William Alphus Miller was born February 14, 1893, and had a twin sister, Margaret (Maggie) Miller Perkins, in Valley View, Texas (near Gainesville and Denton, Texas) Parents were James Albert Miller and Louisa Almaria Tow. William (Will, Bill, Bing) Miller moved to Wapanuka, OK with his family when he was a young boy. He helped his dad build a house of native rock. The ruins of the house were visible when I was a child. They went by horseback and wagon with cattle driven with them. Later, he moved to Lane, OK near Atoka. He met and married Annie May Riddle when he was 21 and she was 16. They ran a general store after they married. Annie helped run the store and the telephone switchboard. My dad repaired the telephone lines and worked in the store. They lived in the back of the store during this time. He went to NM with his wife and children and lived on what is now the Philmont Boy Scout Ranch near Taos, NM. Will and his father-in-law, John (Nade) Riddle, decided to go to CO and homestead some land. They were not prepared for the cold weather and returned abandoning that idea. WW1 was beginning, and Will decided to move his wife and children back to Oklahoma to be near family as he was going to be drafted. Later, he was rejected for military service due to being color blind. He took the US Postal exam and made a very high score in spite of having little formal schooling. He took a job in Bartesville, Oklahoma, and later had the opportunity to transfer to Durant, Oklahoma, to be near family. Will was self taught and enjoyed reading and doing math. A school teacher had lived with his family and encouraged him. Will had passed the eighth-grade exam with flying colors and attempted to get more schooling in Ada, Oklahoma. He always encouraged his children to become educated as he valued education highly. He would read the textbooks brought home by his children, encyclopedias, newspapers, and magazines to be informed of the world's happenings. He spent many hours reading a book entitled, The Lincoln Library, which was like a one-volume encyclopedia. He was very interested in politics and was most conservative. His family was one of few families who were Republicans in a highly Democratic town of Durant, Oklahoma. He and Annie had five children: Pauline, James Riddle (JR), Wilma May, Hal Benton, and Barbara Ann. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Durant, Oklahoma, and he and his best friend, Mr. Capshaw, built a rock home for Mr. Capshaw and did some other rock work on banks of yards. Will built a rock house on 5th Avenue in the 800 block in Durant, Oklahoma and sold it soon after building it as it was too small for the family. He built a rock filling station on some of the property he owned on North First Street as well as a car repair garage. Will never met a stranger and was very generous to help anyone in need. He enjoyed games and played snooker and dominoes most afternoons after work before heading home. He played board and card games with the family. Most nights, some of his many male friends would come to his home to play dominoes. The wives would come and visit. Will loved to sing and had a beautiful bass voice. He enjoyed going to "singings" in rural communities in Bryan County on Sunday afternoons. He owned several song books and could read music. Baseball as well as all sports were of interest to him. He would drive for miles to go to a baseball game in the AAA league. Will was a Christian example to his family and the community and believed in high moral standards.