Sullivan-Northumberland County PA Archives Biographies.....Miller, Daniel L. 1848 - living in 1899

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DANIEL L. MILLER, the efficient postmaster and merchant of Eldredsville,

Sullivan County, Pa:, was born in Point township, Northumberland County, Pa.,

April 4, 1848, and is the youngest son of Leonard and Elizabeth (Cline) Miller

and a grandson of Jacob Miller of New Jersey.



  Our subject's grandfather, Jacob Miller, served as a private soldier in the

Revolutionary War under the illustrious Washington and had an honorable military

record of which his descendants speak with just pride. He fought bravely in the

struggle for liberty and after the successful termination of the conflict he

purchased a farm near Riverside, Pa., and engaged in agricultural pursuits. On

this excellent property he lived a peaceful and happy life to an advanced age.

Only one shadow was cast upon his happiness; his wife never enjoyed vigorous

health, but suffered much in her declining years till called to lay down life's

burden and enter into her deserved rest. Three children were born to them:

Sarah, who was twice married, her first husband being Suel Gibbs, who served in

the Mexican War, and her second husband, John Schwarts; Peter; and Leonard.



  Leonard Miller, father of our subject, was, practically, a fanner all his

life. He enjoyed the enviable reputation of being a just, fair-minded and

honorable man. By conducting his business with ability and success he provided

very comfortably for his family and thus opened splendid opportunities for them.

He died at the age of sixty-seven years, and his life was considered well and

nobly spent, and he was mourned by all who knew him. Elizabeth Cline, daughter

of Godfrey Cline, became his wife and lived peacefully by his side until she

attained the age of sixty years, having borne him eight children: William;

Clarkson; Jacob, who now resides at Danville; Thomas; Mary; Charles, who is

located at Turbutville, Pa.; a daughter, who died in infancy; and Daniel L., our

subject.



  Daniel L. Miller obtained a good education in the public schools of Point

township, Northumberland County, Pa. In early life he learned the carpenter's

trade and being handy with all kinds of tools, he soon became an expert workman,

and for some time worked successfully at his trade in his native county. Looking

about for a location he settled in Elkland township, Sullivan County, where he

purchased fifty acres of land in 1876 from Joseph Pardoe, whose daughter, Jane

Pardoe, became his wife and was a willing helper in making the many improvements

needed on his farm, which is now well improved and in a high state of

cultivation. Mr. Miller is assisted on the farm by his two sons, Charles and

Howard, who are learning all the rural arts and successful schemes of the shrewd

granger. About two and a half years ago Mr. Miller leased the G. A. Mcllwain

house and store, directly adjoining his farm. There he resides and carries on a

general country store, also the postoffice, which has been in his charge since

1896.



Some time ago Mr. Miller was called upon to bear the loss of his wife; this loss

was a severe blow to him, also to her bereaved children and to her many devoted

friends. She died leaving three children: Rena, a lovable young lady, who has

learned to wield the birch and who is "teaching young ideas how to shoot" in a

way to command success; Charles; and Howard.



  Mr. Miller is a man of very decided political views, favoring Democracy, but

is gentlemanly in his expression of them. He is intensely interested in local

matters pertaining to the welfare of his community. • He has been justice of the

peace fourteen consecutive years: school director for three years; town clerk

one year; assessor for three years; and a member of the election board for nine

years.



  Quite recently Mr. Miller sought and won the heart and hand of Lydia Norton,

daughter of Thomas Norton. She is well and favorably known in the social and

religious circles of Elkland township, being a consistent member of the

Methodist Episcopal Church.





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