Bios: WILLIAM S. MILLER 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      WILLIAM S. MILLER,
  
  [p. 417] residing on his productive farm of seventy-four acres, which is
  situated in North Beaver Township, about one and one-half miles
  southwest of Mahoningtown, is a well known and highly respected citizen
  of this section. He was born September 26, 1855, in North Beaver
  Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of John E. and
  Nancy N. (Leslie) Miller.
  
  The Millers came from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to Lawrence
  County, and the grandfather, Robert Miller, was a very early settler in
  North Beaver Township, where the family has ever since been one of
  substance and stability. The parents of William S. Miller were both
  natives of North Beaver Township. In his early and middle life the
  father engaged in agricultural pursuits on his farm in the southern part
  of the township, but in 1884 he disposed of it, having moved to New
  Castle in 1881, where his death took place in 1890. His widow survived
  him for nine years. They had eight children, the four survivors being:
  James L., who is a farmer, residing in Pulaski Township; John H., a
  contractor in street paving and cement work, who resides at New Castle,
  was formerly county surveyor and for ten years served as city engineer;
  William S., and Miness E., who resides at New Castle, and is in
  partnership with his brother, John H. Miller.
  
  William S. Miller attended the schools in the neighborhood of his home,
  through boyhood, after which he gained the practical knowledge of
  farming that has contributed largely to his success as an agriculturist.
  For five years following his marriage he rented a farm in North Beaver
  Township, but in April, 1886, he bought and moved to his present farm.
  This is excellent land and he engaged in general farming and in berry
  growing. He has done a large amount of improving, and in 1904 he erected
  his commodious residence and substantial barn.
  
  Mr. Miller married Rachel Coleman who is a daughter of Francis and Jane
  (Ferguson) Coleman, and they have four children: Marinda J., Robert
  Edgar, Charles Clyde and John Francis. Mr. Miller is a member of the
  United Presbyterian Church at Mount Jackson, in which he is an elder. He
  takes no active part in politics, but always performs every duty to his
  community which devolves upon one who is a representative citizen.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  Updated: 17 Oct 2001