Sources & Information:
IGI Record, Batch No. 9087562, Sheet 7.

Nelson H. Miller was born July 27, 1832, in Washington Township; son of Daniel and Lucinda (Hurlbut) Miller; his parents, when he was a year old, moved to Macomb, Section 8, where his father took up 160 acres from the Government; he lived on the place until he was eighteen years old, when he had the gold fever in 1850, and went to California; traveled over the great part of the state, mostly in the central and northern mines; spent most of his time in Sierra County; returned in 1850, after an absence of nearly five years, his farm being mostly the homestead he purchased while he was in California; he started to Pike's Peak, got nearly there, being satisfied from report that it was a mere speculation more than anything else, he returned. In 1862, August 9, he enlisted Company F, Twenty-second Michigan Infantry; he went with his command to Kentucky, thence to Nashville, Tenn.; next, to Chattanooga, thence he went into the battle of Chichamauga, where he was captured by the enemy, September 20, 1863; he was taken from Atlanta to Belle Isle, thence to Richmond, VA.; next to Danville and subsequently to Andersonville; next, to Charleston, and lastly, to Florence, S.C.; and thence to Annapolis, Md.; then home on a thirty days leave. Soon after he arrived there, he was detailed in charge of twenty men on board the steamer Chichamauga, and served on the steamer until the regiment returned home; he first enlisted as Sargent and served as such through his time; returned July, 1865. He has been on the since; politically he is a Republican. He was married September 12,
1855, to Caroline I. Dixon, daughter of Silas Dixon, an old settler of Mt. Clemens, in 1859; they have had seven children six of whom are living.

Note 1880 U.S. Census Household Record under Caroline Isabelle Miller. Also note that she
is shown as Caroline J. Miller in Census, Family History Library Film 1254592, NA Film Number T9-0592, Page No. 467D.

There is some contention as to the spelling of Hurlbut, Hurlbert, & Hulbut. Needs some clarification as to correctness.