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He was born in Norwich, Norfolk county, Eng- land, and was a weaver by trade. He was one of the earliest settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, and was admitted a freeman there March, 1637-8. His will was dated March 4, 1667-8, and he died August 19, 166r. His widow Elizabeth died March 12. 1666-7. Her will dated March 5. and proved April 2. 1667, mentions her son Anthony, son Robert, son John, granddaughters Mary and Esther Ball, children of her daughter Elizabeth ; daughters Esther Morse and Mary Coldham; John, son of Anthony ; and Judah, daughter of Robert.
The children of John and Elizabeth Pierce were : Anthony. of whom later; John, born in England ; Robert, born 1620, in England: Barbara, born in England; Judith, born in England, married, at Wo- hurn. January 30, 1644-5, Francis Wyman : Mary, married Ball: Esther, married - Morse.
(II) Anthony Pierce, son of John Pierce (I), was born in England in 1609 and came to America before his father. He was admitted a freeman at Watertown. Massachusetts, September 3, 1634, and is the progenitor of most of the early families
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of this surname in and about Watertown, Waltham, Weston, Lincoln and Lexington. His homestead was on the north side of the road from Cambridge to Watertown, west of the house of John Stowers, which was afterwards the parsonage. His sons, Joseph and Benjamin Pierce. lived there after him. He married (first) Sarah He married (second) about 1638, Anne - He died May 9, 1678. His will was dated September 6, 1671. His widow died January 20. 1682-3. The children of Anthony and Sarah Pierce were: John, eldest, married Ruth (Bishop) Fuller, daughter of Na- thaniel Bishop, and widow of William Fuller; Mary, born October 20, 1633; Mary, born 1636, married Ralph Read, son of William and Mabel Read, of Watertown; Jacob, born September 15, 1637; Daniel, of whom later; Martha, born April 24, 1641 ; Jo- seph, admitted a freeman April 18, 1690; Benjamin. admitted freeman April 18, 1690; Judith, born July 18, 1650, married. February 1666-7, John Sawin.
(III) Daniel Pierce, fifth child of Anthony Pierce (2), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, January 1, 1639-40. He married Elizabeth and they settled in Groton, Massachusetts, where five of their children were born. They had to leave on account of the Indian troubles in King Philip's war, and they were in Watertown again in 1681. They joined the church there January 16, 1686. He was a weaver by trade as well as a farmer. His will was proved in 1723, the year of his death. The children of Daniel and Elizabeth Pierce were: Elizabeth, born May 16, 1665, married, Octo- ber 17, 1684. Isaac Mixer, Jr .; Daniel, born No- vember 28, 1666, married Abigail -; John, born August 18, 1668, baptized at Watertown, January 16, 1686; Ephraim, of whom later; Josiah, born May 2, 1675, probably died young: Joseph, born Decem- her 30, 1678, married Mary Warren; Abigail, born January 3, 1681, died unmarried 1723; Hannah, born 1685, baptized January 16, 1686; Benjamin, bap- tized January 16, 1686; Mary, married Scripture.
(IV) Ephraim Pierce, fourth child of Daniel Pierce (3), was born at Groton. Massachusetts, October 15, 1673. He married Mary Whitney, who was born July 1. 1675, and died December 29, 1749. They settled in Groton, where he died February 27, 1740-1. He was one of the first settlers of the town of Lunenburg. He owned lot No. 68 and he was the first selectman elected in the town in 1728.
The children of Ephraim and Mary Pierce were : Marv, born August 9. 1696, married, March 17. 1719-20, Josiah Farnsworth: Elizabeth, born July 24. 1608, married. December 24, 1723, Thomas Far- well; Ephraim: Sarah, born March 8, 1702, married, October 27, 1720, Jonathan Parker; both died Sep- tember 21, 1723; David, born May 23, 1704, married, June 15, 1725. Elizabeth Bowers; Jonathan, born April 15, 1706. died September 13, 1723: Simon, born October 15, 1707. married, May 26, 1737, Susanna Parker: resided in Groton: Abigail, born Novem- ber 20. 1710, married, 1735, Ezra Farnsworth; Lydia, born November 20, 1713, died September 24, 1723.
