Henry Miller was the son of Adatus D. Miller and Regina F. Smith.
He married (first) Ella Buswell on 18 Mar 1889 in Lorain Co., OH. They were divorced in Jul 1922 in Elyria, Lorain Co., OH.
He married (second) Pearl Shute Smith on 28 Aug 1922 in Monroe, Monroe Co., MI.
Henry died at his home in Elyria, OH and was buried 24 Apr 1938.
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Obituary, 22 Apr 1938, "The Chronicle-Telegram" (Elyria, Lorain Co., OH)
Biography, G. Frederick Wright, 1916, "A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio, Vol. I" (The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago & New York), pp: 778-779
HENRY MILLER is engaged in the real estate and insurance business at Elyria, Ohio. For many years he has been connected with the upbuilding of Lorain County and he has just reason to be proud of the fact that to his efforts can be traced many a substantial enterprise or advancement contributing greatly to the growth and prosperity of this section of the state. In every sense of the word he is a representative citizen and a business man of marked capacity.
A native of Lorain County, Henry Miller was born at Brownhelm Station, Ohio, May 28, 1865, and he is a son of Adodate and Regina (Smith) Miller, both of whom are now deceased. The father was born in Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany, and his parents passed their entire lives in the Fatherland. He was a substitute for Henry Lutz when men were being drafted for service in the Civil war, but that struggle was terminated before he was called. During the greater part of his active career he was a stone quarryman but for a number of years he conducted a butcher and saloon business. Mrs. Miller was born at Brownhelm Station, Ohio, and her father, Henry Smith, was a native of Hessen, Germany, whence he immigrated to the United States in an early day. Henry Smith drove an ox team from Brownhelm Station to Cleveland to the first grist mill established in the latter city. En route he forded the Rocky River, and it took him three weeks to make the round trip. He built a log house in the vicinity of Brownhelm Station and subsequently erected a frame house, which is still standing and which is now used as a store house on the old Smith homestead. It is roofed with hand split and shaved shingles and has been in continuous use for over forty-six years. This farm is owned by Mrs. Henry Brown, an aunt of the subject of this review. Mrs. Miller was summoned to the life eternal October 8, 1912, and Mr. Miller died in 1889; both are interred in the Brownhelm Station Cemetery.
Concerning the eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Miller the following brief data are here incorporated: Jacob lives at Amherst, Ohio; Henry is the subject of this sketch; Lizzie is the wife of C. W. Sales, of Huron, Ohio; Mary is the wife of Edward Wittmer, of Vermillion, Ohio; Charles A. lives on the old Miller homestead near Brownhelm Station and is unmarried; William is a resident of Amherst, Ohio; Freda is the wife of Fred Strehle, of Brownhelm Station; and Peter is deceased. Peter, the last mentioned, was killed in front of the old home, at the age of twenty-one years, by accidentally falling off a train and striking on an iron bridge girder. He lived only three days. The Miller children were educated in the little frame schoolhouse just east of Brownhelm Station and two miles distant from their home.
Henry Miller attended school until he had reached his eleventh year, at which tender age he began to work on a farm for Charles Cooley. Subsequently he worked for Joshua Phelps for several years and then he pound-fished on the lake for a time, and November 29, 1886, he entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company as a brakeman, continuing as such until 1894, when he was promoted to the position of conductor on a freight and construction train. He served in the latter capacity until April 26, 1907, on which date, while standing on the running board of the tender, he was brushed off by accident and both legs were cut off below the knee. This accident happened at West Park, a suburb of Cleveland, and of course put an end to his railroad career. Six months later Mr. Miller, plucky and energetic still, began to solicit fire, life and accident insurance on his stumps. He received no help whatsoever from the railroad company. He has continued in this business to the present time and in addition now handles real estate and is agent for the Winkley Artificial Limb Company, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the largest manufacturers of artificial limbs in the world. Needless to say Mr. Miller is equipped with a pair of Winkley artificial limbs and is an ardent advocate of the patent adjustable double slip socket artificial leg, which is warranted not to chafe the stump. He has represented the above company for the past five years, during two of which he traveled for that concern. He has made a splendid success of business in recent years and owns a fine, big automobile which he drives as well as if he had never been crippled.
