Canyon County ID Archives Biographies.....Milliner, Charles M. 1877 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

    CHARLES M. MILLINER, conducting a profitable business under the name of the
Milliner Transfer Company, was born near Peoa, Summit county, Utah, December 18,
1877, and is a son of George and Sarah A. (Cossey) Milliner, the former a native
of England and the latter of Wales. The father came from his native country to
the new world in 1852, making his way at once to Utah, and he is now living on a
farm a short distance from Caldwell at the age of sixty-nine. The mother came to
the United States when eleven years old and she also survives. 

    At the graded schools of his native town Charles M. Milliner pursued his
education to the age of twenty years. He remained with his father upon the home
farm until 1901 and then accompanied him on the removal to Idaho and farmed with
him on a ranch located a mile and a quarter from Caldwell. On the 6th of
January, 1902, however, he and his father removed to the old McIntyre place,
comprising three hundred and twenty acres of land about four miles east of
Caldwell, on the Boise river. There Charles M. Milliner devoted his attention to
farming for another five years, at the end of which time he was married and
removed to Caldwell, where for three years he was variously employed. He then
purchased an interest in the Martin Wing Transfer Company and conducted the
business for six years under the name of the Milliner Transfer Company. In 1916
he bought out the Westcott Transfer Company, merging it with the Milliner
Transfer Company. It was Mr. Milliner who introduced the use of trucks in
connection with the transfer business, for when he first became connected with
the business there was in use in Caldwell but one small truck. He is now
accorded a very extensive patronage, necessitating the use of a number of trucks
and the employment of a considerable force of men. He is the agent for the
Continental Oil Company and employs one team for exclusive use in oil delivery
in the city. He is also distributor for the following Boise companies: the
Davidson Wholesale Company, the Falk Wholesale Company and the firm of Oakes &
Company, all of which ship goods to this point which he redistributes and ships
to the respective destinations. He has handled more sugar for these firms,
reshipping to their branch houses and patrons, than any other transfer company
of the state and has handled as high as thirty carloads of miscellaneous goods
in a year. He is also the agent for the Lion Coal Company of Ogden, Utah, and he
handles large shipments of wool, amounting in 1918 to many carloads. 

    It was on the 24th of December, 1906, that Mr. Milliner was united in
marriage to Miss Cora E. Wells, who was born in Missouri but was reared in
Kansas, and they have two sons: Charles Ernest, eleven years of age; and George
A., a lad of nine. From early manhood Mr. Milliner has been identified with the
business interests and development of Canyon county and in his present
connection has built up a business of extensive proportions, resulting from his
close application, his undaunted enterprise and his progressive methods. His
patrons know that he is to be depended upon at all times, for he is thoroughly
systematic and reliable and these qualities have brought him a very large and
gratifying business. 


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IDAHO
DELUXE SUPPLEMENT
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY

1920


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