Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Miller, James K.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Doylestown M-Z


JAMES K. MILLER retired coal merchant, P.O. Doylestown, was 
born in Easton, Pa., February 14, 1821, and is a son of 
Hiram and Mary (Knapp) Miller.  His grandfather Miller came 
from Scotland and his grandfather Knapp from Germany.  His 
father was a shoemaker.  In 1810 he removed to Easton, Pa., 
and he served in the war of 1812.  In 1865 he removed to 
Philadelphia, where he died in 1871.  His wife died a short 
time afterwards.  Of their eight children only James K., the 
youngest, is living.  At the age of four he moved with his 
parents to Jenkintown, where he learned the trade of a 
shoemaker, remained until 1854, then went to Philadelphia 
and engaged in the coal business for twenty-three years.  In 
the spring of 1874 he moved to Doylestown, having built a 
fine residence there.  He has been a director of the Bucks 
County Trust company since its inception.  In September, 
1844, he was married to Harriet, daughter of Jesse and Sarah 
(Van Pelt) Jenkins.  Mrs. Miller's great-grandfather owned a 
tract of over 800 acres in and around Jenkintown, taken up 
from William Penn about 200 years ago.  They were all 
members of the Friends' meeting.  Mr. Miller has five 
children:  Ellen F.; Annie R., wife of Penrose Bardrull, a 
publisher in Lincoln, Neb.; Mary K., wife of James Beckman, 
a manufacturer in Philadelphia; Sallie, wife of Howard 
Cadwallader, in the produce business in Philadelphia; and 
George H., at home.  Mr. and Mrs. Miller are members of the 
Presbyterian church.