In politics Mr. Miller is an ardent republican. He was elected infirmary director of Lorain County in the fall of 1909 and took up the reins of office, with two other directors, January 1, 1910. He served in the above capacity with the utmost satisfaction to his constituents for two years. This office is now under the supervision of the county commissioners and is no longer elective. In the fall of 1912 Mr. Miller ran for the office of county recorder but owing to political exigencies met with defeat at the polls. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Elyria and is still affiliated with the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors.
March 18, 1889, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Miller to Miss Ella Buswell, a daughter of Otis and Thankful (Fisk) Buswell, old settlers in LaGrange, Ohio, where lived on the same farm for nearly sixty years. Mr. and Mrs. Buswell are now deceased. Mrs. Miller was reared and educated in Lorain County. She and her husband have one daughter, Dorothy E., born in 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are popular with their fellow citizens at Elyria and command the high esteem of all with whom they come in contact. It is to the inherent force of character and commendable ambition and the unremitting diligence of Mr. Miller himself that he steadily advanced in the business world until he now occupies a leading place among the active and representative men of Elyria.
He married (first) Ella Buswell on 18 Mar 1889 in Lorain Co., OH. They were divorced in Jul 1922 in Elyria, Lorain Co., OH.
He married (second) Pearl Shute Smith on 28 Aug 1922 in Monroe, Monroe Co., MI.
Henry died at his home in Elyria, OH and was buried 24 Apr 1938.
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Obituary, 22 Apr 1938, "The Chronicle-Telegram" (Elyria, Lorain Co., OH)
Biography, G. Frederick Wright, 1916, "A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio, Vol. I" (The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago & New York), pp: 778-779
HENRY MILLER is engaged in the real estate and insurance business at Elyria, Ohio. For many years he has been connected with the upbuilding of Lorain County and he has just reason to be proud of the fact that to his efforts can be traced many a substantial enterprise or advancement contributing greatly to the growth and prosperity of this section of the state. In every sense of the word he is a representative citizen and a business man of marked capacity.
A native of Lorain County, Henry Miller was born at Brownhelm Station, Ohio, May 28, 1865, and he is a son of Adodate and Regina (Smith) Miller, both of whom are now deceased. The father was born in Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany, and his parents passed their entire lives in the Fatherland. He was a substitute for Henry Lutz when men were being drafted for service in the Civil war, but that struggle was terminated before he was called. During the greater part of his active career he was a stone quarryman but for a number of years he conducted a butcher and saloon business. Mrs. Miller was born at Brownhelm Station, Ohio, and her father, Henry Smith, was a native of Hessen, Germany, whence he immigrated to the United States in an early day. Henry Smith drove an ox team from Brownhelm Station to Cleveland to the first grist mill established in the latter city. En route he forded the Rocky River, and it took him three weeks to make the round trip. He built a log house in the vicinity of Brownhelm Station and subsequently erected a frame house, which is still standing and which is now used as a store house on the old Smith homestead. It is roofed with hand split and shaved shingles and has been in continuous use for over forty-six years. This farm is owned by Mrs. Henry Brown, an aunt of the subject of this review. Mrs. Miller was summoned to the life eternal October 8, 1912, and Mr. Miller died in 1889; both are interred in the Brownhelm Station Cemetery.
Concerning the eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Miller the following brief data are here incorporated: Jacob lives at Amherst, Ohio; Henry is the subject of this sketch; Lizzie is the wife of C. W. Sales, of Huron, Ohio; Mary is the wife of Edward Wittmer, of Vermillion, Ohio; Charles A. lives on the old Miller homestead near Brownhelm Station and is unmarried; William is a resident of Amherst, Ohio; Freda is the wife of Fred Strehle, of Brownhelm Station; and Peter is deceased. Peter, the last mentioned, was killed in front of the old home, at the age of twenty-one years, by accidentally falling off a train and striking on an iron bridge girder. He lived only three days. The Miller children were educated in the little frame schoolhouse just east of Brownhelm Station and two miles distant from their home.
