Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Miller, George Parker 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Miller, George Parker, owner of the “Elms” farm, situated in Felix Township, 
is one of the progressive farmers and enterprising business men of this 
section and enjoys the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens.  Mr. 
Miller was born at St. Charles, Ill., August 7, 1852, and is a son of Norman 
and Harriet (Parker) Miller, the former a native of Penn Yan and the latter of 
Erie County, N. Y.  They were pioneers and traveled 1200 miles with ox-teams 
and when they reached Fort Dearborn, now Chicago, they could have bought land 
there for $1.25 per acre.  Norman Miller died in 1895, in Iowa, and his wife 
in 1910, at Morris, Ill.  They were parents of the following children:  Mrs. 
Augusta Winterstein, Calista Trotter, George Parker, Martha Humphrey, Alice 
Napier, Albert L., Orvil, Harriet Mitchell, Dora Primrose, Norman, Nelson and 
Lottie, and one who died in infancy.

George Parker Miller attended a country school in Linn County, Iowa, and when 
he located in Grundy County, in 1870, obtained employment on a farm and 
continued so engaged until 1880, in which year he was married to Miss Jennie 
Trotter, who was born in the house they now occupy.  Many years ago the father 
of Mrs. Miller bought forty acres of the present farm, the old Trotter 
homestead.  Mr. Miller has 160 acres of land, 120 of which belonged to Mrs. 
Trotter as her portion of the estate.  He makes the breeding of cattle and 
raising Berkshire hogs an important feature of his work and keeps fully 
abreast of the times in all his industries, being a member of the Farmers Soil 
and Crop Improvement Association of Grundy County.

Mr. and Mrs. Miller have two children:  Cora May, who is the widow of Harry 
Winder; and George E., both of whom live at home.  Mrs. Winder has one 
daughter, Ruth L., who was born September 24, 1903.  Mr. Miller is a member of 
the Methodist Church and is now serving as a trustee of the same.  In politics 
he is a Republican and has served as school trustee of Felix Township for 
three terms, two terms as school director and thrice has been elected to the 
office of tax collector.  He belongs to the order of Modern Woodmen of America 
and has been through all the chairs.  He has thoroughly demonstrated the fact 
that he is one of the solid and reliable men of his section and as one who can 
always be depended upon to support any measure which in his judgment will be 
productive of good to his neighborhood.

page 868

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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