Who's who in Chicago; the book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago and environs, 1905, Part 119

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 652

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MILEY, John Lorenza, vice-pres. of the Chicago Portrait Co .; b. LaPlata, Macon Co., Mo., June 1, 1870; s. Jacob L. and Martha (Miller) Miley; ed. public schools and at the Gem City Business College, Quincy, Ill., from which institution he graduated. At the age of 10 he began work in a general store at La- Plata, Mo. He entered the service of the Chi- cago Portrait Co. as salesman in Apr., 1895, and was promoted from time to time until he became road mgr., serving as such in the West- ern and Central States. He has filled the posi- tion of correspondent, purchasing agent and asst. gen. mgr. He was elected dir. of the com- pany in 1901, and in 1902 was elected 1st vice- pres. Mason (32º). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hamilton, Chicago Yacht, Midlothian. Office: S. E. cor. Wabash Av. and Congress St. Resi- dence: Chicago Beach Hotel.

MILHENING, Joseph, manufacturer of fine gold jewelry; b. Paisley, Scotland, Dec. 2, 1839; s. D. J. and Margaret D. Milhening; came with parents to Tarifiville, Conn., 1840; ed. public schools of Tariffville, Conn .; m. Providence, R. I., Feb. 25. 1873, Sarah Louise Pollard; chil- dren: Frank, Clara L., Ralph (deceased). Learned business of manufacturing jeweler at New Britain, Conn .; came to Chicago in 1870 and established in business at 123 Lake St. as a manufacturer of diamond mountings and other fine gold jewelry; after the fire located on 20th St. until 1872; since then on State St., and for 8 years at present location. His son Frank now has interest in the busi- ness. Republican. Mem. Hemenway M. E. Church, Evanston. Office: 195 State St. Resi- dence: 837 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill.

MILLARD, Everett Lee, lawyer; b. Chicago, Apr. 28, 1877; s. Sylvester M. and Amelia Chapin (Collins) Millard; grad. North Division High School, 1893, Phillips Andover Acad., 1894; Harvard Univ., A.B., 1898; Northwestern Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1900. Admitted to bar by Supreme Court of Illinois, 1900; mem. of law firm of Millard, Abbey & Miliard. Republican. Clubs: University, Caxton, City.

Office: 100 Washington St. Residence: High- land Park, Ill.

MILLARD, Sylvester M., lawyer; b. Shia- wassee Co., Mich., Aug. 24, 1839; s. Samuel Foster and Diadema (Frederick) Millard; reared on farm and had little schooling until 20 years old; then spent 2 winters at a boarding school, Lansing, Mich .; grad Agri- cultural College, Lansing, Mich., 1864; studied law in office of Butler & Cottrell, Milwaukee, Wis., 1865-7; m. 1870, Amelia C. Collins; chil- dren: Frederick C., Olivia S. (now Mrs. H. G. Fischer), Everett L. Admitted to Wisconsin bar, 1867; in practice in Chicago since 1868; now senior mem. of firm of Millard, Abbey & Millard. Has served as alderman of Highland Park 2 years; was trustee 12 years and pres. 6 years of board of trustees Univ. of Illinois. Club: Union League. Office: 100 Washington St. Residence: Highland Park, III.

MILLER, Amos Calvin, lawyer; b. Marshall- town, Ia., Dec. 16, 1866; s. Wells W. and Mary (Caswell) Miller; grad. Sandusky, O., High School; from Oberlin College, A.B., 1889; from Chicago-Kent College of Law, LL.B., 1891; m. Cleveland, O., Dec. 1, 1891, Jeanne Gilbert; children: Gilbert A., Welis W. Began practice as asst. atty. for Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R. Co., 1891-3; in 1893 began practice on own account; in 1895 joined the then firm of Lackner & Butz, changing to present style of Lackner, Butz & Miller on his admission. Vice- pres. and dir. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co .; dir. Lake Co. Title & Trust Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn., Law Club, Chicago Law Institute, Legal Club. Repub- lican. Mem. Riverside Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Clubs: University, City, Riverside Golf. Office: 100 Washington St. Residence: Riverside, Ill.

