The Ohio blue book; or, Who's who in the Buckeye state; a cyclopedia of biography of men and women of Ohio, Part 68

Author: Van Tassel, Charles Sumner, 1858-
Publication date: [1917]
Publisher: Toledo, Ohio
Number of Pages: 494


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MILES, ROBERT PARKER, Lecturer; born, Burnley, Lancashire, Eng., July 11, 1866; son of Harrison Miles and Sarah (Par- ker) Miles; educated: St. Stephens' Coll., Annadale, N. Y., 1885-S; Union Theol. Seminary, 1892. Married, Lena B. Co- burger, Nov .. 1899. Ordained in Presby- terian ministry, 1892; Asst. pastor Ruther- ford, N. J., 1892-6; pastor Ravenswood Ch .. N. Y .. 1896-7; religious editor New York Evening Journal, 1897-9; has trav- eled extensively as newspaper and maga- zine correspondent; has lectured in U. S., Canada and English speaking countries, 1901 -; Prin. lectures "Tallow Dips," "Sparks" and "Dawn." Author: Three Men and a Woman. 1901: wrote several chapters of character sketches in "new Metropolis." 1898, and sketch of George Francis Train; Thumb Nail sketches, 1917. etc. Socs. and clubs: International · Lyceum Assn. ; Eulexion Soc. (St. Stephens' Coll. ). Progressive Republican. Home address: 1433 Cordova Ave., Lakewood, O. MILES, WILL H., Official; born, Mary Ann Twp., Licking Co., O., March 3. 1865; son of Stephen U. Miles and Lydia (Wil- kin) Miles; educated: public schools of Licking Co .; Ohio Northern Univ .. Ada, O. College degrees: B. Sc. Married, Lora Lawson, May, 190S. Worked on the farm; taught district school; Supt. of the St. Louisville Schs .; Treas. of Licking Co. since Sept., 1915. Socs. and clubs: I. O. O. F .; K. of P .; Moose; W. O. W .; Mod- ern Woodmen. Methodist Church. Home address: 105 North St., Newark, O.


MILLARD, JEAN SEARS, Physician; born, New Bedford, Mass., Nov. 19, 1876; son of John Aiken Millard and Mary Crocker (Sears) Millard; educated: Harvard Coll .; Harvard Med. Soc., Boston, Mass .; Oxford England; Grad. of the Massachusetts Gen- eral Hospital. College degrees: S. B .; M. D. Married, Mary Walworth Edwardes, 1899. Practiced medicine in Boston, Mass .; in 1912, accepted position as physician to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, O .; on staff of Peoples Hosp., Akron, O., since 1916. Socs. and clubs: Summit Co. and Ohio State Med. Socs .; American Med. Assn .; Univ. and Harvard Clubs of Akron; Akron Chamber of Commerce; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Frat. Church of Our Savior (Episcopal). Home address: 111 Highland Ave., Akron, O.