(V) Ephraim Pierce, third child of Ephraim Pierce (4), was born in Groton. Massachusetts, November 12, 1700, married, October 30. 1721, Esther Shedd, who died June 28, 1768. He married (sec- ond), January 12, 1773, Mrs. Huldalı (Martyn) Weatherbee. They resided in Lunenburg. He was deacon of the Congregational Church there. He died in 1781.
The children of Ephraim and Esther Pierce were: Esther, born May 29, 1722, married, Octo- ber 17. 1740, Benjamin Gould; Jonathan, born No- vember 29, 1724, married, February 4, 1745, Sarah Dodge; Ephraim, horn March 13, 1726. married (first) Sarah Norcross and (second) Olive Good- ridge, of Lincoln; Amos, born July 8, 1729, died January II, 1741; Sarah, born November 27, 1731, married, January 25, 1749, John Lovejoy; Mary, born March 5, 1733, married, November 28, 1754, Phineas Hartwell, of Lunenburg; Benjamin, born June 3, 1736, died December 23. 1757; Prudence, born February 6, 1738, married, September 6, 1762, Reuben Smith : Oliver, born July 17, 1741, married, May 19, 1768, Mary Smith; Keziah, born December 4, 1743. died September 18, 1746; Elizabeth, born November 25. 1746, married, November. 19, 1766, Jacob Steward.
(VI) Oliver Pierce, ninth child of Ephraim Pierce (5), was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, July 17, 1741. married, May 19, 1768, Mary Smith, who was born in 1751 and died in 1827. He died March 6, 1815. They resided at Lunenburg. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Benjamin Flagg's company April 19, 1775; in Captain Joseph Warren's company and Lieutenant Colonel Wheelock's regiment in 1777 with the northern army.
The children of Oliver and 'Mary Pierce were : Oliver, born March 8, 1769, married, October 27, 1791, Hannah Davis: Polly, born May 5, 1771, mar- ried. February 11, 1790, Nathan Adams, Jr .; Na- thaniel, born June 1, 1773, died young; Benjamin, born May 19, 1775, married Abigail Devoll, died in Leominster, June 3, 1846: Nathaniel, born October 8. 1778, married (first ) Judith Kendall; (second) Zebia Smallpeace; (third) Visa (Clark) Knight; John, of whom later; Betsey, born November 9, 1789, married - - Billings, of Lunenburg.
(VII) John Pierce, sixth child of Oliver Pierce (6), was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 18, 1787, married, November 28. 1816, Esther Smith, who was born in 1782 and died March 10, 1830; married (second), July 13, 1831, Saralı (Tyler) Smith, who was born 1794 and died May 27, 1860. He died November 12, 1867, They re- sided at Lunenburg.
The children of John and Esther Pierce were : Betsey, horn February 2, 1818, died unmarried at Lunenburg : Mary. born March 2, 1819, married. April 21. 1853, David S. Jewett; she died in Fitch- burg. 1860, leaving two children; Benjamin, born July 27, 1820; Joseph, born May 17, 1822, married Almira Burrell: Nathaniel, born March 20, 1824. married, September 23, 1874. Melinda Willard; he died March 22. 1828; resided at Ashburnham; no issue ; Otis, born November 16, 1826, married Mary King. died December 25, 1903. The children of John and Sarah Pierce were: Martha A., born 1832, died unmarried July 3, 1863; George S., of whom later.
(VIII) George S. Pierce, youngest child of John Pierce (7), was born at Lunenburg, July 9, 1833. He was born and brought up on the old Pierce homestead and lived on it until 1871, when he re- moved to Fitchburg. He attended the public schools and the academy in Lunenburg. He was a pros- perous farmer. After his removal to Fitchburg he devoted his time to the care of his real estate. He built a number of houses for investment in Fitch- burg. His residence on Beacon street, which he erected soon after coming to Fitchburg, was burned
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March 16, 1897, and re-built shortly before his death. Mr. Pierce acquired a competence by prudence and wise investments. He was a Republican in politics and a Unitarian in religion. He died at Fitchburg, October 23, 1898.
He married, March 20, 1872, Mary B. Houghton, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Bruce) Houghton, of Lunenburg. Their children: Jonas S., resides in Fitchburg and is engaged in the real estate and in- surance business ; Halbert E., graduate of Brown University, 1902, and engaged in business in Bos- ton; Martha Alberta, died young.
