MILLER, CHARLES
                          Westlake, LA



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Source: Southwest Louisiana Historical and Biographical by William Henry Perrin
published in 1891; page 172.
Typed by Margaret Rentrop Moore

Charles Miller, Westlake - Charles Miller, of the firm of Perkins & Miller, was
born in Sweden, October 15, 1846.  He is the son of James Miller, who was a shop
blacksmith, and is now a resident of the place of his nativity.

Chas. Miller was educated in the common scholls of Sweden.  When fourteeen years
of age he entered a machine shop at Stockholm, Sweden, where he worked until
twenty years of age.  For four years subsequent to this, he was engineer on
merchant steamers and visited many foreign ports, among which were those of the
East Indies and China. .  In 1870 he came to Lake Charles and engaged with W. B.
Norris, with whom he remained for five years.  In 1875 he formed a partnership
with A. J. Perkins, and they have since that time conducted a large saw and
planing mill business at this place. The mill has a capacity of seventy-five
thousand feet per day.  They have an extensive demand fot the products of their
manufactory, and ship a great amount of lumber to Mexico and several of the
Southern States, besides supplying a large home demand. 
They had a lumber yard in Galveston, Texas, from which they supply their Western
trade.  Mr. Miller assumes general control of the business as superintendent. 
He is a thorough business man. 
The firm also has a large interest in the Calcasieu, Vernon & Shreveport
Railroad, over which all their timber is transported.  Mr. Miller takes an
active part in all local affairs; he is at present a member of the police jury,
from Ward 4. 
He was married in 1873, to Miss Matilda Bohnsen, a native of Germany.  They are
the parents of four living children, one son and three daughters, of whom the
oldest, a charming young lady of sixteen, is at present attending college at
Mansfield, La.  Mr. Miller is a Master Mason, and a member of the Knights of
Honor.  He is also a prominent member of the German Mutual Benevolent
Association, of Calcasieu.  Politically he is a staunch Democrat.