MILLER, ALEXANDER JAY, Attorney; born, Bellefontaine, O., Sept. 29, 1872; son of Alexander W. Miller and Ella (Howen- stine) Miller; educated: Bellefontaine high school; Wooster Univ .; Princeton Univ .; Cincinnati Law Sch. College de- grees: B. A., 1894; LL. B., 1895. Mar- ried. Lucy E. Middleton, Nov. 27. 1901. Attorney-at-law, offices at Chalfant Bldg., Bellefontaine. O .: senior member of law firm of Miller, Miller, Brady & Seeley, S34 Spitzer Bldg., Toledo. O .; Dir. of United Telephone Co. and Savings Bldg. & Loan Co., at Bellefontaine; city solicitor of Bellefontaine, 1898-1902; member of Ohio delegation from 8th Dist. to Republican Natl. Convention. 1908. at Chicago. Socs. and clubs: Toledo Club; Columbus Club; Sigma Chi Frat .; Delta Chi Frat .; Amer- ican Whig Soc .; Knight Templar; 32d de- gree Mason; Elks; Knight of Pythias. Presbyterian. Dir. of Big Four Ry. Y. M. C. A. at Bellefontaine, O. Home address: 420 E. Chillicothe Ave., Bellefontaine, O. MILLER, BERTRAND CHARLES, U. S. District Court Clerk; born, Mt. Gilead, O., Dec. 7. 1874; son of Ralph Porter Miller and Mary (Andrews) Miller; educated: high school Mt. Gilead. O .; 1 yr. Ohio State Univ., Columbus. O .; 3 yrs. Cleve- land Law Sch .. Baldwin Univ. College degrees: B. L. Married. Edna P. Lynde, July 11, 1898. Bookkeeper H. W. DeVore & Co., grain commission merchants, To- ledo, O., April 1, 1895-Feb. 4, 1896; cleri- cal assistant office clerk U. S. Circuit Court, Toledo, O., and Cleveland, O., 1896- 1897; appointed deputy clerk U. S. Cir- cuit Court, Sept. 1, 1897; located at Cleve- land. O., appointed chief deputy clerk U. S. Circuit Court, Cleveland, O., Feb., 1903; appointed clerk U. S. Circuit Court, Northern Dist. Ohio. Dec. 19. 1909; ap- pointed clerk U. S. Dist. Court, Northern Dist. Ohio. Jan. 1. 1912- Socs. and


clubs: Masonic Order; . Odd Fellows; Na- tional Geographic Soc .; Am. Philatelic Soc .; Garfield Perry Stamp Club; Cleve- land Chamber Commerce. Baptist. Home address: Solon, Cuyahoga Co., O .: Official address: 320-330 Federal Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio.


MILLER, BURTON ROY, Physician-Sur- geon; born, "Halfway House," four miles from Tiffin, O., Nov. 16. 1864; son of Peter Miller and Lovina (Robenalt) Miller; edu- cated: common schools of Seneca Co., O .: Normal school of Milan. O .: Heidelberg Univ .. Tiffin. O .; Normal school of Fos- toria, O .; Starling Med. Coll .; Ohio Med. Univ., Columbus, O. College degrees: M. D. Married, Dorothea C. Hartmann, Jan. 27. 1909. Taught country school 4 yrs .; Prin. of a ward school of Tiffin, O., 4 yrs .; has been a medical practitioner for nearly 20 yrs .; Pres. Seneca County Teachers' Inst .. 1893-4: member Bd. Examiners of Teachers' Pub. Schs. of Tiffin, 1894; se- cured the adoption of township supervision


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and graded system in rural schools of Clinton Township, 1894; this being the first graded rural system in Seneca Co .; or- ganized the Equity Club. 1912. and "The Symposium." 1916; Secy. Seneca Co. Bd. U. S. Pension Examiners; Med. Examiner of Civil Service Examiners of Tiffin, O .; during the four years spent in teaching in Tiffin public schools, served two ternis as treasurer of Clinton Twp., Seneca Co., O .; served as coroner of Seneca Co .. O., during 1915 and 1916. Socs. and clubs: Ohio State Med. Soc .; Seneca Co. Med. Soc .; The Northwestern Ohio Med. Soc .; Knights of Pythias; The Court of Honor; Secretary "The Symposium," a Research Soc .; The Equity Club. Member First Reformed Churell, Tiffin, O. Took post- grad. Med. Courses-August and September of 1908, at Chicago Polyelinic, and August and September of 1913 at New York City Polyclinic. Home address: 24 Miami St., Tiffin, O.