COOK FAMILY. Gregory Cook (1), immi- grant ancestor of George Albert Cook, of Lunen- burg, Massachusetts, was doubtless born in Eng- land, about 1625. He was a cordwainer or shoe- maker by trade. He came to this country about 1660, and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He bought land there in 1665 of Abraham Williams, in- cluding a mansion house on the highway from Wa- tertown to Roxbury, alongside land of Edward Jackson, Sr., and the Dummer farm, near what is now Newton Centre, near the Watertown line. In 1672 he bought the Dummer farm. or one hundred and twelve acres of it, adjoining his own farm, part in Cambridge, part in Water- town. Cook's mansion house was torn down in 1823 ; it was located on a lot of sixteen acres of land, bought in 1668 of Samuel Hyde, and located on the East Dedham highway west of Edward Jackson, Sr.'s place. The homestead was handed down to his son, Stephen Cook, who probably lived in it. The last owner in the Cook family was Captain Phineas Cook. Later it was owned by Captain Nutting and Nathaniel Brackett.
He was a prominent man in public life. He was constable in Cambridge Village in 1667, selectman of Mendon 1669 to 1670, and proprietor of forty acres of land there, but though his posterity appears to have been numerous in Mendon and vicinity, he did not stay long. He was selectman of Watertown in 1673-78-79-81-84. He was on a coroner's jury in Watertown June 15, 1674. He died January I, 1691. His son Stephen administered the estate. The inventory gave the value of the estate as one hun- dred and ninety-one pounds.
He married (first) Mary - who died August 17. 1681. He married (second) Susan Goodwin, widow, November I, 1681, and after his death she married (third), September 15, 1691, Henry Spring. The names of only two children are known, viz. : I. Susanna (see Newton records for note of birth), died at Watertown, November 13, 1674. 2. Steplren, see forward.
(11) Stephen Cook, son of Gregory Cook (I), was born presumably in England, 1647, and was brought to Cambridge, where his parents settled when he was an infant. He lived on the line be- tween Watertown and Newton, then Cambridge, and it is difficult to know whether he was a resident of Watertown or Cambridge and where his children were born. He married, 1679. Rebecca Flagg, daughter of Thomas Flagg. They were admitted to the church of Rev. Mr. Bailey in full communion, March 4. 1687-8. She died June 20, 1721, and he died at Newton, 1738, aged ninety-one years. The children of Stephen and Rebecca Cook were: I. Mary, born December 2, 1681, baptized at Water- town, April 15, 1688. 2. Stephen, see forward. 3. Isaac, born April 28. 1685. 4. John, horn March
15, 1686-87, settled in Preston, Connecticut. 5 James, born January 23. 1688-89. 6. Samuel, born December 3, 1690, settled Windham, Connecticut. 7. Peter, born August 10, 1692. 8. Daniel, married, 1722. Mary Jackson, daughter of Abraham Jackson. (III) Stephen Cook, Jr .. son of Stephen Cook (2), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 9, 1683. He settled in Watertown and was a miller by trade. His will, dated 1757 and proved 1761, confirms to his son John house, land and grist mill previously described in a deed of gift; be- queaths a farm at Framingham to his son James. The executors were his son John and son-in-law, John Dix. His wife's will also names the children. He married Hannah Fuller, daughter of Joshua Fuller, Sr., and their children, all born at Water- town, were I. Mary, born January 9, 1706, married, September 8, 1726, .. 2. Hannah, born October 3. 1709, married, November 20, 1729, Samuel Dix. 3. James, see forward. 4. Peter, born April 26, 1716. 5. Susannah, born October 23, 1717, married, Sep- tember 25. 1741, -. 6. Abigail, horn August 7, 1721, married William Gamage, Jr. 7. John, born March 31, 1724.
