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an elder. He married Magdalena ( Polly) Saeger, daughter of Joseph and Margaret ( Pretz) Saeger, of Saegersville. She was born Sept. 6, 1808, and died Jan. 8, 1885. His father was a foremost man of his time, and his family were descended from the royal family of Ger- many. Saegersville was named in his honor. The issue of Mr. and Mrs. Miller were: Maria, married Levi Krause; William, died young ; Matilda, born 1832, died 1893, married Hon. Samuel J. Kistler ; Sophia, married Dr. William P. Seipel; Owen A .; Dr. Aaron S .; and Dr. Edward P., father of David A. Miller, proprie- tor of the Morning Call, at Allentown, Pa.
OWEN A. MILLER, a pioneer slate operator, merchant, and business man, of Lehigh county, was born at Saegersville, Feb. 12, 1837, son of Peter and Magdalena (Saeger) Miller. At an early age he assisted his father on his farm and in the store. After the Civil War he became one of the most extensive merchants in the county. During the Centennial (1876) he sold more butter in Philadelphia than any other one dealer in the state. Being a man of original ideas, he was the first person to use or suggest the use of refrigerator cars, and he invented a process of drying refrigerator cars.
In politics Mr. Miller is a Republican, and held various township offices. He and family were adherents of the Reformed church at Hei- delberg. In 1901 he removed to Germantown, Pa., where the family connected themselves with the Wakefield Presbyterian church. On Dec. 20, 1857, he was married to Mary A. Moser, daughter of William Moser of Steinsville. They had two children: Clara, and Mamie Miller. Clara married James H. Chillman, of Philadel- phia, and they have a son, James H. Mamie married Samuel R. Gray, of Philadelphia, an artist of distinction.
DR. AARON S. MILLER, son of Peter and Mag- dalena (Saeger) Miller, was born July 1, 1839, at Saegersville, Lehigh county, where he lived all his life. He was educated in the public schools and the Allentown and Kingston seminaries; and graduated from the University of New York in 1862. He located at Saegersville, where he had a clientele extending over a radius of eight miles, after an active practice of fifty years, Dr. Mil- ler died Dec. 31, 1914. The present residence was built by his father in 1876. It is a two-story brick building, 30 x 40 feet. Since 1898 he had been a member of the examining board of pen- sions for the United States government. He was a member of the P. O. S. of A., and of the Heidel- berg German Reformed church.
In 1894 Dr. Miller built the present three-
story brick store and hotel property at Saegers- ville. He also owned the homestead now consist- ing of ninety acres, besides other properties in the county. On May 17, 1862, he married Sarah K. Mosser, daughter of William and Susanna (Kuntz) Mosser, of Albany, Berks county, and their issue were: Cora A. (Mrs. James Arm- strong, Brooklyn, N. Y.) ; Peter W., of Jersey City, N. J., a telegrapher ; Maggie S. (Mrs. Chester Fenstermacher) ; Sophia R .; and Frank- lin A.
DR. EDWARD P. MILLER, son of Peter and Magdalena (Saeger) Miller, was born at Sae- gersville, Jan. 7, 1842, died there Aug. 15, 1888. He was educated in the common schools of Hei- delberg township, and entered Bellevue Hospital Medical College, N. Y., from which he was grad- uated in 1865. He began the practice of medi- cine at Mantz's, Schuylkill county, Pa., then moved to Gilbert's, Monroe county, and later, for the greater part of his active life, he resided at his early home at Saegersville. He was mar- ried to Flora A., daughter of David and Susan Peter, of Washington township. She was born Nov. 11, 1844, died Nov. 2, 1905. They had two sons, David A., and Samuel P., whose his- tories follow.
