Bios: MILLER, Andrew S.: Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Marta Burns. marta43@juno.com USGENWEB ARCHIVES (tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information are included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ____________________________________________________ Andrew S Miller of Pittsburgh, Penna, a distinguished attorney-at-law, with offices at 409 Grant Street, was born in Chartiers township, Washington county, Penna, April 8, 1844, son of Thomas Miller and Annie Reed Miller. Mr Miller received his early education in the common schools of Washington county, later attended the academy at Hickory, Penna, and was graduated from Washington and Jefferson college in 1869. Then he attended the Columbia law school of New York city, subsquently read law in the office of Maj A M Brown of Pittsburg, and was admitted to the bar of Allegheny county in 1873. He has been in continuous practice in Pittsburgh since that time, and is now one of the oldest and ablest practitioners of the county. He controls a splendid practice and is a member of all courts. Mr Miller has been a member of the Bellevue school board for four years, two years of which time he served as its president. He was also a member of the Bellevue council for three years, and held the position of director of the poor for Allegheny county for two years. In 1862 Mr Miller enlisted in the 123rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and other important engagements and was mustered out in August, 1863. He is now a member of the John B Clark post, No 162 of the Grand Army of the Republic and takes an active interest in its affairs. He was married in Allegheny City, April 15, 1873, to Elizabeth A Reed, and they have three sons: Thomas A Miller, a prominent physician in Bellevue; Harry A Miller, a clerk in the Union National Bank of Pittsburgh, and Frank B Miller, a student of Washington and Jefferson College. Mr Miller and his family are members of the United Presbyterian Church, in which organization Mr Miller holds the position of elder. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; personal and genealogical. Vol. 1 p120