MILLER, CHARLES CHRISTIAN, Educa- tor; born. Baltimore. O., Nov. 26. 1856; son of Enos S. Miller and Elizabeth (Rade- baugh) Miller: educated: common schools; village high school; Fairfield Union Acad .; Ohio State Univ. College degrees: A. B .; Ph. D. Married. Nellie Cornell Wilbur, Supt. public schools. re-


July 1. 1891.


spectively. Eaton. Ottawa. Sandusky, Hamilton and Lima, Ohio, 1SS3-1905; Pres. Lima Coll., 1905-8; lecturer, 190S -; coun- ty Supt. schools, Fairfield Co .. O .; trustee Ohio State Univ .. 1889-94 (the first alum- nus so honored); State Commr. common schools of Ohio. 1891-2; Mem. State Bd. Seh. Examiners. 1901-6. Socs. and clubs Phi Gamma Delta: N. E. Ohio Teachers' Assn .; Central Ohio Schoolmasters' Club; Masonie Order; K. P .; Northwestern Ohio Teachers' Assn. Methodist Episcopal. Home address: Lancaster, O.


MILLER, CHARLES ERVINE, University President; born. near Massillon. O .. Feb. 24. 1867; son of Peter Miller and Angeline (Smith) Miller; educated: Heidelberg Univ .; Grad. Heidelberg Theol. Seminary, 18SS; Union Theol. Sem .; summer term in Univ. of Chicago. College degrees: A. B., 1886: A. M .. 1890: D. D .. 1900; LL. D., 1911. Married. Laura G. Garver, Dec. 12, 1894. Ordained Reformed Ch. in U. S. ministry, 1890; pastor Dayton, O., 1890-9; Prof. of practical theology, Heidelberg Theol. Sem .. 1900-2; Pres. and Prof. ethics, aesthetics and evidences of Chris- tianity. Heidelberg Univ., June 19, 1902 -; editor Christian World, Dayton. O., 1898- 1901: Pres. Ohio Christian Endeavor Union 1895; Vice Pres. Ohio S. S. Assn., 1898-1902; Pres. Ohio College Association, 1909-10. Home address: Tiffin. O.


MILLER, CHARLES RUSSEL, Attorney; born. Canton. O., Oct. 1. 1858; son of William K. Miller and Sarah B. Miller; educated: Canton high school and Canton Academy. Married. Alice Evelyn Rose, May 9. 1883. Admitted to bar, 1879; pres- idential elector. 1896; Pres. Commercial Law League, 1899: Major and Asst. Adj. Gen., 1898-9; judge advocate Gen. Spanish


War Veterans, 1900-1; commander-in- chief United Spanish War Veterans, 1906- 1907. Author: Law of Conditional Sales, 1884. Socs. and elubs: Loyal Legion; Union Club (Cleveland) ; Army and Navy (Wash- ington); U. S. W. Vets .; Masons; The Military Order of Foreign Wars: The Rotary Club of Cleveland (founder) ; The Bar Assn .; Cleveland Athletic Club. Re- publican. Home address: 2033 E. 88th St., Cleveland, O. (Died. Dec. 18. 1916, while work in preparation.)


MILLER, CORA WISE (Mrs. Ira M.), born, Akron. O .. Sept. 11. 1864; daughter of Jacob Wise and Jennie (Stadden) Wise;


educated: high school of Akron. Mar-


ried. Ira M. Miller. Oct. 19. 1886. Inter-


ested in club work of the State. Socs. and clubs: Dist. Vice Pres. Northeast Dist. Ohio Fed. Women's Clubs; Art Club; History Club of Akron. Home address 34 Mull Ave .. Akron. O.


MILLER, CYNTHIA HAWES FISHER (Mrs. William T.), Physician; born, Cleveland, O., Sept. 29. 1855; daughter of Waldo A. Fisher and Angelina (Hawes) Fisher; educated: private schools of Cleveland, O .; Vassar Coll .; Cleveland Med. Coll. College degrees: A. B., 1876; A. M .. 1879: M. D .. 1879. Married. William T. Miller, Oct. 6. 1881. Practiced medicine in


Cleveland, 1879-1854. Socs. and clubs: College Club of Cleveland; Woman's City Club. Unitarian Church. Home address: 1869 E. 79th St .. Cleveland. O.