Henry Miller attended school until he had reached his eleventh year, at which tender age he began to work on a farm for Charles Cooley. Subsequently he worked for Joshua Phelps for several years and then he pound-fished on the lake for a time, and November 29, 1886, he entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company as a brakeman, continuing as such until 1894, when he was promoted to the position of conductor on a freight and construction train. He served in the latter capacity until April 26, 1907, on which date, while standing on the running board of the tender, he was brushed off by accident and both legs were cut off below the knee. This accident happened at West Park, a suburb of Cleveland, and of course put an end to his railroad career. Six months later Mr. Miller, plucky and energetic still, began to solicit fire, life and accident insurance on his stumps. He received no help whatsoever from the railroad company. He has continued in this business to the present time and in addition now handles real estate and is agent for the Winkley Artificial Limb Company, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the largest manufacturers of artificial limbs in the world. Needless to say Mr. Miller is equipped with a pair of Winkley artificial limbs and is an ardent advocate of the patent adjustable double slip socket artificial leg, which is warranted not to chafe the stump. He has represented the above company for the past five years, during two of which he traveled for that concern. He has made a splendid success of business in recent years and owns a fine, big automobile which he drives as well as if he had never been crippled.
In politics Mr. Miller is an ardent republican. He was elected infirmary director of Lorain County in the fall of 1909 and took up the reins of office, with two other directors, January 1, 1910. He served in the above capacity with the utmost satisfaction to his constituents for two years. This office is now under the supervision of the county commissioners and is no longer elective. In the fall of 1912 Mr. Miller ran for the office of county recorder but owing to political exigencies met with defeat at the polls. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Elyria and is still affiliated with the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors.
March 18, 1889, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Miller to Miss Ella Buswell, a daughter of Otis and Thankful (Fisk) Buswell, old settlers in LaGrange, Ohio, where lived on the same farm for nearly sixty years. Mr. and Mrs. Buswell are now deceased. Mrs. Miller was reared and educated in Lorain County. She and her husband have one daughter, Dorothy E., born in 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are popular with their fellow citizens at Elyria and command the high esteem of all with whom they come in contact. It is to the inherent force of character and commendable ambition and the unremitting diligence of Mr. Miller himself that he steadily advanced in the business world until he now occupies a leading place among the active and representative men of Elyria.
Henry Miller was the son of Adatus D. Miller and Regina F. Smith.
He married (first) Ella Buswell on 18 Mar 1889 in Lorain Co., OH. They were divorced in Jul 1922 in Elyria, Lorain Co., OH.
He married (second) Pearl Shute Smith on 28 Aug 1922 in Monroe, Monroe Co., MI.
Henry died at his home in Elyria, OH and was buried 24 Apr 1938.
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Obituary, 22 Apr 1938, "The Chronicle-Telegram" (Elyria, Lorain Co., OH)
Biography, G. Frederick Wright, 1916, "A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio, Vol. I" (The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago & New York), pp: 778-779
HENRY MILLER is engaged in the real estate and insurance business at Elyria, Ohio. For many years he has been connected with the upbuilding of Lorain County and he has just reason to be proud of the fact that to his efforts can be traced many a substantial enterprise or advancement contributing greatly to the growth and prosperity of this section of the state. In every sense of the word he is a representative citizen and a business man of marked capacity.
A native of Lorain County, Henry Miller was born at Brownhelm Station, Ohio, May 28, 1865, and he is a son of Adodate and Regina (Smith) Miller, both of whom are now deceased. The father was born in Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany, and his parents passed their entire lives in the Fatherland. He was a substitute for Henry Lutz when men were being drafted for service in the Civil war, but that struggle was terminated before he was called. During the greater part of his active career he was a stone quarryman but for a number of years he conducted a butcher and saloon business. Mrs. Miller was born at Brownhelm Station, Ohio, and her father, Henry Smith, was a native of Hessen, Germany, whence he immigrated to the United States in an early day. Henry Smith drove an ox team from Brownhelm Station to Cleveland to the first grist mill established in the latter city. En route he forded the Rocky River, and it took him three weeks to make the round trip. He built a log house in the vicinity of Brownhelm Station and subsequently erected a frame house, which is still standing and which is now used as a store house on the old Smith homestead. It is roofed with hand split and shaved shingles and has been in continuous use for over forty-six years. This farm is owned by Mrs. Henry Brown, an aunt of the subject of this review. Mrs. Miller was summoned to the life eternal October 8, 1912, and Mr. Miller died in 1889; both are interred in the Brownhelm Station Cemetery.
