Husband of Pauline E. nee Gessler. Son of Nathaniel and Mary (Grenawald) Miller.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy--family history--biography; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens, past and present, J. H. Beers, Chicago, 1916, Volume I, Pages 304 and 305:
"ALFRED M. MILLER, proprietor of the A. M. Miller & Company shoe factory, of Orwigsburg, has had a noteworthy business career, whether considered from the personal standpoint or from its relative worth in the development of local industrial conditions. The words self-made and self educated are often misapplied in describing the rise of men who have forged ahead by their own efforts, yet in Mr. Miller's case they are entirely appropriate, for he began work when only a boy of eleven years and has made his own way unaided since. Throughout this period he has been in the shoe business, and that he has been one of the live factors in its expansion in Schuylkill county speaks well for his ambition and ability. For over twenty years he has been in the business for himself."
"Alfred M. Miller was born March 28, 1866, in Albany township, Berks Co., Pa., and the following year accompanied his parents to Schuylkill county. As he was but seven years old when his father died, he had to begin contributing to the support of the family at an early age, and was but eleven years old when he found employment with the Orwigsburg Shoe Company. After spending six years in that establishment he obtained the position of second cutter in the shoe factory of A. E. Brown & Company, also in Orwigsburg, for whom he became first cutter three months later. He was retained there in that capacity until he left in 1892 to start business for himself, and he went with the recommendation from Mr. Brown of being the most reliable employee of the concern. In a period of eight years he had been late but once and lost only one day, and that on account of a funeral. Besides holding the responsible position of cutter, which involves the handling of most of the valuable material used in a shoe factory, Mr. Miller was also intrusted with a large part of the buying, and in both positions developed the skill and ability which have made him so successful in his own ventures.
In November, 1891, Mr. Miller formed a partnership with Andrew C. Eisenhuth, under the name of Eisenhuth & Miller, and on the 9th of that month they broke ground for their factory, which was a frame building, two stories in height, 60 by 40 feet in dimensions. It was completed within two months, the first pair of shoes they produced being finished Jan. 9, 1892. The product consisted of children's and infants' shoes, and was marketed all over the middle Atlantic and Western States, six traveling salesmen being among the forty employees which the firm carried on its pay roll during the early part of its existence. The venture proved very successful. In Nov. 28, 1900, Mr. Miller purchased the interest of his partner in the business, which has since been conducted under the name of A. M. Miller & Company. The product now includes misses' shoes and old ladies' "comfort shoes," as well as the original lines, and ten traveling salesmen are engaged in placing the output, which is marketed in the West and Northwest. In 1902 Mr. Miller made an addition to the original plant, a brick building 60 by 30, and the establishment and all its appointments are thoroughly up-to-date, the machinery and other equipment being of the most approved modern patterns. From sixty to seventy-five hands are employed. Outside of the shoe factory Mr. Miller's interests include his association with the First National Bank of Orwigsburg, of which he was made a director in 1907; he was the institutor of the Orwigsburg Building & Loan Association, in May, 1903, and has been its vice president throughout the period of its existence. The first series of said association expired in November, 1914, paying $203.67 per share. Public affairs have also received their share of his attention. For three years he served as a member of the borough council, and during that period he used his influence to obtain the electric light service in the borough (installed at that time), which is supplied by the Pottsville Power Company. His political support has always been given to the Republican party. Socially Mr. Miller is a member and past master of Schuylkill Lodge, No. 138, F. & A. M., the oldest Masonic lodge in Schuylkill county, which celebrated its one hundredth anniversary in June, 1914, Mr. Miller serving as chairman of the anniversary committee; he is a member of the chapter and commandery at Pottsville; of Rajah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Reading; of the Keystone Club of Orwigsburg (first president of that club); and he also belongs to Grace Lodge, No. 157, I. O. O. F., of Orwigsburg, of which he is a past grand. His religious connection is with St. John's Reformed Church. Mr. Miller has developed steadily with the growth of his interests and the community to whose expansion they have been vital, and his liberality of spirit and worth of character have been apparent in the various causes with which he has allied himself. He is a potent force for good in his section of Schuylkill county, and his contribution to its prosperity is duly appreciated by his fellow citizens. Mr. Miller married Pauline E. Gessler, daughter of Thomas Gessler, of Newark, N.J., where her father was a well known contractor and builder. Two children have been born to this union: Irma L., a graduate of the Orwigsburg high school, class of 1913, and of Pottsville business college, and now taking a musical course, in piano study; and Linwood M., a high school student."
