BIO:  SAMUEL N. MILLER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 725-726
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    SAMUEL N. MILLER, a member of the firm of J. R. Miller's Sons, dealers in
  coal and grain, with offices and elevators at Shiremanstown and New
  Kingstown, Pa., is one of the valued residents of Mechanicsburg. He was born
  Aug. 4, 1861, in Myerstown, Lebanon Co., Pa., son of Jacob R. and Sarah Ann
  (Noecker) Miller.
    
    Jacob R. Miller, the father, was born in 1832, in Berks county, Pa., and
  died May 20, 1897. He followed the milling business for a number of years and
  later established a grain and coal business at Shiremanstown,
    
    726  CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
    
  Cumberland county, at White Hill, Trindle Spring and later at New Kingstown,
  all located on the Cumberland Valley railroad. Until his death he continued
  in active business. He was an energetic, capable man, and was respected for
  his honesty and integrity. In politics, he was a Republican, and he served a
  number of years on the town council at Shiremanstown, and also as president
  of the village. He married Sarah Ann Noecker, who was born in 1831, at
  Mohrsville, Berks county, and died in 1893. She was a daughter of John
  Noecker an early settler of Berks county. Their children were: Milton,
  deceased; Wilson N., who lives in Shiremanstown, of the firm of J. R.
  Miller's Sons; Jacob Morris; and Samuel N.
    
    Samuel N. Miller completed his primary education in the schools of
  Shiremanstown, and then entered the Cumberland Valley Institute, and
  subsequently took a course in the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie,
  N. Y. After completing his commercial course he returned to Shiremanstown,
  and for five years was engaged in clerking in a hardware and general store in
  Shiremanstown, taking care of his father's interests. Later he became
  associated in business with his father and two brothers in their grain and
  coal enterprises, under the firm name of J. R. Miller's Sons, wholesale and
  retail dealers in grain and coal at Shiremanstown and New Kingstown. This
  firm is well known in business circles, having elevators well equipped for
  doing business at the various points along the Cumberland Valley railroad.
    
    In 1887 Mr. Miller married Emma Booser, of Camp Hill, daughter of Henry O.
  and Elizabeth (Longenecker) Booser, formerly of Dauphin county. Mr. and Mrs.
  Miller have four children: Sarah I., Samuel Carrol, Edith and Ruth. The
  family home is abeautiful residence at No. 514 West Main street. Both Mr.
  Miller and his wife are members of St. John's Lutheran Church at
  Shiremanstown, where he has been a member of the choir for the past
  twenty-five years. Politically, Mr. Miller is a Republican, and he is a
  member of the school board of Mechanicsburg. Fraternally, he is prominent in
  the Masonic bodies, being a member and Past Master of Eureka Lodge, No. 302,
  F. & A. M.; Past High Priest of Samuel C. Perkins Chapter, No. 209, R. A. M.;
  Past Thrice Illustrious Grand Master of Harrisburg Council, No. 7 Royal and
  Select Master and Eminent Commander of Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11, Knights
  Templar, Harrisburg; Past Most Wise and Perfect Master, Harrisburg Chapter,
  Rose Croix, 18th degree; member of Harrisburg Consistory of the S. P. R. S.;
  of Zembo Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Harrisburg, Pa.; and District Deputy
  Grand Master of the Grand Council of the State of Pennsylvania, District No.
  5. He is also a member of Mechanicsburg Lodge, No. 215, I. O. O. F.; and of
  Irene Lodge, No. 425, Knights of Pythias, Shiremanstown. He is an honorary
  member of the Rescue Hook and Ladder Company of Mechanicsburg and belongs
  also to the Business Men's League of the same city. In all business and
  social affairs he is a prominent factor, and he is a citizen who is held in
  the highest esteem.