Bio of MILLER, George A. (b.1876), Wright Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Hanson Submitted: April 2004 ========================================================================= 516 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY George A. Miller, scientific dairyman, was born in Faribault, Minn., March 25, 1876, son of Charles T. and Catherine (Finlayson) Miller, grandson of George W. Miller, and great-grandson of William Miller. Charles T. Miller was a railroad engineer for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. In 1879 he lost both his hands as the result of a railroad accident. George W. Miller was state evangelist for the First Day Advent Christian church. He died about 1874 as the result of injuries received in a runaway accident at Monticello. William Miller was the founder of the "Millerites," the sect which developed into the Advent church. He was also a colonel in the War of 1812, and took part in the Battle of Lundy's Lane. As a boy George A. Miller became interested in dairying, and in 1894 he spent the winter as a student in the dairy department of the University of Minnesota. Then he became agent at the skimming station at Millersburg, Rice county, Minnesota, for the Crescent Creamery Company, of St. Paul. In 1897 he went into the creamery business in Millersburg. From 1899 to 1901 he conducted a grocery store in Dundas, Minn. Then from 1901 to 1907 he was in the creamery business at Lakeville, Minn. It was in 1907 that he came to Chatham township, in this county, and became secretary, manager and buttermaker for the Chatham Co- operative Dairy Association. May 1, 1911, he became farm dairy inspector for the Minnesota State Dairy and Food Department. In connection with traveling over the state investigating farm dairy conditions, this position also involved responsibilities as a teacher in the State Dairy school which as a boy he had many years before attended. April 1, 1914, Mr. Miller became buttermaker for the Maple Lake Farmers' Co-operative Creamery, in which capacity he is meeting with great success. Aside from being so thorough a master of his profession, Mr. Miller is also an inventor of note. He has perfected a farm cream cooler that has been endorsed by the State Food and Dairy Department, and by the leading dairy authorities of the Northwest. Mr. Miller was married, June 27, 1906, to Maude Amidon, daughter of Charles F. and Martha (Thompson) Amidon, pioneers of Lakeville, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have three children: Kenneth, born May 5, 1907; Jay, born April 28, 1909; and Rex, born June 15, 1912. The family belongs to the 517 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY Fifth Christian Scientist Church, of Minneapolis. Mr. Miller belongs to the blue lodge and the chapter of the Masonic body, and the M. W. A. and the M. B. A.