BIO: JOHN L. MILLER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 366-367
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    JOHN L. MILLER, one of the enterprising and highly respected citizens of
  Lower Allen township, who has met with deserved success in his undertakings,
  belongs to an old and honored family of Lancaster county, of German descent.
    
    Martin Miller, grandfather of John L., moved from Lancaster county and
  settled at Wormleysburg, Cumberland county, and died at Good Hope, aged
  ninety years. He was the father of the following children: Martin, deceased,
  married a Miss Ottstot, and died at the age of sixty years, his widow and
  children now living at Hogestown; Daniel, who married Anna Rafensburg, both
  deceased survived by a large family, was a stone mason and lived at Good
  Hope; Catherine married an Ashenfelter, and they lived and died in Indiana;
  Rosanna married Benjamin Wagner, a stone mason of Good Hope; and John H.,
  father of John L.
    
    John H. Miller was born in Cumberland county, and followed the tailoring
  trade at Siddonsburg, York county, later at Harrisburg, and also at
  Shiremanstown. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in the 3d
  Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, in Company E, under Captain Bowen, and during
  the greater part of the war was stationed at Fortress Monroe. During his
  lifetime he held various local offices, such as assessor and supervisor, and
  was always regarded with the respect accorded a man of high character. His
  death occurred in 1903, at the age of seventy-nine years. His wife was Susan,
  daughter of John Freese of Cumberland county. She died in 1903, at the age of
  seventy-seven years. The following children were born to them: John L.; Mary
  married Benjamin Erferd, a farmer living at Good Hope, and they have
  children, Samuel, John and Lizzie; Martin L., unmarried, lives at Harrisburg;
  Daniel W. married Ida, daughter of John Moyer, of Cumberland county, and they
  have one child, Sarah; Flora K. married Harry Heaggy, formerly of Adams
  county, now living at Harrisburg, and their children are, Sallie, Donald and
  Luther; and Emma married Harry Kessler, and they have one child, and live in
  York.
    
    John L. Miller was born in 1854, in Shiremanstown, and received his
  schooling there and in York county. He began to learn the butchering business
  with Henry H. Stauffer, of Shiremanstown, and in 1881 he bought the business
  from his former employer, and started in for himself. On account of his
  industry and honesty, fair deal-
    
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  ing, and pleasant, obliging manner, Mr. Miller, has made a most gratifying
  success of his enterprise, and is fast becoming one of the substantial
  citizens of Lower Allen township.
    
    Mr. Miller married Lida E., daughter of the late A. H. and Mary E. Dill, of
  Cumberland county, the latter of whom now lives in Shiremanstown, her son
  Harvey and daughter Lizzie, Mrs. J. B. Frey, also residing there. Mr. and
  Mrs. Miller have one son, Robert B., who is attending school. Mr. Miller has
  been school director for three terms, and member of the borough council for
  nine years. Politically, he is a Republican, and religiously, is a member of
  the Church of God.