The McRitchie and Mackey families are related by marriage, as are the Mackey and Miller families. The materials are divided by record group and chronologically within the record groups when possible. The Papers date inclusively from 1828 to 1978 and include correspondence, diaries, legal and financial papers, printed materials, scrapbook material, photographs, and maps. The Miller Family Papers were donated to the Center for Archival Collections by John Belknap, executor of the William H. Miller estate, on August 18, 1992. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection.
Duplication is permitted for the purposes of preservation and research.
Serving as the first Sheriff when the County was organized, he was also active in the founding of the Ottawa County Agricultural Society, and in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His son, William, also had a lengthy career as a farmer and is credited with having introduced Elberta peach cultivation to Ottawa County, Ohio. Also active in the Ottawa County Agricultural Society, he was one of the organizers of the Peninsula Farmers and Fruit Growers Club. William married Eliza Pettit Alexander in 1875 and had two children, Henry Alexander, born in 1877, and Mary F., born in 1879. Prior to his career as a farmer, William served as a corporal in Co.