DAVID A. MILLER, proprietor of the Allen- town Morning Call, was born at Gilberts, Mon- roe county, April 7, 1869. When only four years of age his parents, the late Dr. Edward P. and Flora A. (Peter) Miller, moved to Saegers- ville, Heidelberg township, where his childhood days were spent. He attended the village schools and then entered the Lehighton high school from which he graduated with honors, in 1888. He taught school at Saegersville for two terms, after which he attended the Keystone State Nor- mal School, graduating in the class of 1891. He spent some months in the Palatinate College, then entered Muhlenberg College and graduated in 1894. After this he at once took up newspaper work, becoming a reporter on the paper he later became proprietor which was then known as The Critic. In a short time he acquired an in- terest in the newspaper, which at the time was in its infancy. He gradually acquired the shares of his partners until he became the sole owner. With perseverance and a careful study of the field he placed the paper upon a. high standard and one of large influence. Mr. Miller is a member of the associated charities; the Allen- town Free Library, being one of its directors ; member of the chamber of commerce; member of the Lehigh County Historical Society; has taken an active interest in the Laymen's Move- ment, and is a member of the Board of Foreign
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Missions of the Reformed Church of the United States.
In 1900 he was married to Blanche A. Berke- meyer, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Louis C. Berkemeyer. Their children are: Robert K., Samuel W., Donald P., Paul B., Margaret B., and Julia A. Miller. One son, Edward, their first born, died in 1910.
SAMUEL P. MILLER, son of Dr. Edward P. and Flora A. ( Peter) Miller, was born at Sae-
bining it with his manifold duties incident to the publishing of The Allentown Morning Call. He has been in charge of the mechanical depart- ment of that paper since his graduating as a printer. He is one of the ablest printers in east- ern Pennsylvania.
He was married to Cora L. Ziegenfuss, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Zie- genfuss, of South Bethlehem. Their children are: Flora A., William D., and Evelyn.
DAVID A. MILLER.
gersville, Pa., July 5, 1873. After attending the Heidelberg township schools, he entered the Le- highton high school and graduated in 1890. He then went to Palatinate College, at Meyerstown, and prepared for Muhlenberg College, where he graduated in 1894. Afterward he took up the art of printing, studying it in every detail and upon the advent of the modern type-setting ma- chinery, he engaged in this kind of work, com-
John Miller was a farmer, and resided in Hei- delberg township, in the vicinity of Saegersville. He married Susanna Smith, and their issue were: Catherine, who married Henry Hoffman ; Elizabeth, who married John Hoffman; Polly, who married Henry Remaly; Lydia, who mar- ried George Henritzy; and Peter.
Peter Miller, son of John and Susanna (Smith) Miller, was born in Heidelberg town-
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ship, where he owned and operated a farm, which is now the property of Benjamin Sauerwine. He and wife were buried at Heidelberg Lutheran church, of which they were members. He held various township offices. He was married to Lydia Zimmerman, and their issue were: Mary, born March, 1829; Hannah, born Oct. 24, 1830; Samuel, born Aug. 26, 1832; Sallie, born July 2, 1834; William, born Nov. 4, 1836; Maria Polly, born April 2, 1839; and Leanna, born Sept. 18, 1841. Mary, married Joel Kern; Han- nah, married Joel Geiger ; Sallie, married Moses Rovert; William, married Lucy Werley; Maria P., married Eli Deibert; and Leanna, married Leon Rader.
Samuel Miller, now an aged resident of Al- lentown, 83 years old, son of Peter and Lydia (Zimmerman) Miller, was born in Heidelberg township on the homestead farm, where he was reared, and attended the public schools of the neighborhood while working on the farm, until reaching a suitable age when he learned the trade of carpenter, which he followed for some years ; then became a farmer in his native township. For twenty-five years he lived on and operated the Joseph Hausman farm, which he finally pur- chased, and owned for about twenty years. In 1905 he removed to Coplay and remained there until 1911, when he removed to Allentown, mak- ing his home with his son, Wilson H. In poli- tics he is a Republican. For some years he filled the office of assessor in Heidelberg township. In religion he was a member, trustee, and deacon of the Lutheran church in Heidelberg. In 1854 he married Mary Peter, daughter of George Peter, of Newside. She died in August, 1908, aged 74 years. They had four children : Sarah, Wilson H., Lewis A., and John F. Sarah mar- ried Gottlieb Meyle, and she, as a widow, resides at Coplay ; Wilson H., married Polly Dengler, they reside at Allentown and have two children- Daisy and Katie; Lewis A., married Jane Sem- mel, of Coplay, and their children are Charles and Mary Semmel.
