Simon Miller, East Baton Rouge Parish, La.
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Biographical And Historical Memoirs, Vol. II
The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1892


Simon Miller, a prosperous merchant residing
in East Baton Rouge parish, La., is a native of
Germany, born in 1842.  He received the
thorough elementary education for which his
nation is noted for bestowing upon her youth,
and in 1859 bade farewell to the "Fatherland,"
and sailed away to America.  He settled in New
Orleans, and was employed by his brother as
an accountant in a clothing house until 1862.
He then established himself in business in New
Orleans, handling the same line of goods.  After-
ward he went into the shoe business in the same
city, but disposed of his interest and went to 
Chruchville, where he engaged in the general
mercantile trade for two years.  At the end of
that period he removed to "The Plains," the
old battle grounds, where he carries on a
flourishing business.  His stock is valued at
$5,000 and his annual sales amount to
$30,000.  He owns 600 acres of land, the 
cultivation of which he superintends in 
connection with his merchantile business.
He also owns and operates a steam gin.  Mr.
Miller was united in marriage in 1866 to Miss
Augusta Wolf, of Louisiana, and eight children
were born of the union -- five sons and three
daughters.  Although of German birth, Mr.
Miller is a most patriotic citizen, and when
the war broke out between the North and
South, he enlisted in the home guards and 
was a member of the company until the close
of the war.  He is a member of the Plains lodge,
No. 135, A.F. & A.M., of which he is senior
warden.  He belongs to the Sons of the Covenant,
a society which contributes to the Jewish Widows
and Orphans home and the Jewish asylum.  Moses
J. Miller, father of our subject, was born in 1790,
and died in 1874.  He was a native of Germany
and never came to this country.  His wife is still
living, but resides in Germany.  In his religious
views Mr. Miller affiliates with the Reformed
Israelites, and politically he is allied to the
democratic party.  He is a man who has made
himself what he is through his own effort, and 
is deserving of the esteem in which he is held
throughout the parish.