Polk County, Missouri Biographies - John W. MILLER, M. D.
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pg. 679
Polk County Biographies Section

    John W. Miller, M. D., one of the successful and eminent 
practitioners of Morrisville, Polk County, Mo., is the son of 
George and Elizabeth Miller, who were natives of Kentucky, born
in 1806 and 1815, respectively.  Grandfather Miller was from 
Londonderry, Ireland, and his wife from Germany.  Dr. John Gray,
grandfather of our subject, was of English descent.  George and
Elizabeth Miller remained in Kentucky until 1843, when they moved
to Cooper County, Mo., and nine years later to Bentonville, Ark,
where they remained in 1862, and then they came to Polk County.
Here Mr. Miller is now living with his son, Dr. John W. Miller.  
His wife, who died in 1870, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, as is also her husband, who has been a member for 
fifty years.  He was a Whig before the war but has since then been
a Democrat in his political views.  By occupation he has been a 
cabinet-maker and house carpenter all his life.  In their family 
were two children, a son and daughter.  The eldest, John W., was 
born January 11, 1842, and when thirteen years of age, was using 
his father's hand-ax, when, by accident, he cut the tendon of his 
right heel, and for eight years went on crutches.  He received a 
limited education, and at the age of eighteen years began studying 
medicine under Dr. John Gray.  After prosecuting his studies for 
three years, when war broke out and forced upon him a practice, 
which, with poverty, kept him from attending medical lectures.  
He moved to Greene County in 1863, and in 1865 to this county, 
where he has practiced ever since.  March 16, 1869, he married 
Miss Mollie Winton, a native of Greene County, and the daughter 
of Rev. G. M. Winton.  Five children were born to this marriage; 
Bertie J., G. Claude, Grace, W. Glenn and Max.  Both Dr. and Mrs. 
Miller are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.  
After living on a farm until 1883 he moved to Morrisville, and 
now has one of the finest drug stores in the town.  Aside from 
this he is the owner of 183 acres of land, four mile south of 
Morrisville, on Sac River.  For twenty-six years he has been a 
practitioner of Polk County, and has met with unusual success.  
He is a member of the Bolivar Medical Society; belongs to the 
Masonic fraternity, and the A. O. U. W., and in his political 
views affiliates with the Democratic party.
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