MILLER, DAYTON CLARENCE, Physicist; born. Strongsville, O., Mar. 13, 1866; son of Charles W. D. Miller and Vienna (Pomeroy) Miller: educated: Baldwin Univ .; Princeton Univ. College degrees: A. B .: D. Sc. Married. Edith C. Easton, June 28. 1893. Prof. Nat. Science. Bald- win Univ .. 1888-9: Asst. Math, and Phys- ics. 1890-3: Prof. Physics. Case School of Applied Science. Cleveland. O .. 1893 --. Socs. and clubs: Fellow. A. A. A. S .; Am. Physical Soc .; Am. Astron. Soc .; Anı. Acad. Arts and Sciences; Washington Acad. of Sciences: Soc. Francaise de Physique: Sigma Xi; Tau Beta Pi; Cleveland Eng. Soc .; Lowell Lecturer, 1914. Author: Laboratory Physics. 1903; Boehm on the Flute and Flute-Playing, 1908; The Science of Musical Sounds. 1916; numerous pa- pers on Expl. Physics in scientific jour- nals. Trustee Baldwin-Wallace College. 1899 Congregationalist. Home ad-


dress: 10510 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, O.


MILLER. EDGAR E., Educator: born, Batesville. O .: son of William Miller and Sarah A. (Parry) Miller; educated: Mus- kingum College; Univ. Penn. College de- grees: A. M. Married, Emma M. Wilson. Supt. Caldwell, O .. public schools, 6 yrs .; head teacher Math., Pittsburgh, Pa., high school. 2 yrs .: Prin. Ward Sch .. Pitts- burgh, Pa., 2 yrs .; city Supt., Bradford, Pa .. 14 yrs .: Supt., Cambridge, O., 2 yrs .; Co. Supt. Noble Co .. O. Lecturer: Teach- ers' Institutes; contributor: number edu- cational magazines; founder, National


Chautauqua Supts. Council, Chautauqua, N. Y .; first Supt. to equip and establish Manual Training and Domestic Seience in connection with city school systems; active in securing free text-books in State of Pennsylvania. Socs. and clubs: Edge- wood Club. Bradford. Pa .: Masonic Or- der: Elk: Country Club: Nat. Geographic Soc .; Educational Assns. Quaker parent- age. Home address: Summerfield. O.


MILLER, EDWARD ALANSON, Coll. Prof .; born. Tiskilwa. Ill .. May 19. 1866: son of Alanson Miller and Ann (Fifield) Miller; educated: Oberlin Coll .; Univ. Chicago; Columbia Univ. (out of college 8 yrs., between junior and senior yrs.). College degrees: A. B .. 1897: A. M .. 1906: Ph. D., 1915. Univ. of Chicago. Married. Berthia MeCord. June 25. 1888. In employ Illinois Steel Co., 1889-1895; Prin. Allen high school, Lamoille, Ill., 1895-1896; Supt. schools, Webster. S. D., 1897-1900: Oberlin, O .. 1900-3: Prof. education and dean of men, Oberlin Coll., 1903-1914; Prof. of


education. 1903 -: Prof. history and philosophy of education, Ohio State Univ .. summer sessions, 1912-1913; Prof. of school administration. Univ. of Chicago, summer session. 1917; Mem. Bd. of Edn., Oberlin. 4 yrs .; county examining board, Lorain Co .. 3 yrs. Congregationalist. Home address: 241 Forest St., Oberlin, O.


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MILLER, EMMA PARK SMITH, Educator;


born, Burlington, N. Y .: daughter of Rev. Henry A. Smith and Emeline L. (Ren- dall) Smith; educated: private schools; Grad. Hamilton Sem., affiliated with Mad- ison (now Colgate) University, N. Y.,


1862. Married, H. Thane Miller, Feb., 1881: who died. Dec. 7. 1895. Principal private school. Canton. O., 1862-6: pre- ceptress Rome Academy. N. Y .. 1866-9; Vice Prin. Newark high school, N. J., 1869-78; Prin. Mt. Auburn Institute (founded 1856), Cincinnati. O., 1878-


After the death of H. Thane Miller. 1895, the name of the school. at the formal re- quest of the Alumnae. was changed to that of "The H. Thane Miller School for Girls." which name it still bears. . The school was removed in 1897 from Mt.