MILLER, August William, mem. Cook Co. Board of Assessors; commission merchant; b. Chicago, June 8, 1861; s. Captain George M. Miller (of the Chicago police) and Barbara (Blettner) Miller; ed. St. Ignatius College and general high school; m. Chicago, 1884. Pauline Steinhagen; children: Louise E .. George W. and Arthur S. After leaving school entered employ of the wholesale millinery firm of Ascher, Barnard & Co., with which re- mained 21 years, beginning as entry clerk and rising to gen. mgr. of the business; left firm in Jan., 1898, to establish wholesale millinery firm of Miller & Probst; now engaged as com- mission merchant. Elected alderman from 10th Ward, 1896, and re-elected, 1898; in Nov. elec‹ tion of 1898 at time of first election of newly created Cook Co. Board of Assessors, was elected mem. of that board, and resigned from City Council: has continued mem. Board of Assessors. Republican. Mason (32º). Mem. Royal League. Royal Arcanum, Foresters, Co- lumbian Knights. Clubs: Lincoln. Illinois Ath- letic. Office: 76-82 5th Av. Residence: 34 Car- lisle Pl.

MILLER, Bavier C., insurance; h. Claverack. Columbia Co .. N. Y., Oct. 8. 1858; s. Edwin and Elizabeth Miller; came to Chicago in boyhood; ed. Skinner, Brown and Hays schools; m. Chi- cago, Dec. 31, 1880. Jennie B. Dole; children: Grace Elizabeth, Ella Loraine. Started busi- ness career as office boy with Teall & Fisher, fre insurance. 1874; in 1875. as office hov. en- tered office of Granger Smith, and in 1881 be- came a partner under the style of Granger Smith & Co .. remaining through subsequent changes as Granger Smith & Miller, Granger Smith, Miller & Co .; Smith, Miller. Whitney & Barbour. In 1901 that firm consolidated with the agency of R. S. Critchell & Co. (estab- lished 1868), since which the firm name has been Critchell, Miller, Whitney & Barhour. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Menoken. Office: La- Salle and Madison Sts. Residence: 1692 W. Monroe St.

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MILLER, Brice Annan, retired ship-builder; b. near Coleraine, Ireland, Jan. 5, 1838; s. David and Ann (Forbes) Miller; came to Chicago in boyhood; ed. public schools; grad. Chicago Central High School, 1860; taught in grammar school at Beloit, Wis., during winter of 1860-1; m. Chicago, May 26, 1862, Mary Agnes Hutton. Entered ship yard in 1861 as bookkeeper, remaining in that business and becoming treasurer of Miller Bros. Dry Dock Co. until 1901, when he sold out business and retired. Republican since first vote, for Lin- coln, 1860. Presbyterian. Odd Fellow since 1861. Pres. Washingtonian Home Assn. Resi- dence: 46 Roslyn Pl.

MILLER, Charles, wholesale dealer in hard- wood lumber; b. Chicago, June 11, 1872; s. Isaac and Judith (Greenebaum) Miller; ed. pub- lic and high schools, Chicago and Bryant & Stratton Business College. From 1888 to 1896 was bookkeeper and mgr. of the wholesale hardwood lumber firm of L. Miller & Co. (now retired) ; sec. of Miller Lumber Co. (now re- tired), 1896-1901; since 1901 senior mem. of Miller Bros., manufacturers and wholesalers of hardwood lumber. Mem. Nat. Hardwood Lumber Assn., Order of Hoo Hoo, Travelers' Protective Assn. Republican. Jewish religion. Office: Cor. 22d St. and Center Av. Residence: 3238 S. Park Av.