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy--family history--biography; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens, past and present, J. H. Beers, Chicago, 1916, Volume I, Pages 304 and 305:
"ALFRED M. MILLER, proprietor of the A. M. Miller & Company shoe factory, of Orwigsburg, has had a noteworthy business career, whether considered from the personal standpoint or from its relative worth in the development of local industrial conditions. The words self-made and self educated are often misapplied in describing the rise of men who have forged ahead by their own efforts, yet in Mr. Miller's case they are entirely appropriate, for he began work when only a boy of eleven years and has made his own way unaided since. Throughout this period he has been in the shoe business, and that he has been one of the live factors in its expansion in Schuylkill county speaks well for his ambition and ability. For over twenty years he has been in the business for himself."
"Alfred M. Miller was born March 28, 1866, in Albany township, Berks Co., Pa., and the following year accompanied his parents to Schuylkill county. As he was but seven years old when his father died, he had to begin contributing to the support of the family at an early age, and was but eleven years old when he found employment with the Orwigsburg Shoe Company. After spending six years in that establishment he obtained the position of second cutter in the shoe factory of A. E. Brown & Company, also in Orwigsburg, for whom he became first cutter three months later. He was retained there in that capacity until he left in 1892 to start business for himself, and he went with the recommendation from Mr. Brown of being the most reliable employee of the concern. In a period of eight years he had been late but once and lost only one day, and that on account of a funeral. Besides holding the responsible position of cutter, which involves the handling of most of the valuable material used in a shoe factory, Mr. Miller was also intrusted with a large part of the buying, and in both positions developed the skill and ability which have made him so successful in his own ventures.
In November, 1891, Mr. Miller formed a partnership with Andrew C. Eisenhuth, under the name of Eisenhuth & Miller, and on the 9th of that month they broke ground for their factory, which was a frame building, two stories in height, 60 by 40 feet in dimensions. It was completed within two months, the first pair of shoes they produced being finished Jan. 9, 1892. The product consisted of children's and infants' shoes, and was marketed all over the middle Atlantic and Western States, six traveling salesmen being among the forty employees which the firm carried on its pay roll during the early part of its existence. The venture proved very successful. In Nov. 28, 1900, Mr. Miller purchased the interest of his partner in the business, which has since been conducted under the name of A. M. Miller & Company. The product now includes misses' shoes and old ladies' "comfort shoes," as well as the original lines, and ten traveling salesmen are engaged in placing the output, which is marketed in the West and Northwest. In 1902 Mr. Miller made an addition to the original plant, a brick building 60 by 30, and the establishment and all its appointments are thoroughly up-to-date, the machinery and other equipment being of the most approved modern patterns. From sixty to seventy-five hands are employed. Outside of the shoe factory Mr. Miller's interests include his association with the First National Bank of Orwigsburg, of which he was made a director in 1907; he was the institutor of the Orwigsburg Building & Loan Association, in May, 1903, and has been its vice president throughout the period of its existence. The first series of said association expired in November, 1914, paying $203.67 per share. Public affairs have also received their share of his attention. For three years he served as a member of the borough council, and during that period he used his influence to obtain the electric light service in the borough (installed at that time), which is supplied by the Pottsville Power Company. His political support has always been given to the Republican party. Socially Mr. Miller is a member and past master of Schuylkill Lodge, No. 138, F. & A. M., the oldest Masonic lodge in Schuylkill county, which celebrated its one hundredth anniversary in June, 1914, Mr. Miller serving as chairman of the anniversary committee; he is a member of the chapter and commandery at Pottsville; of Rajah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Reading; of the Keystone Club of Orwigsburg (first president of that club); and he also belongs to Grace Lodge, No. 157, I. O. O. F., of Orwigsburg, of which he is a past grand. His religious connection is with St. John's Reformed Church. Mr. Miller has developed steadily with the growth of his interests and the community to whose expansion they have been vital, and his liberality of spirit and worth of character have been apparent in the various causes with which he has allied himself. He is a potent force for good in his section of Schuylkill county, and his contribution to its prosperity is duly appreciated by his fellow citizens. Mr. Miller married Pauline E. Gessler, daughter of Thomas Gessler, of Newark, N.J., where her father was a well known contractor and builder. Two children have been born to this union: Irma L., a graduate of the Orwigsburg high school, class of 1913, and of Pottsville business college, and now taking a musical course, in piano study; and Linwood M., a high school student."