John F. Miller, cigar manufacturer at Slat- ington, son of Samuel and Mary (Peter) Miller, was born Aug. 31, 1857, in Washington town- ship. He was educated in the public schools, and assisted his father on the farm until 1883. He then commenced in a small way the manufacture of cigars, and has followed this business to the present time (1913), being located at 327 Main street. He is a Republican and served as a councilman. He and family are members of the Lutheran Church. He has served as a direc- tor of the Union Cemetery Company, since its inception. He was married, in 1880, to Amanda Mosser, daughter of John and Abbie (Sensinger)
Mosser, and their children were: George J. A. and three others, now deceased.
GEORGE J. A. MILLER, attorney, Slatington, Pa., is a native of that borough, son of John F. and Amanda (Mosser) Miller, born in 1887. In his youth he attended the public schools of his native place; and also Perkiomen Seminary and Keuka College, at Pennyan, N. Y. He gradu- ated from Dickinson Law School at Carlisle, Pa., in 1910. He began the practice of his profes- sion at Slatington and Allentown, and has come to enjoy an extensive and lucrative practice. He is a Republican. He is connected with several - college fraternities, having been a member of Theta Lamta Phi Fraternity, which he served one term as high priest.
Among the early settlers along the Lehigh river were a number of families by the name of Miller. Christian Miller located in Lynn town- ship, where he took up a tract of land on April 20, 1749. Adam Miller located at what is now West Catasauqua. He built his first house at a spring near the present site of the Catasauqua depot. Another Miller by the name of Sebas- tian, located along the Lehigh river about Laurys Station for which he obtained a warrant on the 25th of October, 1749. Another Miller family located on the east bank of the Lehigh, at what is now Catasauqua.
Henry Miller, an extensive land-owner near the borough of Catasauqua, had made a specialty of breeding a fine grade of horses. He was a member of the Lutheran congregation of the Kreidersville church. He was married to Bar- bara Schreiber, and unto them six children were born, among them being Jacob.
Jacob Miller, like his father, was a farmer, having purchased one of the tracts of land be- longing to his father. He was married to Amy Snyder, a daughter of Henry Snyder, of Ful- lerton. They were the parents of three children : Henry S., Jacob, and Mary, wife of E. Elick.
DR. JACOB MILLER, son of Jacob and Nancy (Snyder) Miller, was born in Allen township, Nov. 18, 1828. He was reared on the old home- stead. For many years he conducted his father's farm and later on became the owner of a part of the old homestead which he occupied until 1882, when he moved to Allentown. For a number of years he practiced medicine at Cata- sauqua. He was a member of the Lutheran church at Shoenersville, later of St. Paul's Lu- theran church, of Catasauqua. In 1856 he was married to Caroline B., a daughter of Daniel Snyder. Issue: Ida, married (first) to Burt Stevens, now dead. Married (second) to Stew- ard McConnell, residing near New London,
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Ohio; and Carrie A., who retains the Miller homestead in Allen township. On this tract Jacob Miller, her grandfather, built a stone house in 1836. The original homestead is now owned by George E. Holton. Miss Carrie A. Miller is a member of Trinity Lutheran church and takes a keen interest in its welfare. Mr. Miller was married (second) to Elizabeth M. Koontz, daughter of Adam and Caroline (Stamm) Koontz.
OSCAR M. MILLER's grandfather lived at Emaus. He followed basket making. The fam- ily consisted of the following children: John, Jacob, Charles, William, Elizabeth, and a sister, married to Eli Wert.
