Bio of MILLER, Oscar W. (b.1880), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 826-827
OSCAR W. MILLER
Oscar W. Miller, president of and stockholder in the Long Branch Coal Company,
is one of the representative business men of Minneapolis. He was born in Grove
City, Minnesota, on the 15th of March, 1880, a son of O. H. and Bess (Levander)
Miller. The father was born in Sweden and came to the United States at an early
day. Mrs. Miller was a daughter of a well known farmer in Sweden.
In the acquirement of his early education Oscar W. Miller attended the public
schools of his birthplace and subsequently enrolled in Willmar College, where he
was a student three years. After putting his textbooks aside he accepted a
position as tele­graph operator and cashier in the freight office of the Great
Northern Railroad at Larimore, North Dakota, and he worked on the Dakota
division six years. He was then transferred to Seattle, Washington, on the
Northern Pacific & Great Northern Railroads, and was cashier in the ticket
office there for four years, following which he was assistant city passenger
agent at Spokane for two years, at the termination of which time he quit the
railroad business. In 1912 he came to Minneapolis and accepted a position as
manager of the Long Branch Coal Company, and in 1920 he was made president of
the company. He is filling the position with credit to him­self and is fully
justifying the confidence of the firm which has placed him in this important
position. Mr. Miller is a stockholder in the company and has other financial
interests. He owns a beautiful home in this city, valued at eleven thousand
dollars.
On the 26th of December, 1907, at Grove City, Minnesota, was celebrated the
mar­riage of Mr. Miller and Miss Rhoda Martin, a daughter of N. N. Martin, a
prominent farmer near Grove City. To their union two children have been born:
Gordon, thir­teen years of age; and James, who is eight years of age.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Miller has given his stanch support to the
repub­lican party and the principles for which it stands. Fraternally he is
identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and he is an active
member of the Calhoun Commercial Club. His religious faith is that of the
Baptist church, to the support of which he is a generous contributor. He is fond
of hunting and fishing and all clean sports.