Auburn to Avondale. Prin. The H. Thane Miller School for Girls (founded as Mt. . Auburn Institute in 1856). Socs. and clubs: Mt. Auburn Lit. Club: Cincinnati Br. Am. Folk-Lore Soc .; Cincinnati Wom- an's Club: Kentucky McDowell Soc. Bap- tist Church. Home address: Avondale, Cincinnati, O.


MILLER, FRANK W., Educator; Supt. of Schools, Dayton, Ohio. Home address: Dayton, O.


MILLER, FRANK WILLIAM, Educator; born, Dayton, O., Jan. 23, 1866; son of John Miller and Anna Marie (Seim) Mil- ler; educated: Dayton high school; Leb- anon Normal; Dartmouth Coll .; Cornell Univ. College degrees: A. B .; A. M .;


Ped. D. Married. Nettie Burnett. Aug.


19. 1897. Teacher in rural schools, 1887-


1889; Dayton high school, 1893-1911; State Supt. of Pub. Instruction, 1911-1916; Supt. of Instruction, Dayton, O., 1916 -. Socs. and clubs: K. of P .: Mason: Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Dartmouth. Unitarian. Home address: 212 Frambes Ave., Colum- bus. O.


MILLER, GEORGE WASHINGTON, Bank- er; born. Jan. 22. 1859; son of John D. Miller and Mary (Kahl) Miller; educated: common schools; Northwestern Normal. Married. Dell A. Sigler. March 25. 1880. Taught school for a number of years; born on farm; owns farm in Tod Twp., Craw- ford Co .. Ohlo: was member of last Con- stitutional Convention representing Craw- ford Co .: Pres. Farmers & Citizens Bank & Savings Co .. Bucyrus, O .; Pres. Home Mutual Fire Ins. Co .: Secy. Ohio Mutual Tornado. Cyclone and Windstorm Ins. Assn .; Dir. Bucyrus Chamber of Com- merce; Pres. Ohio Forestry Soc .; served 5 yrs. as county treasurer. Socs. and clubs: K. of P. Home address: 706 South Walnut St., Bucyrus, O.


MILLER, H. A., Common Pleas Judge, Mer- cer Co. Term expires Dec .. 1920. Home address: Celina. O.


MILLER, HERBERT ADOLPHUS, College Professor; born. Tuftonboro, N. H., June 5, 1875: son of William Magnus Miller and Ellen (Thompson) Miller; educated: Brewster Free Acad .. Wolfboro. N. H .: Dartmouth Coll .; Harvard Univ .; Chicago Univ. College degrees: A. B., 1899; A. M., 1902; Ph. D., 1905. Married, Bessie North- way Cravath, Aug. 22, 1903. Instr. Greek, Latin and Athletics. Fisk Univ., Nash- ville. Tenn., 1899-1902; Asst. Prof. and Prof. Philosophy, Olivet Coll., Mich., 1905- 1914; Prof. Soclology. Oberlin Coll., 1914 -. Deeply interested in race prob- lems and the immigrant; made the survey of the immigrant and the school for Cleve- land Foundation in Cleveland Sch. Survey completed in 1916; member village coun- cil. Olivet. Mich .. 1910-11: Secy. Progres- sive Com .. Eaton Co .. Mich. Socs. and clubs: Ain. Sociological Soc .; Am. Acad-


emy Political and Social Science; Am. Assn. Univ. Professors; Cleveland Cham- ber Commerce; Mason; Pres. for 1917, In- ternational Assn. of Cosmopolitan Clubs. Progressive. Congregationalist. Home address: 151 North Professor St .. Ober- lin. O.