William F. Miller was born in 1847. He died in Farmington, and worked in the ore mines of Maxatawny township. He was married to Sarah Lohrman, a daughter of Nathan Lohrman. Is- sue : Annie, married to Abraham Boyer, of Read- ing; Clinton, baker at Allentown; Robert, of Allentown; Charles, coachsmith, of Trexler- town; Oscar M .; Edwin, of Fullerton; Cora, married to Joseph Haines, of Reading; Elsie, married to Charles Merkel, of Allentown; and Florence. William, Maggie, and Jennie are dead.
Oscar M. Miller, baker, of Allentown, Pa., was born in Berks county, May 9, 1876. He was reared on the farm and when nineteen years of age he learned the baking trade with W. P. Miller, of Alburtis, and followed this trade as journeyman, at Alburtis, Allentown, and at Haz- leton. In 1907 he returned to Allentown, and engaged in business for himself at 12412 North Eleventh street. He worked up a business from a very small beginning. The first he served his customers by basket, and later by push-cart. In the fall of 1908 he purchased his present place of business and residence at 1037 Turner street, and erected a two-story baking shop, 40 by 20 feet. He employs six hands and has three teams on the road. On July 11, 1897, he was married to Sarah Long, a daughter of James and Lauranda (Weidner) Long, of Mertztown. This union has been blessed with five children: Helen, Jen- nie, deceased, Charles, Arthur, Nevin.
FRANK C. MILLER, dealer in crushed stones and contractor, of Orfield, Pa., was born Aug. 29, 1869. At an early age he started working in the stone quarries, his father having followed this same occupation. In 1899 he engaged in business for himself at Egypt, where he furnished stone to the American Cement Company. He employed as high as eighty men. In 1912 he leased the limestone quarry at Troxells crossing along the Allentown and Slatington trolley road. Here
he erected a modern stone crusher and supplied the stones for the new road between Siegersville and Schnecksville. At this place he gives employ- ment to ten men. He is a member of Red Hawk Tribe, No. 55, I. O. of R. M., and the Lehigh Lodge, No. 83, I. O. O. F., of Allen- town. In 1890 he was married to Emma David, a daughter of Aaron David, of East Texas. They are the parents of the following children: Edwin D., William, Lillie M., deceased, and Charles, deceased.
Thomas F. Miller, proprietor of Levan's Ho- tel, North Whitehall township, traces his family history to John Miller, his grandfather, who re- sided at Neffs. He was married to a Miss Boyer. Among their children were the following: Stephen, who resided on the old homestead; he had a son, John ; a daughter, married to Solomon Boyer, and Dennis.
Dennis Miller, son of John Miller, and father of Thomas F., was a saddler by trade. For some years he conducted the city restaurant and the Eagle Hotel, at Slatington. He was married to Angeline Schneck. They were the parents of the following children: Jennie M., Ida, Edwin, Rev. John, a Lutheran minister located at Naz- areth, and Thomas F.
THOMAS F. MILLER was born at Slatington, Nov. 25, 1873. At the age of sixteen he learned the saddler trade from his father. He followed this for six years with Thomas F. Schiffert, at Slatington. In 1907 he engaged in the hotel busi- ness at Slatington, where he conduced the Amer- ican House for one year. In 1910 he became the proprietor of Levans Hotel, in North White- hall. He is a member of F. O. E., and I. O. O. F. No. 72. In 1902 he was married to Jen- nie M. Bloss, daughter of Amandes and Sennia (Schiffer) Bloss, of Slatington. They are the parents of the following children: Randolph, Helen, and Walter.
George Miller was born at Hosensack, where his parents settled after coming from Goshoppen, Montgomery county. He was a school teacher for some years. After he moved to Siegersville with his family on a small tract of land, he was employed as a teamster by Mr. Schantz, who operated Schantz's Mill. He hauled the mill and farm products to Philadelphia, making frequent trips to that city. He was constable of White- hall township for many years. He was married to Miss Kemmerer. Their children were: John; Henry, settled at Lehighton, Pa., and had sons, Alexander and Mahlon; William, also lived at Lehighton; Jacob, remained on the homestead in North Whitehall, and his children: Lewis, Al- fred, Henry, and one daughter. The three sons
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were in the Civil War. Sallie, married to Henry Seip; Anna, married David Semmel; Joel, lived at Guth Station; Lydia, married Edward Hein- rich, and Polly, married John Shoemaker.