Concerning the eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Miller the following brief data are here incorporated: Jacob lives at Amherst, Ohio; Henry is the subject of this sketch; Lizzie is the wife of C. W. Sales, of Huron, Ohio; Mary is the wife of Edward Wittmer, of Vermillion, Ohio; Charles A. lives on the old Miller homestead near Brownhelm Station and is unmarried; William is a resident of Amherst, Ohio; Freda is the wife of Fred Strehle, of Brownhelm Station; and Peter is deceased. Peter, the last mentioned, was killed in front of the old home, at the age of twenty-one years, by accidentally falling off a train and striking on an iron bridge girder. He lived only three days. The Miller children were educated in the little frame schoolhouse just east of Brownhelm Station and two miles distant from their home.
Henry Miller attended school until he had reached his eleventh year, at which tender age he began to work on a farm for Charles Cooley. Subsequently he worked for Joshua Phelps for several years and then he pound-fished on the lake for a time, and November 29, 1886, he entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company as a brakeman, continuing as such until 1894, when he was promoted to the position of conductor on a freight and construction train. He served in the latter capacity until April 26, 1907, on which date, while standing on the running board of the tender, he was brushed off by accident and both legs were cut off below the knee. This accident happened at West Park, a suburb of Cleveland, and of course put an end to his railroad career. Six months later Mr. Miller, plucky and energetic still, began to solicit fire, life and accident insurance on his stumps. He received no help whatsoever from the railroad company. He has continued in this business to the present time and in addition now handles real estate and is agent for the Winkley Artificial Limb Company, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the largest manufacturers of artificial limbs in the world. Needless to say Mr. Miller is equipped with a pair of Winkley artificial limbs and is an ardent advocate of the patent adjustable double slip socket artificial leg, which is warranted not to chafe the stump. He has represented the above company for the past five years, during two of which he traveled for that concern. He has made a splendid success of business in recent years and owns a fine, big automobile which he drives as well as if he had never been crippled.
In politics Mr. Miller is an ardent republican. He was elected infirmary director of Lorain County in the fall of 1909 and took up the reins of office, with two other directors, January 1, 1910. He served in the above capacity with the utmost satisfaction to his constituents for two years. This office is now under the supervision of the county commissioners and is no longer elective. In the fall of 1912 Mr. Miller ran for the office of county recorder but owing to political exigencies met with defeat at the polls. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Elyria and is still affiliated with the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors.
March 18, 1889, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Miller to Miss Ella Buswell, a daughter of Otis and Thankful (Fisk) Buswell, old settlers in LaGrange, Ohio, where lived on the same farm for nearly sixty years. Mr. and Mrs. Buswell are now deceased. Mrs. Miller was reared and educated in Lorain County. She and her husband have one daughter, Dorothy E., born in 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are popular with their fellow citizens at Elyria and command the high esteem of all with whom they come in contact. It is to the inherent force of character and commendable ambition and the unremitting diligence of Mr. Miller himself that he steadily advanced in the business world until he now occupies a leading place among the active and representative men of Elyria.
He married (first) Ella Buswell on 18 Mar 1889 in Lorain Co., OH. They were divorced in Jul 1922 in Elyria, Lorain Co., OH.
He married (second) Pearl Shute Smith on 28 Aug 1922 in Monroe, Monroe Co., MI.
Henry died at his home in Elyria, OH and was buried 24 Apr 1938.
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Obituary, 22 Apr 1938, "The Chronicle-Telegram" (Elyria, Lorain Co., OH)
Biography, G. Frederick Wright, 1916, "A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio, Vol. I" (The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago & New York), pp: 778-779
HENRY MILLER is engaged in the real estate and insurance business at Elyria, Ohio. For many years he has been connected with the upbuilding of Lorain County and he has just reason to be proud of the fact that to his efforts can be traced many a substantial enterprise or advancement contributing greatly to the growth and prosperity of this section of the state. In every sense of the word he is a representative citizen and a business man of marked capacity.