MILLER, Charles Porter, lumber; b. Green- wich, N. J., July 22, 1849; s. Edwin F. and Elizabeth B. S. (Porter) Miller; ed Union Acad., Shiloh, N. J .; m. Chicago, Dec. 8, 1986, Isabel F. Temple; 1 daughter: Margaret E. Early life on New Jersey farm; worked for Central Railroad of New Jersey as station agent and in freight dept .; came to Chicago, 1879; was in employ of A. A. Gray & Co., 2 years, then in business with T. H. Sheppard as T. H. Sheppard & Co .; after death of Mr. Sheppard in 1893, closed up business, 1894, on account of ill health. Resumed business, July, 1895, as C. P. Miller & Co. (with Perley Lowe and William Templeton, partners). Also since 1903, vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Mississippi Lum- ber Co. (saw mills at Quitman, Miss .; also owning Mississippi & Eastern R. R. in con- nection with plant); also sec. Temple Pump Co. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, Midlothian. Office: Railway Exchange. Residence: 2941 Calumet Av.

MILLER, Darius, railway official; b. Prince- ton, Ill., Apr. 3, 1859; s. J. S. and Elizabeth H. Miller; ed. Princeton, Ill .; m. Morris, Ill., Oct. 19, 1882, Sue C. Brown. Began railway ser- vice as stenographer in general freight office Mich. Cen. R. R., 1877-80; clerk general freight office, St. L., I. M. & S. Ry., 1880-1; chief clerk to gen. mgr., 1881-3; general freight and ticket agent, 1883-7, Memphis & Little Rock R. R .; general freight and passenger agent, 1887-9, traffic mgr., 1889-90, St. Louis, Ark. & Tex. Rv .; traffic mgr. "Queen & Crescent" Route, 1890-3; May 20, 1893, to Nov., 1896, traffic mgr. M., K. & T. Ry .; vice-pres., M., K. & T. R. R., Nov., 1896, to Oct., 1898; 2d vice-pres., Great Northern Ry., Oct., 1898, to Jan. 1, 1903; 1st vice-pres. C., B. & Q. Ry. since Jan. 1, 1903. Dir. Commercial Nat. Bank, Union Trust Co. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Washington Park; also St. Louis (St. Louis, Mo.), Minnesota (St. Paul, Minn.). Office: 209 Adams St. Residence: 4753 Grand Boul.

MILLER, Edward George, decorating; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., July 20, 1853; s. George and Barbara (Geissen) Miller; ed. public schools of Pittsburgh, Pa .; m. Chicago, June 18, 1886, Elizabeth Lucas. Began decorating business at Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1869, remaining there until 1874; in the same line in New York, 1874- 1884, when came to Chicago; connected with the Remien Decorating Co. since 1886; vice- pres. since 1895. Club: Ravenswood. Office: 180 Indiana St. Residence: 2696 Hermitage Av.

MILLER, Elisha Hunting, pres. Phoenix Horse Shoe Co .; b. Sacramento, Calif., July 4, 1868; s. Charles and Johanna Miller; ed. public schools of San Francisco and private schools in New York. Was engaged in manufacturing interests in New York before coming to Chi- cago in 1896, and engaged in same in Chicago until 1902, when became pres. of Phoenix Horse Shoe Co., manufacturers of horse and mule shoes, with factories at Joliet, Ill., and Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Also pres. Western Net Manufacturing Co., of Joliet, Ill. Mem. Illinois Manufacturers' Assn. Republican. Club: Wash- ington Park. Office: The Rookery. Residence: 3638 Michigan Av.

MILLER, Francis Edwin, rubber goods; b. Chicago, July 21, 1865; s. James Edwin and Anna L. (Woodford) Miller; ed. Chicago pub- lic schools and Northwestern Univ .; m. Evans- ton, Ill., Jan., 1889, Anna P. Lord. Began busi- ness career, 1884, with Chicago branch of Jones & Laughlin, iron and steel manufac- turers; with Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Butte, Mont., 1887-94; mgr. Portland (Ore.) store of the Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co., 1894-6; returned to Chicago, 1897, for same company, and became joint mgr. of the Chi- cago branch with John H. Brown. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Evanston, Skokie Golf. Office: 96-98 Lake St. Residence: 522 Greenwood Boul., Evanston, Ill.