John Miller, a son of George, lived on a small tract of land near Guthsville. He was buried at the Jordan Lutheran church, of which he was a member. He was married to Anna Guth. Their children were: Nathan; Frank; Josiah, lived with his uncle, Aaron Guth, where he met with an accidental death; Catharine, married John Miller; Aaron, lived at Walbert's, where he was killed by a train; Henry, died, aged 16 years; Froene, married Moses Guth; Matthias, lived at Allentown; Caroline, married Tilgh- man Souerwine; Sarah, married Charles Souer- wine; John, of Wescoesville; Malinda and Josiah, died small.
Nathan Miller, son of John, was a member of the Forty-Seventh Pa. Regiment, Co. G. He took part in several engagements in the bloody struggle of the Civil War. He was married to Caroline Goebel, a daughter of Solomon and Susan (Hayman) Goebel, of Columbia county. They were the parents of these children: Tus- nelda (Mrs. Theodore Cole), Dinah (Mrs. Peter Moyer), and Henry N.
HENRY N. MILLER, son of Nathan, was edu- cated in the public schools of Salisbury and Al- lentown. He learned the cigar-making trade at Allentown, which he followed a few years. Later on he was engaged in the real estate and hotel business. At the age of twenty he went West, and resided at Chicago for twenty-five years. In 1905 he moved to Texas, where he is the proprietor of "Kings' Inn," in Kingsville, about 200 miles from San Antonio. He has returned to his native place on visits on five different oc- casions. He is married to Emma Hale, daugh- ter of Enoch and Mary Hale, of Bellevue, Ohio. Mrs. Miller's parents are natives of England. She was born in Ohio.
Frank Miller, son of John, lived at Guths- ville, where he followed butchering. He was constable of South Whitehall township for a number of years. He was married to Hettie Sheirer. Issue: Calvin and Katie (Mrs. Quin- tes Henry ).
CALVIN MILLER, son of Frank Miller, was born April 10, 1853, and died in June, 1913. In 1875 he began conducting Guth's Station Hotel, and the store in 1901. In 1909 he was succeeded in the business by his son-in-law, W. H. Troxell. Mr. Miller filled the office of school director for six years. He was station agent for six years and postmaster, two terms, under President Cleveland's administration. In
1873 he was married to Tevillia Deshler, a daughter of Tilghman and Mary (Romich) Deshler. To them the following children were born: Annie, married to William H. Troxell ; Morris, of Allentown; Clement, of Guth's Sta- tion; and Mary, married to Charles D. Moyer.
John Miller was a farmer in South Whitehall township and there he died and was buried in the old Allentown cemetery. There is a marker at his grave. He owned a tract of forty acres, also an 18-acre tract of woodland. During the panic of 1837 he suffered the loss of a portion of his property. He was a member of the Lu- theran Church. He married Susanna Hill, after whose family "Hilltown," in South Whitehall, derived its name. Issue: Daniel, Jonas, John, Mary ( Mrs. William Stump), and Mrs. Brobst.
Daniel Miller, son of John and Susanna (Hill) Miller, was born July 16, 1801, at Trex- lertown. He was reared upon the farm and edu- cated in the public schools. After reaching man- hood, he lived in his native township for a period, and subsequently in both Upper and Lower Ma- cungie townships. He followed farming until 1858, when he retired upon a 15-acre tract, which he cultivated until his death, which oc- curred March 17, 1876. He was an old line "sing master"- sang tenor in the Trexlertown and Fogelsville churches for seventeen years. He was a Democrat, an assessor, supervisor, and also poor director of the county.
Daniel Miller married, March 7, 1824, Maria Hildebeitel, daughter of John Hildebeitel, born July 21, 1804, died Sept. 12, 1865. Issue : Sol- omon, born March 25, 1825; Tilghman, born Nov. 23, 1826; Elizabeth, born March 10, 1830; Benjamin, died young; Daniel H., born April 6, 1835; Adam, born Oct. 22, 1838.
