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20:43 Wisconsin Time

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Today is Day #65

 

 

This Week in History

 

 


March 3, 1843 - David R. Hyer
David R. Hyer was the original purchaser of 142.3 acres and 80 acres of land in Jefferson County Wisconsin. These properties is described as being the Northeast part and the East1/2southwest of Section 20, 7-N, 14-E. He also purchased 40 acres of land in Jefferson County Wisconsin. This property is described as being the Southeast-Southwest portion of Section19, 7-N, 14-E. The final portion of land purchased on this date was 160 acres in Jefferson County. This property is described as the Northwest portion of Section 21, 7-N, 14-E. This is a total 422.3 acres of land. (David is Howie’s 2g-grandfather)

March 3, 1869 – Jerome B. Potter
As a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Jerome B. Potter voted against the adoption of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment was adopted. It guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race or color. (Jerome is Howie’s 2g-grandfather)

March 6, 1692 – Moses Cleveland
Moses Cleveland is admitted to full communion in the First Church of Charleston Massachusetts. (Moses is Howie’s 8g-grandfather)

March 8, 1840 – David R. Hyer, George Hyer
Rev. Washington Philo, a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in Madison WI. presided over a church meeting. At this meeting, David and George Hyer, along with six other men, were elected as Vestrymen. They also voted to name the church “Apostolic Church”. (David is Howie’s 2g-gandfather, George is Howie’s 2g-granduncle)

March 9. 1638 – Ezekiel Richardson
The Remonstrance in Mr. Wheelwright’s favor was presented to the General Court on this date. Ezekiel was one of eighty signers of this document. Because of failing health he asked to have his name removed in 1640, and was spared the penalties imposed on the others. (Ezekiel is Myra’s 9g-grandfather)

March 9 1710 or 1711 - Andrew Watkins Jr.
Edward Cook deeded to Andrew Watkins, 'Husbandman", son of his wife, Elizabeth (Griffin-Watkins), by an earlier marriage, all of his land in Needham, Massachusetts including his home. The land consisted of ten acres at Maugus Hill, and six acres in the Natick Dividend. (Andrew is Myra’s 6g-grandfather)

March 10, 1686 - Isaac Platt
Isaac and others entered into a disputed boundary line agreement with James Lloyd concerning differences between Huntington, Long Island, New York, and Lloyd's Neck. In later years the dispute rekindled and in 1734 the boundary required further codification. (Isaac is Howie’s 8g-grandfather)

 

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Last updated: Saturday, July 25,2015

Kenneth Copeland Ministries: We have supported this ministry for a number of years. We trust that their teaching will minister to you as it has to us. You can follow this link to: www.kcm.org

 

PHOTO GALLERY

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    Holidays                                 12-30-09
  Wildlife and Scenery              2-16-08
 

The Joshi Mission Project is located in Pani Kumar a small village northwest of Siliguri, West Bengal, India. The project consists of a church, school, and orphanage. www.joshimission.com

  Ben & Leanna Miller: Ben is our oldest son. He and Leanna are the proud parents of Raymond Howard & Evelyn Rose Miller our first grand children. They have their own web site at:  www.benandleanna.com . Ben is an electrical engineer and works for Master Machine Solutions, Inc. Leanna is a stay at home mom and part time teacher.

We attend Pathways Church in Appleton.

The church is located on Evergreen Dr. near  Hwy 47 just north of Hwy 41. Sunday morning service times are at 9:00 am and 10:30 am.

www.pathwayschurch.us

 

  Tim (Otis) and Ady Miller: Tim is our middle son. He and Ady  were married on August 20, 2006. They have a personal web site at:  www.timandady.com. Tim is an entertainer. You can learn more about him on his web site www.timmiller.us.  Tim previously did a  three year tour with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, now is working as part of the Miller and Mike duo.  Ady is the head of the children's department at the Marinette library.

Students for Christ Europe is a mission outreach to the college campuses of Europe. John and Anita Koeshall have been friends since my college days.

www.sfceurope.org

  Paul & Laura Miller: Paul is our youngest son. He and Laura are the proud parents of Luke Joseph Miller. Paul is an English teacher and Forensics Coach at Appleton North High School. Laura is a stay at home mom. You can find out more about them on their web site: www.paulandlaura.com

Visit the virtual zoo of our grandson. He has an interest in animals and insects and has started a zoo with many interesting facts and pictures.

www.raymiezoo.com

  Links Page: This page has links to very useful information found on the internet. It is not intended to be all inclusive, but there is good stuff here. (Updated: 3-29-08)
Master Machine Solutions, Inc. is an engineering company founded and operated by Howie and Myra. This company specializes in the design of custom industrial machinery. Visit them at: www.mastmach.com  

History: This page contains American and local history, that I find interesting, and that you may not have learned in school.

 

     American History  (2-14-10)    

    Sumpter History   (3-28-09)    

Miller and Mike have worked as professional clowns and comedy entertainers for years. They have toured the U.S. with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus . The dynamic duo has also toured international waters as entertainers on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. Check out their web site www.millerandmike.com, Miller and Mike know what quality family entertainment is.  

This is our family tree page. It contain the ancestors and decendants of Howie and Myra. This being an interest of mine, new information is continually being found and updated.

Ben Miller operates Badgerland Web Service a reseller of web hosting and domain name registrations at very affordable rates. His web service is perfect for you whether you are a novice building your first website or an advanced user looking to save money. Check them out at www.badgerlandweb.com

  This is the Haskins Family page. It contains genealogy and history of the Haskins family. This is currently being worked on so it changes often.
Mark & Lynette Miller: Mark is my brother. He and Lynette own and operate Traveling Troubadour LLC. It is a travel agency that specializes in custom group cruises and tours. You can visit them at: www.travelingtroubadour.com  

 Route 66 Scrapbook:

May 2001 we traveled the entire length of route 66 from Chicago to LA. This is a photo gallery of our trip. Enjoy the tour. (Updated: 4-12-08)

Green Bay Packers: We are big packer fans. We are sure there are other professional sports, but we don't know what they are. If you enjoy the packers follow this link to the latest Packer information at: www.packers.com  

2015 Predict the Packer Season Contest

This is the 14th year of our contest to predict the Green Bay Packer football season before the season begins. We hope you will have fun with this contest. Follow this link for all the details.

Guarantee: We guarantee that everything on this web site is to the best of our knowledge factual or at least the intent is factual. That is of course unless it is not correct, then it is not factual. If you find something that you think is incorrect, either you are more knowledgeable than we are, or you are mistaken. Whatever the case may be, we would be happy to talk about it. Please send any corrections, comments, questions or whatever to: howie@howieandmyra.com  We are always glad to hear from people that find our web site valuable, or at least a little interesting.