MILLER, Frank Justus, educator; b. Clin- ton, Tenn., Nov. 26, 1858; s. James W. and Lydla Ann (Butler) Miller; grad. Denison Univ., 1879, Ph.D., Yale, 1892; attended lec- tures univs. of Halle, München and Jena, 1902-3; m. Bloomfield, N. J., July 10, 1883, Lida Willett. Asso. prof. Latin and dean of University affiliations, Univ. of Chicago, since 1892. Club: Quadrangle. (See Who's Who in America for books, etc.) Address: 387 E. 56th St.

MILLER, Fred, real estate loan agent; b. Richton, Ill., Aug. 1, 1857; s. Adam and Ger- trude (Gross) Miller; ed. public schools and Notre Dame Acad .; m. Chicago, Dec. 31, 1895, Bertha Nehls; children: Hobart, Gertrude, Annie. Began business life as clerk for his father in general store at Richton, Ill., until 1882, when came to Chicago; was bookkeeper for W. P. Dunn & Co., printers, and later for Felsenthal & Kozminski, bankers, the firm changing in Dec., 1883, to Felsenthal, Gross & Miller, which was merged Mar. 9, 1891, into the organization of the Bank of Com- merce, of which he was cashier, and since it went out of business has been cashier in liquidation; since 1897 in business for himself, taking over the real estate loan busi- ness of the bank and building up a large business in loans on real estate security. Re- publican. Evangelical Lutheran. Club: Mar- quette. Office: 186-188 Madison St. Residence: 1720 Deming Pl.

MILLER, Frederic A., general passenger agent C., M. & St. P. R. R .; b. Hartford, Pa., Apr. 10, 18 -; began railroad career. 1874, as ticket agent and cashier Cairo & Vincennes R. R. at Cairo, Ill. Became successively, ticket and freight agent, and finally general passen- ger agent same road; entered C., M. & St. P. R. R., 1883, as special passenger agent, and was appointed asst. gen. passenger agent, 1887, and gen. passenger agent, Oct., 1900. Office: Rail- way Exchange Bldg.

MILLER, George W., lawyer; b. on farm near Gilman, Ill., Jan. 12, 1869; s. Rufus H. and Ellen M. (Hale) Miller; student at Union College of Law, Chicago, 1889-90; clerk in U. S. Census Bureau, 1890-1; engaged in com- piling the Eleventh Census; joined senior class of law dept. of Columbian Univ., graduating LL.B., June, 1891; resigned from Census Bu- reau, Sept., 1891, and came to Chicago .; m. Chicago, Aug. 4, 1892, Carrie E. Sproule; chil- dren: James Mann. Clerk in the law office of

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Hon. James R. Mann, 1891-4, when became partner in the law firm of Mann, Hayes & Miller, and later firm of Mann & Miller. Ap- pointed a Master in Chancery of the Superior Court of Cook Co., Oct., 1897. Mem. of House of Representatives in the 39th and 40th Gen- eral Assemblies of Illinois. Introduced the first and second Torrens bills, placing that law on the statute books, and also introduced and secured the passage of the bill to consolidate the Supreme Court at Springfield. Dir. the C. Turner Co. Republican. Mason; K. P., Royal League (chairman on committee of laws, coun- sel for the league and mem. of its managing committee). Club: Hamilton (ex-pres.). Office: 59 Clark St. Residence: 947 72d Pl.

MILLER, Grant Clark, architect; b. Rock- ford, Ill., Jan. 17, 1870; s. Horace G. and Mary (Alden) Miller; grad. Univ. of Illinois, class of 1894, as B.S. in Architecture; nost-graduate with degree, M.Arch., 1895; grad. in civil en- gineering at Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Ia., 1898; m. Rockford, Ill., Mar. 26, 1896, Etta Clark. Mem. of firm of Dowling & Miller, architects, Rockford, Ill., 11% years; came to Chicago, 1897, and became mem. of firm of Patton, Fisher & Miller, changing in 1901 to Patton & Miller, architects. Republican. Of- fice: 140 Dearborn St. Residence: Hinsdale, Il1.

