Tom Miller was in born in Carbondale. His father was a machinist at the D&H Railroad shop near their home on Dundaff Street. His grandfather, also named Tom, was a ropemaker for the Gravity Railroad that ran from Carbondale to Honesdale. After his mother died in 1882, Tom moved with his father and brothers to Scranton. He worked at the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Co until it closed in 1902. He married Lizzie A Davis in 1901 and they raised four sons.
Tom always took great pride in his "four boys". He went into the amusement business with his brothers and other partners, operating "The Casino", a billiard parlor and bowling alley on Lackawanna Ave from about 1908 to 1939. After his wife Lizzie died in 1943, he moved to Washington DC and found employment as a bank guard. He lived with his son Russell, who was working with the FDIC as an attorney. Tom was finally forced to retire at the age of 90, and returned to Scranton in 1959 to live with another of his sons, Irving. He has a grandson, Thomas Irving Miller, named for him.
Tom always took great pride in his "four boys". He went into the amusement business with his brothers and other partners, operating "The Casino", a billiard parlor and bowling alley on Lackawanna Ave from about 1908 to 1939. After his wife Lizzie died in 1943, he moved to Washington DC and found employment as a bank guard. He lived with his son Russell, who was working with the FDIC as an attorney. Tom was finally forced to retire at the age of 90, and returned to Scranton in 1959 to live with another of his sons, Irving. He has a grandson, Thomas Irving Miller, named for him.
Tom Miller was in born in Carbondale. His father was a machinist at the D&H Railroad shop near their home on Dundaff Street. His grandfather, also named Tom, was a ropemaker for the Gravity Railroad that ran from Carbondale to Honesdale. After his mother died in 1882, Tom moved with his father and brothers to Scranton. He worked at the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Co until it closed in 1902. He married Lizzie A Davis in 1901 and they raised four sons.
Tom always took great pride in his "four boys". He went into the amusement business with his brothers and other partners, operating "The Casino", a billiard parlor and bowling alley on Lackawanna Ave from about 1908 to 1939. After his wife Lizzie died in 1943, he moved to Washington DC and found employment as a bank guard. He lived with his son Russell, who was working with the FDIC as an attorney. Tom was finally forced to retire at the age of 90, and returned to Scranton in 1959 to live with another of his sons, Irving. He has a grandson, Thomas Irving Miller, named for him.
Tom always took great pride in his "four boys". He went into the amusement business with his brothers and other partners, operating "The Casino", a billiard parlor and bowling alley on Lackawanna Ave from about 1908 to 1939. After his wife Lizzie died in 1943, he moved to Washington DC and found employment as a bank guard. He lived with his son Russell, who was working with the FDIC as an attorney. Tom was finally forced to retire at the age of 90, and returned to Scranton in 1959 to live with another of his sons, Irving. He has a grandson, Thomas Irving Miller, named for him.