A native of Lorain County, Henry Miller was born at Brownhelm Station, Ohio, May 28, 1865, and he is a son of Adodate and Regina (Smith) Miller, both of whom are now deceased. The father was born in Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany, and his parents passed their entire lives in the Fatherland. He was a substitute for Henry Lutz when men were being drafted for service in the Civil war, but that struggle was terminated before he was called. During the greater part of his active career he was a stone quarryman but for a number of years he conducted a butcher and saloon business. Mrs. Miller was born at Brownhelm Station, Ohio, and her father, Henry Smith, was a native of Hessen, Germany, whence he immigrated to the United States in an early day. Henry Smith drove an ox team from Brownhelm Station to Cleveland to the first grist mill established in the latter city. En route he forded the Rocky River, and it took him three weeks to make the round trip. He built a log house in the vicinity of Brownhelm Station and subsequently erected a frame house, which is still standing and which is now used as a store house on the old Smith homestead. It is roofed with hand split and shaved shingles and has been in continuous use for over forty-six years. This farm is owned by Mrs. Henry Brown, an aunt of the subject of this review. Mrs. Miller was summoned to the life eternal October 8, 1912, and Mr. Miller died in 1889; both are interred in the Brownhelm Station Cemetery.
Concerning the eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Miller the following brief data are here incorporated: Jacob lives at Amherst, Ohio; Henry is the subject of this sketch; Lizzie is the wife of C. W. Sales, of Huron, Ohio; Mary is the wife of Edward Wittmer, of Vermillion, Ohio; Charles A. lives on the old Miller homestead near Brownhelm Station and is unmarried; William is a resident of Amherst, Ohio; Freda is the wife of Fred Strehle, of Brownhelm Station; and Peter is deceased. Peter, the last mentioned, was killed in front of the old home, at the age of twenty-one years, by accidentally falling off a train and striking on an iron bridge girder. He lived only three days. The Miller children were educated in the little frame schoolhouse just east of Brownhelm Station and two miles distant from their home.
Henry Miller attended school until he had reached his eleventh year, at which tender age he began to work on a farm for Charles Cooley. Subsequently he worked for Joshua Phelps for several years and then he pound-fished on the lake for a time, and November 29, 1886, he entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company as a brakeman, continuing as such until 1894, when he was promoted to the position of conductor on a freight and construction train. He served in the latter capacity until April 26, 1907, on which date, while standing on the running board of the tender, he was brushed off by accident and both legs were cut off below the knee. This accident happened at West Park, a suburb of Cleveland, and of course put an end to his railroad career. Six months later Mr. Miller, plucky and energetic still, began to solicit fire, life and accident insurance on his stumps. He received no help whatsoever from the railroad company. He has continued in this business to the present time and in addition now handles real estate and is agent for the Winkley Artificial Limb Company, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the largest manufacturers of artificial limbs in the world. Needless to say Mr. Miller is equipped with a pair of Winkley artificial limbs and is an ardent advocate of the patent adjustable double slip socket artificial leg, which is warranted not to chafe the stump. He has represented the above company for the past five years, during two of which he traveled for that concern. He has made a splendid success of business in recent years and owns a fine, big automobile which he drives as well as if he had never been crippled.
In politics Mr. Miller is an ardent republican. He was elected infirmary director of Lorain County in the fall of 1909 and took up the reins of office, with two other directors, January 1, 1910. He served in the above capacity with the utmost satisfaction to his constituents for two years. This office is now under the supervision of the county commissioners and is no longer elective. In the fall of 1912 Mr. Miller ran for the office of county recorder but owing to political exigencies met with defeat at the polls. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Elyria and is still affiliated with the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors.
March 18, 1889, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Miller to Miss Ella Buswell, a daughter of Otis and Thankful (Fisk) Buswell, old settlers in LaGrange, Ohio, where lived on the same farm for nearly sixty years. Mr. and Mrs. Buswell are now deceased. Mrs. Miller was reared and educated in Lorain County. She and her husband have one daughter, Dorothy E., born in 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are popular with their fellow citizens at Elyria and command the high esteem of all with whom they come in contact. It is to the inherent force of character and commendable ambition and the unremitting diligence of Mr. Miller himself that he steadily advanced in the business world until he now occupies a leading place among the active and representative men of Elyria.
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