Miller, Lewis
manufacturer, inventor, was born Aug. 24, 1829. In 1851 he went to Greentown to enter the factory of Ball, Aultman and Company, manufacturers of plows and mowing and threshing machines. In the fall of the same year, the works were moved to Canton, O. He soon became superintendent, and in 1855 he invented the Buckeye mower and reaper. Since then he has patented about a hundred inventions, having been aided in his early experiments by his brother. In 1863 a new farm implements firm was organized under the name of Aultman, Miller and Company, which established factories in Akron and Canton, Ohio, and in 1864 Mr. Miller moved to Akron.