MILLER, J. ALLEN, Clergyman-College Professor; born. Roseville, Ind .. Aug. 2, 1866; son of William S. Miller and Mary A. (Mohler) Miller; educated: Ashland,


O., College; Hillsdale College, Mich .; Hiram Coll .. Hiram. O .: graduate work Univ. Chicago. College degrees: A. B .; A. M .: B. D .: Hon. D. D. Marrled. Clara Worst, Dec. 22, 1896. Pastor, Elkhart, Ind., Brethren Church, 1891-4; Prof. Ash- land College. 1894; leave absence for study, 1896-8; Pres. Ashland College, 1898-1906; dean Theological Seminary, Ashland, O., 1906 -; pastor Ashland College Church, 17 yrs .; elected moderator General Con- ference Brethren Church. Winona Lake, Ind .. 1907; elected to draft a charter for Ashland, O., 1914; Secy. Civil Service Commission, Ashland, O. United Breth- ren. Home address: 807 Grant St., Ash- land. O.


MILLER, JOHN D., Physiclan; born, Cln- cinnati. Ohio. June 26. 1875; son of Wll- llam Miller and Carollne (Dittman) MII- ler; educated: Cincinnati public schools: Woodward high school; Med. Coll. of Ohlo. College degrees: M. D. Married, Margaret Luhrman, 1906. Interne at Good Samari- tan Hosp., 1897-8; studied In Europe for a year at Vienna and 1 yr. at Munich, under masters of surgery; returned to Cincinnati and associated with Drs.


Reamy and Bonifield and Miller; now practicing alone and makes a specialty of abdominal surgery. Socs. and clubs: Acad. of Medicine of Cincinnati; Ohio State Med. Soc .; Am. Med. Assn .: Am. Med. Assn. of Obstetricians and Gyne- cologists. Home address: McMillan and Clifton Aves., Cincinnati, O.


MILLER, LOUISE KLEIN, Curator of Sch. Gardens; born, near Dayton, O., Aug. 7, 1854; daughter of William Miller and Ann (Cline) Miller; educated: Dayton high and Normal schools: Cook Co. Normal Sch .; Cornell Univ. Teacher and principal of school, Dayton, O .; Supv. of Nature Study; Asst. in Normal Sch., E. Saginaw, Mich., 2 yrs .; same position, Detroit pub- llc schools, 4 yrs .; dean of Lothorpe Sch. of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening for Women; curator of school gardens and grounds, Cleveland public schools, 1904 -. Socs. and clubs: A. A. A. S .; member of Executive Bd. of American Civic Assn .; member of Council of Woman's National Agricultural and Horticultural Soc .; Vice Pres. Sch. Garden Assn. of Am .; member of Bd. of Directors of Bird Lovers' Club; member Cleveland Garden Club; Women's City Club; Press Club. Member of Epls- copal Church. Home address: 2540 Pros- pect Ave .. Cleveland, O.


MILLER, LUCIUS O., Financier; born, St. Johns. Auglaize Co .. O .. April 19, 1856; son of Daniel R. Miller and Elizabeth (Vantress) Miller; educated: common schools; Otterbein Univ., Westerville, O. Married, Lida Haywood, Sept. 6, 1876. Clerical work U. S. Post Office and Farm- ers' Bank, Marion, O .: wholesale no- tion house, Logan Co., O .; entered United Brethren Pub. House. Dayton, O., Aug., 1881; cashier U. B. Pub. House, 1882-1905: Elected by general conference United Brethren Ch. as general treasurer, 1905- which includes the handling of 14 differ- ent benevolent and administrative de- partmental, denominational funds; mem- her Board of Trustees, Otterbein Univ., Westerville, O .; member Board of Trus-


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tees, American Inter-Church College, Nashville, Tenn .; member Executive Com- mittee Federal Council of Protestant Churches of America, New York City. Home address: 1205 North Main St., Day- ton, O.