MILLER, Harry Irving, vice-pres. and gen. mgr. C. & E. I. R. R .; b. Cleveland, O., Jan. 12, 1862; s. John F. and Almira G. Miller; ed. Russell's College, New Haven, Conn .; Mt. St. Mary's, Emmitsburg, Md., and Cornell Univ .; m. Richmond, Ind., May B. Burbank; 1 son: Alvin Ford. Entered employ of the Pennsyl- vania Lines west of Pittsburgh, as a clerk in the office of the supt. at Richmond, Ind., 1880; filled various positions in the engineering dept. on that line, and appointed supt. of the Rich- mont division of the Pennsylvania Lines, 1888; supt. Louisville division of the Pennsylvania Lines, 1890; supt. main line division, Van- dalia Line, April 14, 1894; gen. mgr. Vandalia Line, with headquarters at St. Louis, June, 1901; while in that city was a dir. of the Mechanics' Nat. Bank and of the Am. Central. Trust Co .; gen. mgr. of the C., R. I. & P. Ry. Co., with office at Chicago, from Dec. 15, 1903, to Mar. 1, 1905, when he assumed position of 2d vice-pres. and gen. mgr. of C. & E. I. R. R. Mem. Kappa Alpha fraternity. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Chicago Golf, Mid- Day, Union: also University (St. Louis), Uni- versitv (Indianapolis). Office: LaSalle St. Sta- tion. Residence: 234 Lincoln Park Boul.

MILLER, Humphrys Henry Clay, lawyer: b. New York, Oct. 17, 1845; s. George and Isabella Miller; located in Illinois, 1854; grad. Univ. of Michigan, 1868; A.M., 1872; studied law: m. Channahon, Will Co., Ill., Dec. 17, 1870, Harriet S. Lewis; children: Alta D., George H., Donald C. Supt. public schools, Morris, III .. 1870-5: admitted to bar, 1875; pres. Board of Education, Evanston, Ill., since 1883; mayor of Evanston, Ill., 1887-90; pres. Board of Civil Service Commissioners. Evanston, 1894-1904; vice-pres. Board of Trustees Northwestern Univ .: senior mem. law firm Miller. Thoman & Oppenheim: was a mem. staff Gov. Yates (Ill.) with rank of col. (appointed, 1901) ; vice- pres. Chicago Evening Post: dir. State Bank of Evanston, Nat. Mutual Church Insurance Co. of Chicago, Children's Aid and Home Soc. Republican. Clubs: Union League, University, Hamilton. Evanston, Evanston Country. Glen View. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: Evanston, Il1.

MILLER, John, tanning; b. Eppsheim, Al- sace, France, Jan. 30, 1845; s. George and Mary (Reitzenthaler) Miller; came with par- ents to U. S., 1846, settling in Northfield, Cook Co., Ill .; ed. Northfield until 19 years old, and 1 year at Northwest College, Plainfield, DuPage Co .; m. 1869, Eliza Strausberger. Was

employed by Grey, Marshall & Co., tanners, 1861-71; engaged in hide business, 1872, be- coming partner with Martin C. Klein, 1873, in hide brokerage business, and in 1876, chang- ing to a regular commission business in hides, furs and pelts; firm later changed to present style of John Miller & Co. Also pres. Chicago Tanning Co. Office: 121 Michigan St. Resi- dence: 236 Lincoln Park Boul.

MILLER, John Gibbons, railway supplies; b. St. Louis, Mo., Mar. 2, 1861; s. Joseph G. and Adele E. (Shirmer) Miller; ed. public schools, St. Louis, Mo .; m. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 14, 1891, Mary E. Williams; children: Frances M., Joseph G. In service of the Indianapolis & St. Louis Ry. from Sept. 9, 1879, until 1883; with the Wabash Ry., 1883-5; cashier and book- keeper for Kauffmann Milling Co., St. Louis, 1885, with "Big Four" R. R., 1886; general agent for A., T. & S. F. R. R., St. Louis, Sept. 1, 1887, to Apr. 1, 1889; asst. general freight agent Sante Fe System, Chicago, from Apr. 1, 1889, to Sept. 1, 1895; general sales agent Laf- lin & Rand Powder Co., from Sept. 1, 1895, to Jan. 1, 1904; on Jan. 1, 1904, established pres- ent business, being agent for Dilworth, Por- ter & Co., Ltd., manufacturers of spikes and tie plates; William Goldie, Jr., & Co., manufac- turers of railroad tie plugs for preservation of ties; Union Spring and Mfg. Co., manufac- turers of coil and elliptic springs for railroad equipment; the Ajax Metal Co., manufacturers of ingot metal, engine brasses, and journal bearings; Buckeye Powder Co., manufacturers of black blasting powder; general freight agent the Toluca, Marquette & Northern R. R. Co., line from Rutland, Ill., to Marquette, Ill. Republican. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: 561 Dearborn Av.