(IV) James Cook, son of Stephen Cook, Jr. (3). was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, March 3, 1714, died at Newton. Ilis father left him a farm at Framingham and he lived there after his marriage until 1747, when he returned to Newton. His first six children were born in Framingham and the other six at Newton. He married, in Newton, November 24, 1737, Lydia Fiske, who died March 9. 1759. He married (second), September 21, 1759, Mary Foster. Children of James and Lydia Cook were : I. Jonathan, born December 3, 1738, married Lydia Bacon. 2. Lydia, born January 22, 1740. 3. Stephen, born June 24, 1741. 4. Enoch, see forward. 5. Zebediah Fiske, born February 26, 1746. 6. Eliza- beth, born July 6, 1748, married William Badlam, of Sherborn. 7. Mary, born June 16, 1750, died November 8, 1750. S. Rebecca, born June 18, 1753, married William Flagg. 9. Esther, born May 4, 1755. IO. James, horn January 8, 1758. The chil- dren of James and Mary Cook were: II. Hannah, born June 8. 1760. 12. Peter, born December 10, 1764.
(V) Enoch Cook, son of James Cook (4), was born at Newton, Massachusetts, January 4, 1744. He lived in Newton until 1770, when he went to Groton and settled. He was a soldier in the rev- olution, with the rank of sergeant in the company of Captain John Sawtelle and regiment of Colonel James Prescott on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. This company was raised in Groton and Pepperell, Massachusetts. He was also in Captain Edmund Longley's company, Colonel Cogswell's regiment, in 1778, detached to guard and fortify posts at and about Boston. He married Mary Foster, 1765. Their children, born at Newton, were: I. Lydia, born January 29, 1765-66. 2. Samuel, see forward. 3. Mary, born March 26. 1769. The pre- ceding were born at Newton, the following at Groton: 4. Enoch, Jr., born November 15, 1771. 5. John. born April 16, 1774.
(VI) Samuel Cook, son of Enoch Cook (5), was born at Newton, Massachusetts, March 12, 1767. He was an infant when the family removed to Groton. He lived in Groton until 1808, when he settled in Lunenburg, where he bought the Abel Page place, March 21, 1808, of Joshua Longley. of Shirley, agent for the heirs of Page. The farm
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consisted of one hundred and eighty acres of land in the northeast part of the town, with house, barn and other buildings. Samuel also owned land in Shirley. He made his will December 6, 1848, and died in 1859. He bequeathed to his wife Dolly, and son Abel, who was to care for his invalid brother Edward all his life. Abel had the homestead on Hunting Hill, Lunenburg. He married, April 23, 1797, at Pepperell, Saralı Green, of the Groton fan- ily of Green to which Dr. Samuel A. Green, of Bos- ton, the author, historian of Groton, librarian, be- longs. Their children were: I. Daughter, died of influenza at Lancaster, October 13, 1807. 2. Abel, see forward. 3. Edward, invalid, died unmarried. (VII) Abel Cook, son of Samuel Cook (0), was born at Groton, Massachusetts, May 24, 1807. He was a farmer and succeeded to the homestead and estate of his father. He lived and died in Lun- enburg. He married Betsey Robinson, 1834, daugh- ter of Ebenezer and Betsey (Harrington) Robin- son, of Lunenburg. Children of Abel and Betsey Cook were: I. George Albert, see forward. 2. Harriet Elizabeth, born July 19, 1839, married Al- bert Sanderson, son of Jesse and Marilla Sanderson, April 19, 1859. 3. Alonzo, born February 20, 1843, died April 8, 1847. 4. Ada Augusta, born June IS, 1845, died March 25, 1847. 5. Adelaide Augusta, born August 19, 1847, married Edwin Lewis Fair- banks, in Fitchburg, August 7, 1872. Abel Cook married (second) Lucy Kilburn, daughter of David and Lucy ( Pingree) Kilburn, 1849. Their children : 6. Alonzo Baxter, born April 25, 1850. 7. Ella Pingree, born November 5, 1853.
(VIII) George Albert Cook, son of Abel Cook (7), was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, Au- gust 1, 1835. He was educated in the public and high schools of his native town, and during his youth assisted his father on the homestead. He learned the trade of cooper and worked first for Augustus Jewett, of Pepperell, then for Powers & Adams, of Townsend, where he lived until the lat- ter part of 1858, when he returned to Lunenburg. Much of the time since then he has been in the em- ploy of Augustus Taylor, who owns an extensive cooperage works at Lunenburg, near Hunting Hill, where Mr. Cook resides. He has an attractive home on the old homestead where his grandfather settled a hundred years ago. He is a Republican in poli- tics and attends the Congregational Church.
