Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Miller, Milo N. 1827 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

MILO N. MILLER. It is to be questioned whether a happier family is to be found
in Atlas Township, Genesee County, than that which comprises our subject, his
good wife and venerable mother, who all reside near the village of Goodrich,
where they are well known to a large and representative class of people. They
live on section 15, Atlas Township. Our subject is a native of Chautauqua
County, N. Y., and was born September 28, 1827. He is a son of John C. and Mary
A. Miller. His parents were natives of New York State and his grandfather Miller
was a soldier in the War of 1812. In 1837 our subject's father emigrated to what
is now Genesee County, coming by way of Ohio with a one-horse wagon and being
sixteen days en route. Besides himself and wife there were two children.

  Previous to bringing his family here, our subject's father had made a
prospecting tour the year before and at that time had purchased some Government
land. He and his father were among the first settlers of Davison Township. His
home was in the woods where he had erected a log cabin and thus he began the
work of clearing up in pioneer style. He was the father of four children, three
of whom are living. They are Milo N., George S. and Luther.

  After a residence of a few years in Davison Township, our subject's father
removed to the village of Goodrich and there died over forty years ago. The
widow afterward married Samuel Crandall, who died January 16, 1880. She still
survives, being now in her eightieth year, and is one of the venerated pioneer
women of the county, of whose growth she has been an eyewitness. She is still
vigorous and active for one of her advanced years. Our subject was reared to
manhood's estate in this county amid scenes of pioneer life. With the exception
of some nine years when he was engaged in work in a woolen factory, he has
devoted himself to farming in this vicinity. In his youth he received but
limited educational advantages. January 25, 1853, he was united in marriage with
Miss Martha E. Alger, a native of Ontario County, N.Y., and born December 6,
1827. She is the daughter of Benajah and Lydia (Thompson) Alger. The former was
a native of Massachusetts and the latter of Rhode Island. In 1842 Mrs. Miller
came to Michigan with her parents. They located in Holly Township, Oakland
County, and there the parents died.

  To Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been born four children: Milo M. and Frank B., the
other two deceased. For one year after his marriage our subject located in
Goodrich and then removed to Davison Township, settling on a farm of forty
acres^ which was heavily timbered. He lived in a log house and accomplished a
great deal of pioneer work. He has subsequently added by various purchases until
he acquired three hundred and seven acres of land, being ably assisted in his
agricultural ambitions by his wife. He is a Republican in politics and
thoroughly in favor of any measure that promises to redound to the advantage of
the locality in which he resides.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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