MILLER, John Hunter, lawyer; b. Dublin Mills, Pa., June 4, 1866; s. William and Mary (Berkstresser) Miller; grad. law dept. of the Univ. of Michigan, LL.B .; m. Chicago, Aug. 29, 1893, Rosetta Cook; children: Helen, Leonard C. Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, Oct. 7, 1889, and in 1890 came to Chicago; admitted to Illi- nois bar, Oct., 1890; in 1903, with Judge Oliver H. Horton and Paul Brown, formed firm of Horton & Brown. Republican. Baptist. Mason. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 111 Baird Av., Austin, Ill.

MILLER, John Stocker, lawyer; b. Louis- ville, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y .. May 24, 1847; s. John and Jane (McLeod) Miller; ed. common schools and acad. at Louisville; grad. A.B., St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, N. Y., 1869; studied in law dept. same, 1869-70; m. Chicago, Dec. 12, 1887, Ann Gross. Admitted to New York bar at Ogdensburg, N. Y .. 1870; prof. of mathematics, 1871-2, and of Latin and Greek, 1872-4, at St. Lawrence Univ .; came to Chi- cago, 1874, and engaged in practice; with George Herbert and John H. S. Quick estah- lished, 1876, firm of Herbert, Quick & Miller; became Quick & Miller after Mr. Herbert's death, until 1886; associated with Senator Henry W. Leman as partner. 1886: Merritt Starr was admitted, 1890, and later George R. Peck succeeded Mr. Leman, firm becoming Peck, Miller & Starr, which still continues: corporation counsel of Chicago, 1891-3: during his term argued in behalf of city the cele- brated Lake Front case against the I. C. R. R. Co. Republican. Mem. St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church. Kenwood. Clubs: Union League, Chicago, Hamilton, Kenwood. Office: Monadnock Bldg. Residence: 4810 Kenwood Av.

MILLER, Joseph Leggett, physician; b. Ke- wanee, Ill., Nov. 24, 1867; s. James and Jane (Leggett) Miller; reared on a farm; grad. Univ. of Michigan, B.S., 1893; Northwestern Univ. Med. School, M.D., 1895; m. Lansing, Mich., July, 1901; children: Margaret, Doro- thy. Engaged in practice of medicine in Chi- cago from 1895. Instructor in medicine, Rush Med. College; associate on staff of Presbyte-

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rian Hosp .; attending physician of Cook Co. Hosp. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med., Chicago Med., and Chicago Pathological socs. Club: Calumet Golf. Office: 100 State St. Residence: 4577 Oakenwald Av.

MILLER, Kempster Blanchard, consulting engineer; b. Boston, Mass., Aug. 14, 1870; s. Joseph K. and Eliza (Blanchard) Miller; ed. Washington (D. C.) High Schools and Cor- nell Univ., graduating as E.E. in class of 1893; m. Chicago, 1897, Antha Knowlton; chil- dren: Dorothea, Antha Ruth. Was asst. exam- iner, U. S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C., 1893-6; came to Chicago and was chief en- gineer Western Telephone Construction Co., to 1898; in Scranton, Pa., as electrical en- gineer, 1898-9; engineer of Kellogg Switch- board & Supply Co., Chicago, 1899-1904; since 1904 engaged in practice as consulting en- gineer. Also dir. Belden Mfg. Co. Author of "American Telephone Practice." Mem. West- ern Soc. of Engineers; local chairman Am. In- stitute of Electrical Engineers. Club: Quad- rangle. Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: 379 E. 56th St.