Mr. Cook married (first), August 10, 1856, Ann Maria Spaulding, daughter of Henry and Betsey ( Farrar) Spaulding, of Townsend. She was born May 23, 1835, died August 5, 1858. Her father was a miller by trade and a successful dealer in feed and grain at Townsend. He married (second), Novem- ber 29, 1860, Lydia Spaulding Adams, daughter of Edward Gary and Martha ( Spaulding) Adams. She was born November 30, 1827. The children of George Albert and Ann Cook were: 1. Henry Al- bert, born in Townsend, May 26, 1857, married Emma J. Daniels, of Brookline, New Hampshire, and their children were-Lena Edward, Albert Spaulding, George Henry. 2. Abel Franklin, died in infancy.
DR. ERNEST PARKER MILLER. The immi- grant ancestor of Dr. Ernest Parker Miller, of Fitchburg, settled in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. The family records begin with John Miller, born in Rehoboth, August 3, 1725. The name of his father is not known but it seems probable that his grand-
father was Robert Miller, son of John Miller, Sr., of Rehobothı.
(I) John Miller, Sr., was in Rehoboth as early as 1643. He was a town officer in 1648. His chil- dren were: Robert, born probably about 1643, and probably other older children; Hannah, December 23, 1653; Sarah, October 15, 1655; Samuel, Octo- ber 5, 1658; Joseph. August, 1660; Benjamin, Sep- tember 22, 1662. John Miller, Sr. was cousin and heir of Thomas Millard, of Boston, in 1669. The name Millard is to be found on the Rehoboth records side by side with Miller, spelled Millerd usually.
( 11) Robert Miller, believed to be son of Jolin Miller (I), born in England probably about 1640, married Elizabeth Saben, of Rehoboth, December 24. 1662. He was a soldier in King Philip's war in 1675. Their children, all born in Rehoboth, were: Elizabeth, born February 5, 1663-4: Robert, June 12, 1666; Nehemiah, June 8. 1668; Josiah, July 26, 1670; Nathaniel. March 31, 1672, married Ruth Chase, of Newbury, Massachusetts, May 20, 1716; Solomon, May 6, 1674; Mary, June 14, 1680; Sarah, Septem- ber 26, 1684: Experience, May 20, 1687.
(III) Robert Miller, son of Robert Miller (2), was born June 12, 1666. It remains to be proved that he is the father of the John Miller who was born August 3. 1725, in Rehoboth. One of his brothers may be the father.
. (IV) John Miller, grandson of Robert Miller (2), of Rehoboth, and ancestor of Dr. Ernest P. Miller, of Fitchburg, was born in Rehoboth, Massa- chusetts, August 3. 1725. and died there September 7, 1797. He married Martha -, born August 5, 1723, died May 23, 1804. They had a son Robert, of whom later.
(V) Robert Miller. son of John Miller (4), was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, November 2, 1753, died June 28. 1830, in Vermont. He mar- ried Mary Perry, born September 6, 1762, died June 19. 1853. He was a soldier in the revolution. He removed to Westminster, Vermont, and his farm there was on the west road (near the residence of Freeman Gorham). He was the father of twelve children, all born at Westminster. Vermont, as fol- lows: Toby (?), born August 27, 1782, died March I, 1873, at Londonderry, Vermont ; Polly, March 22, 1784. died October 1, 1865: John (twin), March 22, 1786. died December 19, 1867: Jabez (twin), March 22, 1786: Sally. April 9, 1788, died October 23, 1806; Cynthia, July 14, 1790, died August 8, 1865; Jesse, September 19. 1792, died 1875: Robert R., Novem- ber 30, 1794, died in 1890: Sophia, October 15. 1796, died 1800: Fylindia, August 12. 1799, died Decem- ber 1. 1877: Ophia. November 11, 1801 ; Belal, July 31. 1805. died February 9, 1881.
(VI) John Miller. son of Robert Miller (5), was born in Westminster, Vermont. March 20, 1786. died there December 10. 1867. He settled on a farm on the west road where Coren Goodell now or lately lived. He married Betsev Robinson, daugh- ter of Nathaniel Robinson. She was descended from George Abbott, of Yorkshire, England, one of the first settlers of Andover, Massachusetts. Their children were: Alfred. born March 15. 1815, died November 15. 1877: Lucy, married Lyman Ranney: John: Betsey, married Ebenezer Hall; Pat- terson ; Wealthy, never married: Reuben, married Martha Goodhne.
