BIOGRAPHY: David Beale MILLIKEN, Juniata Co., PA
  
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  The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, 
  Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, 
  Pennsylvania.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume II, 
  Pages 1086-1087.
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    DAVID BEALE MILLIKEN, M. D., Landisburg, Perry county, Pa., was
  born near Academia, Juniata Co., Pa., January 1, 1833. He is a son of
  Thomas J. and Rachel (Beale) Milliken. The Milliken family is of
  Scotch-Irish descent. Thomas Milliken, the Doctor's
  great-grandfather, was an early settler, and a farmer of what is now
  Juniata county, but was at that time a part of Cumberland county.
  James B. Milliken, son of Thomas, a native of that county, also
  devoted his attention to agriculture. He married Miss Boggs; their
  children are: Thomas J.; John; James B.; Joseph; Francis; Mary;
  Amelia; Margaret; Martha; and Jane. The eldest of the family, Thomas
  J., born in Juniata county in 1794, passed his life there, and was
  also a farmer. He was Democrat, and very decided in his convictions.
  He was elected to various public offices; among them, he filled those
  of county commissioner and associate judge. He was married to Rachel,
  daughter of Judge David Beale; of Chester county, Pa. Their children
  are: Jane (Mrs. William Neely); James B.; Mary Ann (Mrs. John
  Barnard); David B.; and John D. Mrs. Rachel Milliken died March 20,
  1848; her husband survived her until September 19, 1876.
    In the common schools, which he attended until he was fourteen yeas
  old, David B. Milliken acquired the elementary branches, and laid a
  good foundation for further studies. His literary education was
  completed at Tuscarora Academy, where he was for five years under the
  tuition of Professor Wilson. In 1850, he began the study of medicine
  at McCoysville, Pa., under the direction of Samuel Crawford, M. D. He
  attended two courses of lectures, besides taking a course of private
  study under the preceptorship of Dr. Aylette, of the medical
  department of the University of New York, from which celebrated
  school he was graduated in 1854. Dr. Milliken at once commenced
  practice in Landisburg, and has continued the same with success and
  honor in that borough for forty-three years. He was commissioned,
  November 18, 1862, by Surgeon-General King, of Pennsylvania, to care
  for disabled soldiers of the State in the Army of the Potomac, in
  general and regimental hospitals; this service he rendered until
  February, 1863. He is examining physician of the board of pensions of
  Perry county, and a member of the Perry County Medical Society, of
  which he has been treasurer since 1888, besides having several times
  been president. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania State Medical
  Society and of the American Medical Association. He is a member and
  Past N. G. of Mt. Dempsey Lodge, No. 172, I. O. O. F.; a director,
  since 1893, in the National Bank, of Duncannon, Pa.; and a director
  in the Perry County Railroad. He was, in February, 1885, a delegate
  to the meeting of the American Agricultural Association, at New
  Orleans, La. He represented his county in the State Legislature
  during the terms of 1871 and 1873, and served during that time upon
  some important committees. His political convections are Democratic.
    Dr. David Beale Milliken was first married, May 2, 1853, to
  Elizabeth, daughter of Neal and Mary McCoy, of McCoysville, Pa. Their
  only child is Emma E. (Mrs. Robert C. Boden). Mrs. Elizabeth Milliken
  died February 20, 1856. The Doctor was again married, in 1858, to
  Margaret J., daughter of Daniel and Jane Okeson; she died in 1889. He
  married, in 1891, Rebecca C. Jones, widow of the late David Easton.
  The Doctor and his family attend the Presbyterian church. His long
  and honorable career as a physician, combined with his estimable
  personal qualities have won for the Doctor not only many patients,
  but a large circle of friends.