Husband of Pauline E. nee Gessler. Son of Nathaniel and Mary (Grenawald) Miller.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy--family history--biography; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens, past and present, J. H. Beers, Chicago, 1916, Volume I, Pages 304 and 305:
"ALFRED M. MILLER, proprietor of the A. M. Miller & Company shoe factory, of Orwigsburg, has had a noteworthy business career, whether considered from the personal standpoint or from its relative worth in the development of local industrial conditions. The words self-made and self educated are often misapplied in describing the rise of men who have forged ahead by their own efforts, yet in Mr. Miller's case they are entirely appropriate, for he began work when only a boy of eleven years and has made his own way unaided since. Throughout this period he has been in the shoe business, and that he has been one of the live factors in its expansion in Schuylkill county speaks well for his ambition and ability. For over twenty years he has been in the business for himself."
"Alfred M. Miller was born March 28, 1866, in Albany township, Berks Co., Pa., and the following year accompanied his parents to Schuylkill county. As he was but seven years old when his father died, he had to begin contributing to the support of the family at an early age, and was but eleven years old when he found employment with the Orwigsburg Shoe Company. After spending six years in that establishment he obtained the position of second cutter in the shoe factory of A. E. Brown & Company, also in Orwigsburg, for whom he became first cutter three months later. He was retained there in that capacity until he left in 1892 to start business for himself, and he went with the recommendation from Mr. Brown of being the most reliable employee of the concern. In a period of eight years he had been late but once and lost only one day, and that on account of a funeral. Besides holding the responsible position of cutter, which involves the handling of most of the valuable material used in a shoe factory, Mr. Miller was also intrusted with a large part of the buying, and in both positions developed the skill and ability which have made him so successful in his own ventures.
In November, 1891, Mr. Miller formed a partnership with Andrew C. Eisenhuth, under the name of Eisenhuth & Miller, and on the 9th of that month they broke ground for their factory, which was a frame building, two stories in height, 60 by 40 feet in dimensions. It was completed within two months, the first pair of shoes they produced being finished Jan. 9, 1892. The product consisted of children's and infants' shoes, and was marketed all over the middle Atlantic and Western States, six traveling salesmen being among the forty employees which the firm carried on its pay roll during the early part of its existence. The venture proved very successful. In Nov. 28, 1900, Mr. Miller purchased the interest of his partner in the business, which has since been conducted under the name of A. M. Miller & Company. The product now includes misses' shoes and old ladies' "comfort shoes," as well as the original lines, and ten traveling salesmen are engaged in placing the output, which is marketed in the West and Northwest. In 1902 Mr. Miller made an addition to the original plant, a brick building 60 by 30, and the establishment and all its appointments are thoroughly up-to-date, the machinery and other equipment being of the most approved modern patterns. From sixty to seventy-five hands are employed. Outside of the shoe factory Mr. Miller's interests include his association with the First National Bank of Orwigsburg, of which he was made a director in 1907; he was the institutor of the Orwigsburg Building & Loan Association, in May, 1903, and has been its vice president throughout the period of its existence. The first series of said association expired in November, 1914, paying $203.67 per share. Public affairs have also received their share of his attention. For three years he served as a member of the borough council, and during that period he used his influence to obtain the electric light service in the borough (installed at that time), which is supplied by the Pottsville Power Company. His political support has always been given to the Republican party. Socially Mr. Miller is a member and past master of Schuylkill Lodge, No. 138, F. & A. M., the oldest Masonic lodge in Schuylkill county, which celebrated its one hundredth anniversary in June, 1914, Mr. Miller serving as chairman of the anniversary committee; he is a member of the chapter and commandery at Pottsville; of Rajah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Reading; of the Keystone Club of Orwigsburg (first president of that club); and he also belongs to Grace Lodge, No. 157, I. O. O. F., of Orwigsburg, of which he is a past grand. His religious connection is with St. John's Reformed Church. Mr. Miller has developed steadily with the growth of his interests and the community to whose expansion they have been vital, and his liberality of spirit and worth of character have been apparent in the various causes with which he has allied himself. He is a potent force for good in his section of Schuylkill county, and his contribution to its prosperity is duly appreciated by his fellow citizens. Mr. Miller married Pauline E. Gessler, daughter of Thomas Gessler, of Newark, N.J., where her father was a well known contractor and builder. Two children have been born to this union: Irma L., a graduate of the Orwigsburg high school, class of 1913, and of Pottsville business college, and now taking a musical course, in piano study; and Linwood M., a high school student."