(VII) Dr. Alfred Miller, son of John Miller (6), and grandson of Robert Miller, was born in
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Westminster. Vermont, March 15, 1815. He pur- sued his preparatory studies in the public schools of Westminster and Bernardston, Vermont, and was graduated from Middlebury College in 1840. While reading for his profession he taught school for a number of years. He studied with Dr. Alfred Hitch- cock and at the medical school in Woodstock, Ver- mont, where he was graduated in 1844. In the fol- lowing years he entered upon the practice of his profession in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, where he remained until 1862, when he settled in Fitch- burg, Massachusetts. He was a skillful physician and highly respected by all who knew him. He was a leading citizen as well as a popular and suc- cessful doctor. He was repeatedly elected a mem- ber of the school committee and to other offices of trust and honor. He represented the town in the general court in 1866 and 1876. He was emi- nently successful in his practice in Fitchburg. He died there November 15, 1877, aged sixty-two years.
He married, December 28, 1847, Elsie L. Kibling, horn March 23, 1826, daughter of Francis Kibling. Their children were: Alfred M., born October 13. 1849, died October 20, 1849; Ernest Barker, Janu -- ary 4, 1851 ; Alice, April 20, 1855, graduate of Fitch- burg high school, 1873, Vassar College, 1876; mar- ried Clarence W. Spring, physician, resides in Fox street, Fitchburg: Emma Louise, November 26, 1857, married, October, 1878, George H. Croeker. has son, Samuel E. M. Crocker; Margaret Fiske, March 8, 1868; Alfred Kibling, March 31, 1870, married Dorothy McTaggart, of Fitchburg; she is one of the leading contralto soloists of Woreester ; he is in the automobile business in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Francis Kibling, son of John Kibling married. February 23, 1825, Waity Lawrence, daughter of Moses Lawrence. John Kibling was son of Deacon Jacob Kibling. The latter was very prominent in Ashburnham. He was selectman. deacon of the Baptist Church, revolutionary soldier ; he removed to Stafford, Vermont, where he died 1839. He mar- ried. February 21, 1777, Sarah Coolidge, daughter of Elisha Coolidge, of Ashburnham. Jacob Kibling, father of Deacon Jacob, was one of the German emigrants, and an early settler of the town. He was born in Germany in 1722 and removed to Ash- burnham in 1758, heing one of the seven original proprietors of the Lexington grant. He settled on land sinee known as the Constantine farm, and exchanged farms with Jacob Constantine and removed to the farm now or lately owned by Alden B. Marble. He was a man of recognized character and ability ; was selectman nine years. He married Catharine Wolfe. He died April 4. 1777; she died at the home of one of her children in Vermont, March 28, 1821, aged ninety-one years; they had nine children.
(VIII) Dr. Ernest Parker Miller, son of Dr. Alfred Miller (7), was born in Ashburnham, Massa- chusetts, January 4, 1851. He attended the publie schools of his native town and Fitchburg, and grad- uated from the high school of the latter town in 1868. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1872 and spent the two following years as assistant teacher of the Fitchburg high school. He then entered the Harvard Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1877. He was house officer in the Massachusetts General Hospital for a year, after which he came to Fitchburg and took up his father's practice. For twenty-eight years he has been en- iv-4
gaged in practice at Fitchburg and he is one of the leaders of his profession. He was medical examiner for the county from 1877 to 1891, when the election of a Democratic governor caused a change in the office. Dr. Miller is a Republican. He was eity physician in 1878 and in 1883. Since 1884 he has been a member of the examining board for the United States pension bureau. He is surgeon at the Burbank Hospital. He is a member of the Worces- ter North Distriet and Massachusetts Medical So- ciety. He belongs to the Park Club.
He married, October 22, 1878, Myra B. Richard- son. Their children are: Richard Henry, born in Fitchburg, October 11, 1884, graduate of Harvard University, 1905: master in the Groton school; Elsie Lawrence, April 10. 1886. graduate of Fitchburg high school, 1904, Vassar College, class of 1908; Ernest Parker, Jr., January 28, 1890, is in Fitch- burg high school; Wyman Richardson, July 23, 1892.
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