BIOS: Joseph Henry MILLER, Elk Lick, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, pg. 348

Joseph Henry MILLER.
Joseph Henry Miller, of Elk Lick, is a grandson of John Miller, whose son, Henry 
Miller, was born in 1833, in Somerset county.  Henry Miller was a farmer, and 
married Mary, daughter of Jacob Yoder, of Somerset county.  Their children were: 
Lafayette, Elizabeth, Jacob, Joseph, Henry (see forward), Sarah and Lydia. 
Joseph Henry Miller, son of Henry and Mary (Yoder) Miller, was born November 17, 
1860, in Garrett county, Maryland, where he attended the public schools until 
the age of eighteen.  He assisted his father in the labors of the homestead 
until 1882, and thenceforth was employed by the neighboring farmers until 1890.  
He then bought his father's farm in Garrett county, Maryland, remaining there 
until 1893, when he sold the property and moved to his present home in Elk Lick 
township.  He is a Republican and a member of the United Brethren church. 
Mr. Miller married, January 14, 1891, Viola, daughter of John Wilburn, of 
Preston county, West Virginia, and their children are: Harry, Hubert, Effie, 
Sherman, Mary, Leonard, and Lloyd.