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; genealogy--family history--biography; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens, past and present, J. H. Beers, Chicago, 1916, Volume I, Pages 304 and 305:
"ALFRED M. MILLER, proprietor of the A. M. Miller & Company shoe factory, of Orwigsburg, has had a noteworthy business career, whether considered from the personal standpoint or from its relative worth in the development of local industrial conditions. The words self-made and self educated are often misapplied in describing the rise of men who have forged ahead by their own efforts, yet in Mr. Miller's case they are entirely appropriate, for he began work when only a boy of eleven years and has made his own way unaided since. Throughout this period he has been in the shoe business, and that he has been one of the live factors in its expansion in Schuylkill county speaks well for his ambition and ability. For over twenty years he has been in the business for himself."
"Alfred M. Miller was born March 28, 1866, in Albany township, Berks Co., Pa., and the following year accompanied his parents to Schuylkill county. As he was but seven years old when his father died, he had to begin contributing to the support of the family at an early age, and was but eleven years old when he found employment with the Orwigsburg Shoe Company. After spending six years in that establishment he obtained the position of second cutter in the shoe factory of A. E. Brown & Company, also in Orwigsburg, for whom he became first cutter three months later. He was retained there in that capacity until he left in 1892 to start business for himself, and he went with the recommendation from Mr. Brown of being the most reliable employee of the concern. In a period of eight years he had been late but once and lost only one day, and that on account of a funeral. Besides holding the responsible position of cutter, which involves the handling of most of the valuable material used in a shoe factory, Mr. Miller was also intrusted with a large part of the buying, and in both positions developed the skill and ability which have made him so successful in his own ventures.
In November, 1891, Mr. Miller formed a partnership with Andrew C. Eisenhuth, under the name of Eisenhuth & Miller, and on the 9th of that month they broke ground for their factory, which was a frame building, two stories in height, 60 by 40 feet in dimensions. It was completed within two months, the first pair of shoes they produced being finished Jan. 9, 1892. The product consisted of children's and infants' shoes, and was marketed all over the middle Atlantic and Western States, six traveling salesmen being among the forty employees which the firm carried on its pay roll during the early part of its existence. The venture proved very successful. In Nov. 28, 1900, Mr. Miller purchased the interest of his partner in the business, which has since been conducted under the name of A. M. Miller & Company. The product now includes misses' shoes and old ladies' "comfort shoes," as well as the original lines, and ten traveling salesmen are engaged in placing the output, which is marketed in the West and Northwest. In 1902 Mr. Miller made an addition to the original plant, a brick building 60 by 30, and the establishment and all its appointments are thoroughly up-to-date, the machinery and other equipment being of the most approved modern patterns. From sixty to seventy-five hands are employed. Outside of the shoe factory Mr. Miller's interests include his association with the First National Bank of Orwigsburg, of which he was made a director in 1907; he was the institutor of the Orwigsburg Building & Loan Association, in May, 1903, and has been its vice president throughout the period of its existence. The first series of said association expired in November, 1914, paying $203.67 per share. Public affairs have also received their share of his attention. For three years he served as a member of the borough council, and during that period he used his influence to obtain the electric light service in the borough (installed at that time), which is supplied by the Pottsville Power Company. His political support has always been given to the Republican party. Socially Mr. Miller is a member and past master of Schuylkill Lodge, No. 138, F. & A. M., the oldest Masonic lodge in Schuylkill county, which celebrated its one hundredth anniversary in June, 1914, Mr. Miller serving as chairman of the anniversary committee; he is a member of the chapter and commandery at Pottsville; of Rajah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Reading; of the Keystone Club of Orwigsburg (first president of that club); and he also belongs to Grace Lodge, No. 157, I. O. O. F., of Orwigsburg, of which he is a past grand. His religious connection is with St. John's Reformed Church. Mr. Miller has developed steadily with the growth of his interests and the community to whose expansion they have been vital, and his liberality of spirit and worth of character have been apparent in the various causes with which he has allied himself. He is a potent force for good in his section of Schuylkill county, and his contribution to its prosperity is duly appreciated by his fellow citizens. Mr. Miller married Pauline E. Gessler, daughter of Thomas Gessler, of Newark, N.J., where her father was a well known contractor and builder. Two children have been born to this union: Irma L., a graduate of the Orwigsburg high school, class of 1913, and of Pottsville business college, and now taking a musical course, in piano study; and Linwood M., a high school student."
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