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Jacob C. Miller (August 4, 1840 - January 13, 1917) was a private in company K, 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment, and was wounded in the head near the Brock Field at the Battle of Chickamauga on the morning of September 19, 1863. The ball impacted in Miller s head during the Civil War, but luckily the buck didn t penetrate his skull. This extract is from a contemporary newspaper: «His name is Jacob Miller and since Sept. 19, 1863, he has lived with an open bullet wound in his forehead. For a number of years the bullet remained in his head but piece by piece it fell out till now. It is thought none of it remains in the wound. During the time it was in the head it at times would produce a stupor, which sometimes would last two weeks, it being usually when he caught cold and produced more of a pressure on the brain. At other times delirium would seize him and he would imagine himself again on picket duty and would tramp back and forth on his beat, a stick on his shoulder for a musk
Orlando Somers Photo provided by the Howard County Historical Society
In 1920, Orlando Somers gifted the city of Kokomo a piece of land near his home on Jefferson Street, and the city turned it into Somers Park. Now, 100 years later, the city is in the process of gifting ownership of the park to Center Township.
The townshipâs board last Thursday passed a motion on a 2-1 vote to accept the deed to the park, once a resolution between the city and township is drafted, board member Steve Geiselman said. A formal resolution is expected to be voted on at the boardâs Jan. 5 meeting.The cityâs Board of Public Works approved the transfer at its Wednesday meeting.