Peder E. Hexhus was born in Norway on March 12, 1835. He grew to manhood and worked as a miller.
Records indicate that Peder and his wife Marthe Marie came to America in 1859 to Fillmore County, Minnesota. In 1880 the family homesteaded in Thordensjold Township in Barnes County. A son, John Miller, had a team of horses and they pulled the covered wagon on the long trip.
Peder's ancestry can be traced back to the first County of Wurzburg, Germany in 1150.
Commonly called Peder Miller, he never used the name himself. His children however, all used the name of Miller. The children were: John, Carl, Elise, Mathilda, Petter, Even and Martin. John married Karen Gillund. Carl married Karen's sister Anna. Even never married. Martin married Mathilda Johnson. Elise married Andrew Carlson.
Peder Hexhus (Miller) died in 1932. He was preceded in death by Marthe Marie, his wife, in 1924.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 158