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Simon S Miller

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Simon S Miller

Birth
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
7 Dec 1937 (aged 75)
Grantsville, Garrett County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Grantsville, Garrett County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Simon S. MILLER, son of Samuel J. and Magdalena (SWARTZENDRUBER) MILLER, was born March 2, 1862, on the farm on which he now lives, in Elk Lick Township, and attended the public schools until the age of 19. He worked for his father on the homestead until 1887,when he became by purchase the owner of the farm. He was engaged in the retail coal business from 1887 to June 30, 1905, when he leased his coal to E. O. F. STOTLER, of Meyersdale, and the works are now operated under the name of the Meyersdale Fuel Company. He has served two terms as school director, is a Republican, and a member of the Amish Mennonite church, in which since 1902 he has held the office of treasurer.
Mr. MILLER married Lydia, daughter of Daniel BEACHY, of Aurora, West Virginia, and their children are: Anselm, Allan, Essie, Anna, Earle, Claude, and Ernest.

"History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania" Bedford County by E. Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 260-1. Transcribed by Candace Roth
Simon S. MILLER, son of Samuel J. and Magdalena (SWARTZENDRUBER) MILLER, was born March 2, 1862, on the farm on which he now lives, in Elk Lick Township, and attended the public schools until the age of 19. He worked for his father on the homestead until 1887,when he became by purchase the owner of the farm. He was engaged in the retail coal business from 1887 to June 30, 1905, when he leased his coal to E. O. F. STOTLER, of Meyersdale, and the works are now operated under the name of the Meyersdale Fuel Company. He has served two terms as school director, is a Republican, and a member of the Amish Mennonite church, in which since 1902 he has held the office of treasurer.
Mr. MILLER married Lydia, daughter of Daniel BEACHY, of Aurora, West Virginia, and their children are: Anselm, Allan, Essie, Anna, Earle, Claude, and Ernest.

"History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania" Bedford County by E. Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 260-1. Transcribed by Candace Roth


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