MILLER, MAUDE MURRAY, born, Marion, Ala .; daughter of James Wimberly Cook and Frances (Pattillo) Cook; direct de- scendant of Lady Anne Cook, mother of Lord Bacon; ancestor Francis Cook caine over in Mayflower; educated: Judson Coll., Ala. Married, John P. Murray, who died; 2nd, Albert C. Miller, who died. Newspaper and magazine writer; author several books; authority on Shakespearc and sociological questions; appointed by Gov. Harmon member Board of Women Visitors to state institutions; suggested many reforms in penitentiary and reform- atories; appointed by Gov. Cox first mem- ber first state Board of Censors in world; served under Gov. Willis on same Board; re-appointed by Gov. Cox; served Ohio as state official under four governors; Mem. Daughters of Confederacy; delegate ap- pointed by them to Peace Conf. at the Hague. Christian Scientist. Suffragist. Twice President Ohio Newspaper Women's Assn. Address: Columbus, O.


MILLER, ORLANDO ALBERT, Merchant- Manufacturer; born, Belmont, O., Sept. 24, 1859; son of Alonzo Plummer Miller and Elizabeth Ross (Evans) Miller; edu- cated: Belmont Co. common schools. Married, Ella M. Morris, Oct. 20, 1880. In paper business since 1875; Pres. The Central Ohio Paper Co., Columbus, O .; The Duboc Paper Co., Chicago, Ill .; The B. D. Rising Paper Co., Mass .; Vice Pres. Canfield Paper Co., New York; Citizens Trust & Savings Bank, Columbus, O .; Peoples Savings Bank, Columbus, O. Socs. and clubs: Columbus Country Club; Ohio Society of New York; Athletic Club of Columbus; Columbus Club; Scioto Coun- try Club. First Congregational Church. Home address: 637 E. Broad St., Colum- bus, Ohio.


MILLER, RUSSELL BENJAMIN, College Professor and Librarian Ohio Wes. Univ .: born, Pleasantville, O .; son of Joshua Miller and Mary Ann (Benjamin) Miller; educated: common schools; Fairfield Union Academy; Ohio Wes. Univ., B. A., M. A .; Boston Univ., Lit. B., Ph. D. Married, Lillian Madden, July 14, 1897. Teacher public schools, 3 yrs .; secondary schools, 5 yrs .; Boston Univ. School Theol., 1901-2; Red River Valley Univ., 1903-5; Ohio Wes. Univ., Delaware, O., 1905 -; Prof. Bibli- cal Lit., 1915 -; librarian, Ohio Wes. Univ., 1907 -; joint-author (Prof. R. H. Walker), Studies in the Old Testament Prophets; twenty articles in the Inter- Standard national Bible Encyclopedia. Socs. and clubs: Phi Beta Kappa; Ohio Library Assn .; Am. Library Assn .; Re- ligious Education Assn. Clergyman,


Methodist Episcopal Church. Ohio Con- ference. Home address: 65 Oak Hill Ave., Delaware, O.


MILLER, STEPHEN SAMUEL, Manufac- turer; born, Norlen Center, Summit Co., Ohio, Feb. 7, 1856; son of Charles Miller and Hannah (Bechtel) Miller; educated: Akron public schools. Married, C. Anna Seiberling, Feb. 3, 1891. 20 yrs. with Ault- man Miller; 2 yrs. Supt. of India Rub- ber Co .; 2 yrs. as Supt. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co .: 12 yrs. as Sunt. of Kelly Springfield Tire Co .; 4 yrs. as Factory Manager of The Mohawk Rubber Co. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Lodges; Akron City Club; Congress Lake Club. Luther- an Ch. Home address: 697 W. Market St., Akron. O.


