Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Miller, John 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   John Miller, grocer, Covington, one of Covington's energetic business men, is
a native of Wurtemburg, Germany. He spent most of his early life there, and
received a good business education. In 1858, at the age of sixteen, he emigrated
to the United States, and landed in New York city June 14. He came direct to
Covington, and began work for Mr. M. Mayer, with whom he remained for about
three years, learning the trade of a baker and confectioner. He then went to La
Fayette, Indiana, and spent about four years, the last eight months of the time
as partner of the man for whom he had worked. Selling out his interest, he went
to Danville, Illinois, and engaged in business there from 1866 to 1871. During
this time he met with two losses by fire. In 1871 he returned to Covington, and
took charge of a hotel owned by his father-in-law, William Heegel. In this he
spent about two years, and then began again in a small way in the baker's
business. From that time till the present his trade has been gradually
increasing, and he is now running an extensive grocery and bakery. In 1876, in
company with his older brother, Joseph Miller, he built the Miller block, which
is a two-story building, 43x68, finished with a hall above known as Miller
Brothers' hall. The corner room, 23x68, is used by himself. In 1868 Mr. Miller
was married to Miss Pauline Heegel. They are the parents of five children, three
boys and two girls.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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