MILLER, Milton, lumber merchant; b. Chi- cago, Oct. 29, 1873; s. Isaac and Judith (Greenebaum) Miller; ed. Chicago public schools and Bryant & Stratton Business Col- lege to 1888; m. Chicago, Oct. 4, 1899, Carrie Adler; 1 daughter: Sylvia. Began business ca- reer with the lumber firm of L. Miller & Co., 1888-92; mgr. of Chicago branch of Holmes & Smith, 1892-5; vice-pres. of Miller Lumber Co., 1895-1901. In 1901, with Charles Miller, estab- lished present firm of Miller Bros., exclusively hardwood lumber merchants, making a special- ty of direct shipments from mills. Republican. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Office: 22d St. and Cen- ter Av. Residence: 4332 Vincennes Av.

MILLER, Richard Oren, teas and coffees; b. Richmond, Ind., Nov. 3, 1856; s. A. M. and Martha A. (Huntington) Miller; grad. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind. In tea and coffee business since 1876; since 1889 mgr. western dept. of Dwinell-Wright Co. (established, 1845, incorporated, 1889); is a dir. of the company. Independent in politics. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Calumet, Glen View. Office: 57 Michigan Av. Residence: 54 Bellevue PI.

MILLER, Roswell, railroad official. Office: 30 Broadway, N. Y. (For sketch see Who's Who in America.)

MILLER, Thomas Eaton, retired; b. near Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, Ireland, May 12, 1834; s. David and Ann (Forbes) Miller; came to TT. S. in 1844; ed. public schools of Cleve- land, O., 2 years; Oswego, N. Y., 2 years; m. 1st, Chicago, Nov. 12, 1855, Catherine Chand- ler (b. in Chicago, 1839); m. 2d, Chicago, Jan. 9, 1873, Elizabeth Harrison; children: Mrs. Dr. J. F. Jones, Thomas L., Charles A., Frank A., Brice C., Mrs. Dr. H. C. West, Mrs. John G. Munro. Came to Chicago, 1848; learned trade of ship carpenter and caulker; started firm of Miller Bros., 1861; later with Chicago Dry Dock Co., as pres. and supt .; now retired. Joined Vol. Fire Dept., 1850, and continued with it until paid fire dent. was organized; was asst. foreman Niagara Engine Co., No. 3. Has been treas. Old Vol. Firemen's Benevolent Assn. for past 26 years. Republican. Presbyte- rian. Mason-charter mem. and treas. 36 years Covenant Lodge; mem. and treas. 35 years, Corinthian Chapter; charter mem. and treas. 34 years, St. Bernard Commandery K. T .; mem. Oriental Consistory and Supreme Council of 33° Masons; vice-pres. and dir. Masonic Or- phans' Home. Club: Marquette. Residence: 569 LaSalle Av.

MILLER, Walter H., pres. Miller & Hart, packers; b. Chicago, Ill., Mch. 15, 1857; s. of Samuel F. and Charlotte (Howe) Miller; ed. high school, Blue Island, Ill .; m. Chicago, Oct. 16, 1879, Rowena Fobes; children: Walter F., Charlotte. Began as clerk in stationery and printing house of Bliss, Barnes & Co., Chi-

cago, 1873-6; then for about 6 years with the Anglo-Am. Packing & Provision Co., Union Stock Yards. Started in business for self in 1882 as provison broker on Board of Trade till 1884, when formed the firm of Miller, Craig & Co., provision dealers. The name of firm was changed several times and business gradually drifted in that of packing. In 1891 the name of the firm became Miller & Hart, and at death of Mr. Hart in 1898, it was in- corporated under same name, with Mr. Miller as pres., which office he still holds. Repub- lican. Mason: mem. Englewood Commandery and Medinah Temple, Mystic Shrine. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 25th and LaSalle Sts. Residence: 4580 Oakenwald Av.

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Who's who in Chicago; the book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago and environs, 1905, Part 119

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company Number of Pages: 652

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 652