MILLER, T. W., Manufacturer; born, Man- chester, O., Feb. 12, 1875; son of Free- man Miller and Rebecca (Fisher) Miller; educated: public and high schools, Sum- mit Co., Ohio. Married, Helen Myers, March 31, 1909. Commenced making rub- ber goods in small plant in 1900; organ- ized The Faultless Rubber Co., Ashland, O., which company is one of the largest manufacturers of rubber sundries in the world; became Pres. and Treas., 1903 -. Socs. and clubs: Masonic Order; Rubber Club of America; Chamber ( Commerce, Cleveland; Bankers Club of America (New York). Reformed Church. Home address: South Center St., Ashland, O.


MILLER, THOMAS MILO, President Bimel Automobile Co .; born, Kokomo, Ind .; son of Jordan Miller and Eleanor (Allison) Miller; educated: public schools, Indiana; State Normal Sch., Ind .; Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y. Married, Carrie M. Will- cutts, Dec. 27, 1901. Prin. West Side schools, Logansport, Ind., 4 yrs .; Prin. Ft. Wayne, Ind., schools, 5 yrs .; resigned to take charge as manager Bimel Buggy Co., 1907; Buggy Co. taken over by Bimel Automobile Co., acting as Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Co., 1915- Home address: 524 S. Main St., Sidney, O.


MILLER, WILLIAM HARRISON, Attorney; born, Clayton, O., Nov. 15, 1868; son of Benjamin Miller and Mary A. (Zeigler) Miller; educated: country schools; town- ship high school; Antioch Coll .; Ohio Wes. Univ .; Ohio Northern Univ. College de- grees: LL. B. Married, Esther C. Trump, June 7, 1893. Engaged in practice law, Marion, Ind., April, 1893-4; removed to Dayton, O., resumed practice, 1894 -; member Dayton Bd. Education, 1 term. Socs. and clubs: K. P .; Ind. Order Fores- ters; T. of B. H .; K. & L. of I .; A. I. U .; Secy. Dayton Lawyers' Club. Meth- odist. Home address: 142 Central Ave., Dayton, O.


MILLER, WILLIAM MacDONALD, Attor- ney; born, Steubenville, O., . Oct. 13, 185S; son of Martin L. Miller and Eliza (Mac- Donald) Miller. Married, Jessie A. Moss- grove, June 12, 1892. Admitted to bar in 1883, and has since practiced in Steuben- ville. Presbyterian Church. Home ad- dress: Steubenville, O.


MILLER, WILLIAM WISE, Mining En- gineer; born, Westwood, Cincinnati, O., July 4. 1878; son of George C. Miller and Lida (Davidson) Miller; educated: Cin- cinnati public schools; Cincinnati Tech. Sch .; Scranton Cor. Sch. Married, Susan C. Hatfield, June 2, 1903. Began business career in mining and marketing of coal in W. Va., Ohio, Sept., 1902 -; Gen. Mgr. and Dir. Pittsburgh Mining Co .; The West Va. Washed Coal Co .; Dir. Pomeroy Dock Co., Pomeroy, O. Presby- terian. Home address: Pomeroy, O.


MILLIGAN, HENRY C., Manufacturer; Pres. and Treas. The Republic Stamping & Enameling Co. Home address: 1522 Cleveland Ave., N. W., Canton, O.


MILLIGAN, MELVIN LEE, Manufacturer; born, Deavertown, O., July 28, 1860; son of Alfred Perry Milligan and Rachel (Iliff) Milligan; educated: Ohio Wes. Univ. Col- lege degrees: B. A., 1884; M. A., 1887. Mar- ried, Jennie H. Fairbanks, Aug. 30, 1887. Admitted to bar, Columbus, O., 1886; Gen. Atty. Ohio Southern R. R. Co., 1891-2: en- tered Mfg. business, Springfield, O., 1892; Pres. Fairbanks Co., manufacturers piano plates, 1897- ; Vice Pres. Indianapolis Switch & Frog Co .; Dir. Am. Trust and Savings Bank Co .; Mayor city Springfield, O., 1900-1; member Sinking Fund Com- mission city of Springfield, O., 1901 -; Comr. to Gen. Assembly Presby. Church in U. S. A., 1913; Trustee, Lane Theol.




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