Born at Ithaca, NY on Oct 31, 1867, son of Ransford S. and Adaline Taber Miller. Graduate of Ithaca High School and Cornell University in 1888. Taught at Ithaca High School.
He went to Japan in 1891 as a secretary of the international committee of the Y.M.C.A., initially supported by the C.U.C.A. (Cornell University Christian Association).
In 1895, he became a member of the staff of the American Legation in Tokyo. He served continuously in the US Foreigh Service from 1895 until his death, including 15 years in the embassy in Tokyo and 14 years as Consul General at Seoul.
He served from 1909 to 1913 as chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs, in Washington. In 1913 he became consul-general at Seoul, Korea, and in 1917 was again detailed to the State Department on the Ishii Special Commission. The following year he went back to the American Embassy at Tokyo and was chief of the Division of Foreign Affairs for two years. He was reappointed consul-general at Seoul in 1919. A few years before his death, Mr. Miller returned to Washington and remained in the diplomatic service there.
On August 22, 1894, he was married to Lily Murray of Lockport, NY in Tokyo. In the Japan Weekly Mail, he is listed as the Y.M.C.A. Sec'y and she is listed "of the Joshi Gakuin".
His wife, Lilly (1864-1947) and two daughters survived him, Lillian May Miller (1895-1943) and Harriet (Miller) Cooper.
His ashes were interred in Yokohama Foreign Cemetery, Japan in October 1932.
(Information from Obituaries in Washington Post and Cornell University Alumni News)
He went to Japan in 1891 as a secretary of the international committee of the Y.M.C.A., initially supported by the C.U.C.A. (Cornell University Christian Association).
In 1895, he became a member of the staff of the American Legation in Tokyo. He served continuously in the US Foreigh Service from 1895 until his death, including 15 years in the embassy in Tokyo and 14 years as Consul General at Seoul.
He served from 1909 to 1913 as chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs, in Washington. In 1913 he became consul-general at Seoul, Korea, and in 1917 was again detailed to the State Department on the Ishii Special Commission. The following year he went back to the American Embassy at Tokyo and was chief of the Division of Foreign Affairs for two years. He was reappointed consul-general at Seoul in 1919. A few years before his death, Mr. Miller returned to Washington and remained in the diplomatic service there.
On August 22, 1894, he was married to Lily Murray of Lockport, NY in Tokyo. In the Japan Weekly Mail, he is listed as the Y.M.C.A. Sec'y and she is listed "of the Joshi Gakuin".
His wife, Lilly (1864-1947) and two daughters survived him, Lillian May Miller (1895-1943) and Harriet (Miller) Cooper.
His ashes were interred in Yokohama Foreign Cemetery, Japan in October 1932.
(Information from Obituaries in Washington Post and Cornell University Alumni News)
Born at Ithaca, NY on Oct 31, 1867, son of Ransford S. and Adaline Taber Miller. Graduate of Ithaca High School and Cornell University in 1888. Taught at Ithaca High School.
He went to Japan in 1891 as a secretary of the international committee of the Y.M.C.A., initially supported by the C.U.C.A. (Cornell University Christian Association).
In 1895, he became a member of the staff of the American Legation in Tokyo. He served continuously in the US Foreigh Service from 1895 until his death, including 15 years in the embassy in Tokyo and 14 years as Consul General at Seoul.
He served from 1909 to 1913 as chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs, in Washington. In 1913 he became consul-general at Seoul, Korea, and in 1917 was again detailed to the State Department on the Ishii Special Commission. The following year he went back to the American Embassy at Tokyo and was chief of the Division of Foreign Affairs for two years. He was reappointed consul-general at Seoul in 1919. A few years before his death, Mr. Miller returned to Washington and remained in the diplomatic service there.
On August 22, 1894, he was married to Lily Murray of Lockport, NY in Tokyo. In the Japan Weekly Mail, he is listed as the Y.M.C.A. Sec'y and she is listed "of the Joshi Gakuin".
His wife, Lilly (1864-1947) and two daughters survived him, Lillian May Miller (1895-1943) and Harriet (Miller) Cooper.
His ashes were interred in Yokohama Foreign Cemetery, Japan in October 1932.
(Information from Obituaries in Washington Post and Cornell University Alumni News)
He went to Japan in 1891 as a secretary of the international committee of the Y.M.C.A., initially supported by the C.U.C.A. (Cornell University Christian Association).
In 1895, he became a member of the staff of the American Legation in Tokyo. He served continuously in the US Foreigh Service from 1895 until his death, including 15 years in the embassy in Tokyo and 14 years as Consul General at Seoul.
He served from 1909 to 1913 as chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs, in Washington. In 1913 he became consul-general at Seoul, Korea, and in 1917 was again detailed to the State Department on the Ishii Special Commission. The following year he went back to the American Embassy at Tokyo and was chief of the Division of Foreign Affairs for two years. He was reappointed consul-general at Seoul in 1919. A few years before his death, Mr. Miller returned to Washington and remained in the diplomatic service there.
On August 22, 1894, he was married to Lily Murray of Lockport, NY in Tokyo. In the Japan Weekly Mail, he is listed as the Y.M.C.A. Sec'y and she is listed "of the Joshi Gakuin".
His wife, Lilly (1864-1947) and two daughters survived him, Lillian May Miller (1895-1943) and Harriet (Miller) Cooper.
His ashes were interred in Yokohama Foreign Cemetery, Japan in October 1932.
(Information from Obituaries in Washington Post and Cornell University Alumni News)
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