Miller, John – Miller, Samuel
Miller, John
jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 10, 1774, in Amenia, N. Y. From 1812 to 1821 he was a justice of the peace in New York.
He was a member of the state legislature in 1817, 1820 and 1845; and was a representative from New York to the nineteenth congress. He died in March, 1862.
Miller, John
soldier, journalist, congressman, governor, was born in 1780 in Steubenville, Ohio. He was appointed register of the land office in Missouri. He was subsequently elected governor of the state, serving from 1826 to 1832. He was a representative in congress from Missouri from 1837 to 1843. He died March 18, 1846, near Florrissant, Mo.
Miller, John
soldier, clergyman, author, was born April 6, 1819, in Princeton, N. J. He was a presbyterian clergyman who was a colonel in the confederate army during the civil war, and who lived in Princeton, New Jersey, from 1871. He was tried for heresy, but allowed to withdraw from the presbytery, and subsequently established several independent churches in the vicinity of Princeton. He was the author of Design of the Church; Commentary on the Proverbs; Fetich in Theology: Metaphysics; Are Souls Immortal?; Was Christ in Adam?; Is God a Creed?; Theology; and Commentary on Romans. He died in 1895.
Miller, John A
scientist, inventor, was born June 17, 1840, in Germany. In 1853 he emigrated with his parents to the United States and settled in St. Louis, Mo. By trade he is a practical watchmaker, and has attained prominence as a scientist and inventor, and is one of the leading promoters of distributing weather signals. He lives in Cairo, Ill., and in 1894-95 was grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias.
Miller, John F
merchant, banker, was born April 9, 1836, in Germany. He emigrated to America in 1857, and worked on the railroads in Minnesota, and in the brickyards of that state. Since 1880 he has been engaged principally in the lumber business, and is vice-president of the Beaver Dam Lumber company of Cumberland, Wis. In 1883 he established the bank of Cumberland; is now its president. He has taken an active part in the public affairs of his town, and laid out, platted and owns the best part of same.
Miller, John Franklin
soldier, United States senator, was born Nov. 21, 1831, in South Bend, Ind. He served throughout the war, rising to the rank of brigadier-general and brevet major-general. He was elected a senator of the United States from California for the term of six years from 1881. He died March 8, 1886, in Washington.
Miller, John G
state legislator, congressman, was born in 1812 in Kentucky. In 1835 he moved to Missouri; and in 1840 was elected to the state legislature. From 1853 to the time of his death he was a representative in congress from Missouri. He died May 11, 1856, in Saline county, Mo.
Miller, John K
congressman, was born in Ohio. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to
Miller, Jonathan P
reformer, was born in 1797 in Randolph, Vt. He introduced anti-slavery resolutions into the Vermont legislature in 1833. He was a delegate from his state to the world's anti-slavery convention in London in 1840. He died in 1847 in Montpelier.
Miller, Joseph
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in Ohio. He was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-fifth congress. He was subsequently appointed United States judge for the territory of Nebraska.
Miller, Joseph Nelson
naval officer, was born Nov. 22, 1836, in Ohio. He entered the navy in 1851, became past midshipman in 1856, master in 1858, lieutenant in 1860, and lieutenant-commander in 1872.
Miller, Killian
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born July 30, 1785, in Claverack, N. Y. In 1824 and 1827 he was a member of the New York general assembly; in 1837 was elected county clerk, which office he held for three years; and in 1854 was chosen a representative in the thirty-fourth congress.
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.
Miller, Lucas M
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1824 in Greece. He moved to the territory of Wisconsin and settled in Oshkosh in 1846. In 1853 he was a member of the Wisconsin legislature. He was one of the commissioners of the state board of public works; and for the last ten years has been chairman of the county board of supervisors of Winnebago county. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Miller, Madison
soldier, lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born Feb. 6, 1811, in Mercer, Pa. In 1865 he received the brevet of brigadier-general for meritorious service at Wilson's Creek and Shiloh. He was in the Missouri senate in 1865, and since 1867 has been fund commissioner of the Missouri railroad. a MILLER, MRS. MINNIE [WILLIS] [BAINES], author, was born in 1845 in New Hampshire. She is a religious writer of Springfield, Ohio; and the author of The Silent Land; His Cousin, the Doctor; and The Pilgrim Vision.
Miller, Morris Smith
soldier, was born April 2, 1814, in Utica, N. Y. He served during the Canada border disturbances, was in the Florida and Mexican wars, and in 1861, as quartermaster at Washington, D. C., was responsible for all the arrangements for the arrival of troops to defend the capital. He died March 11, 1870, in New Orleans, La.
Miller, Morris S
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1769. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1813 to 1815. In 1819 he was appointed a commissioner to superintend a treaty with the Seneca Indians; and was also judge of a county court. He died Nov. 15, 1824, in Utica, N. Y.
Miller, Nathan
congressman, was born about 1750 in Rhode Island. He was a delegate to the continental congress from Rhode Island in 1785 and 1786. He died in 1787 in Rhode Island.
Miller, Orrin L
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 11, 1856, in Newburg, Maine.
In 1887 he was appointed district judge for the twenty-ninth judicial district of Kansas; and in November of the same year was elected to that office for four years. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.
Miller, Pleasant M
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1809 to 1811.
Miller, Richard Thompson
lawyer, jurist, was born Dec. 16, 1845, in Cape May City, N. J. He received his education at Pottstown, Pa., and at Easton, Conn.; and subsequently received instruction at the West Jersey academy of Bridgeton, N.
J., and from private tutors. He soon acquired prominence as an able lawyer; was elected city solicitor of Cape May City, and prosecutor of pleas for Cape May county. He has served with distinction as district judge of Camden City; law judge of Camden county; and is now circuit court judge of New Jersey. He is prominent in the public affairs of his state; and ranks high in several fraternal orders.
Miller, Roswell
railroad president. Since 1890 he has been president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad.
Miller, Rufus W
clergyman, journalist, author, was born May 12, 1862, in Easton, Pa. He was the founder of the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip; is the editor of The Brotherhood Star, in Reading, Pa.; and the author of What a Young Boy Ought to Know.
Miller, Rutger B
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative from that state to the twentyfourth congress to fill a vacancy.
Miller, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 31, 1769, in Dover, Del. He was a presbyterian clergyman, pastor of the Brick church, New York city, in 1793- 1813, and professor of ecclesiastical history at Princeton Theological seminary for the remainder of his life. He was the author of Presbyterianism the Truly Primitive and Apostolic Constitution of the Church of Christ; Letters on Clerical Habits and Manners; Letters on Unitarians; Life of Jonathan Edwards; Letters on the Christian Ministry; and Letters on Church Government. He died Jan. 7, 1850, in Princeton, N. J.
Miller, Samuel
lawyer, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 23, 1816, in Princeton, N. J. He was principal of the West Jersey collegiate institute in 1845-57, and from 1857 till 1873 was in charge of the church in Oceanic, N. J. He published Report of the Presbyterian Church Case.
He died Oct. 12, 1883, in Mount Holly, N. J.