Elizabeth married, Nov. 1, 1850, Henry B. Fogel; died Sept. 4, 1895, and was buried at Lehigh church.
Daniel H. Miller, the fourth son of Daniel and Maria ( Hildebeitel) Miller, was born April 6, 1835, in South Whitehall township. He was reared upon the farm and educated in the public schools and in Stewartsville, New Jersey. In 1853 he began teaching, near Kutztown, and in 1854, near Fogelsville. At Lowhill church he taught for 26 years, and he served for the same period as organist and choir leader in the Low- hill and Morganland churches. He also taught music. At Lowhill church, he also followed tombstone cutting and established a large trade in this line. In 1881 he located upon a farm in his native township and operated it for five years. In 1887 he removed to Allentown and was a tax collector many years. He had studied homeo-
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pathic medicine and also veterinary surgery and practiced at times in both these lines. He was county auditor for three years and justice of the peace of Lowhill for fifteen years and for five years in South Whitehall, resigning upon his re- moval to Allentown. He was very industrious and possessed of more than ordinary intelligence. He was a member of the Lutheran church, and served as an elder in the Cedarville church. Dani- el H. Miller married, Dec. 25, 1855, Pauline Herbster, daughter of George and Rebecca (Krat- zer) Herbster, born June 19, 1834; died Jan. 4, 1897, and was buried at Cedarville. Issue: Rev. Oscar D., born Aug. 21, 1856; died Jan. II, 1911; Clinton G., born Oct. 23, 1857 ; Achilles, born Oct. 6, 1859; Elmira, 1881-1881 ; Dora Pauline, and Rev. Nevin E., twins, born Jan. 5, 1866. Rev. Nevin E. Miller is a Lutheran min- ister at Phoenixville, Pa.
CLINTON G. MILLER, the second son of Daniel H. and Pauline ( Herbster ) Miller, was born Oct. 23, 1857, in South Whitehall town- ship, near Muhlenberg College. He was reared upon the farm and educated in the public schools. He began farming on his own account in North Whitehall in 1879, remaining for four years, when he operated a farm in Weisenberg for another four years. In 1887 he settled on the farm he now occupied, consisting of forty-five acres, which was the farm of his maternal grand- father, Herbster. In politics, he was a Demo- crat; was auditor of township for a period. In religion, a Lutheran member of the Cedarville church, and was a deacon and elder there. He married, in 1878, Elenora M. Gehringer, daugh- ter of William and Sarah (Young) Gehringer, of Weisenberg. Issue: Harvey, of Allentown ; Charles, of Weisenberg; Fred; and Bertha Mil- ler.
John W. Miller, son of John Miller, was born Oct. 30, 1849, in South Whitehall town- ship, and died on his farm April 5, 1913. His farm of seventeen acres of excellent land was located near Eckerts. He was a contractor and for many years was foreman for the Weaver Contracting Co. He was a member of the Ger- man Baptist church, on Twelfth street. He and wife were buried at Jordan Lutheran church. John W. Miller married Mary E. Fenster- macher, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Mühl- haus) Fenstermacher. She died, Jan. 15, 1906, aged 62 years. Issue: Franklin H. born in February, 1870, died Jan. 29, 1900; Ammon G .; Eugene L., married Carrie Epler. Issue: War- ren, Vernan, and Earl Miller. He is a laborer in South Whitehall township.
AMMON G. MILLER, son of John W. and Mary E. (Fenstermacher) Miller, was born
March 28, 1876, in South Whitehall township. He was reared upon the farm and educated in the Allentown public schools. In the spring of 1913 he commenced farming for himself on the old homestead. He is a member of the Twelfth Street Baptist church, of Allentown. He mar- ried, June 5, 1897, Annie D. Noll, daughter of Solomon Noll. Issue : John W. E. and Eugene B., and Henry F., who both died young.
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