ohio, were farmers, and about 1833 moved, among the first settlers, to White County, Ind., where Mr. Bishir followed his trade of cooper. He died in 1875, aged seventy-five years; he was a strong Democrat and a good citizen; his wife died a few years previous. Miles Bishir passed his boyhood in White County, going to school and assisting his father on the farm until his majority. In 1852, he located in this township on 160 acres of land secured by a Mexican land warrant. July 11, 1852, he wedded Mis Lovina Gillam, born May 16, 1831, daughter of John M. Gillam. To this marriage were born five children, three of whom are living -- John G., Jeremiah, and Martha E. Mr. Bishir continued to farm until 1859, when he moved to the Gillam farm, where he has since resided, which is a highly improved piece of land. Mr. Bishir is an active politician of the Democratic school, and served as Justice of the Peace from 1871 to 1882. He is a member of the Masonic order, and brought the first “separator” to this township. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Land Patentee on 5/15/1837. He paid cash for 80 acres in White county (Jasper was still part of White at that time). BLM GLO records online, it is document #27877, Accession # IN1830_.032

1860 IN Census, Jasper Co., Gillam Twp. Enumerated 27 Jun 1860
Dwelling #643/Family#631
(Last Name, First Name, Age, Sex, color, Occupation, value of real estate, person estate value, Place of birth,)
Miles Bisher30 m wfarmer1400 350 b.OH
Lavina28 f w IN
Jonathan4 m w IN
Jeremiah2 m wIN
unreadable 3/12 m wIN (*note, would be Stephan)
Mary Gillam35 f w INIdiot
Christopher Bisher 18 m w IN

1870 Census Jasper Co, Gillam Twp. res#29 fam#30
Last name, first name, age last birthday, sex, color, occupation, real estate, personal, place of birth, block 15 is attend school, 19 is male citizens over 21 yrs of age
Bisher, Miles40farmer1600 365OH (block19 as well)
Lavina38keeping houseIN
Jonathan15IN (block 15)
Jeremiah18IN (block 15)
Martha E.7IN (block 15)
Gillam, Mary43IN (insane)

1880 Census, Jasper Co., Gillam Twp. res# 91 fam#91
Last name, first name, color, sex, age as of 1 June 1880, relationship to head, single, married, widowed, married during year, place of birth, father's place of birth, mothers place of birth
Bishir, Miles, w,m,50, farmer, married, b.OH, father b.PA, mother b.CT
Lavina w,f,48. keeping house, marriedIN,IN,SC
John G. w,m24,son,laborer, singleIN,OH, IN
Martha E. w,f17, dau.,at home, singleIN,OH,IN
Gillam, Mary w,f, sister in law, at home, IN,IN, SC (cannot read or write)

There is no census available for IN in 1890.

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