Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....MILLER, Alvin P. 1838 - living in 1899
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  ALVIN P. MILLER, the efficient foreman of the Trust Company Tannery at Muncy
  Valley, Pa., formerly known as the Stephens tannery, has been engaged in that
  line of business nearly all his life and is held in high esteem by both his
  superior officers and his fellow-workmen. He was born in Schoharie County, N.
  Y., June 8, 1859, and is a son of Hiram and Malinda (Bailey) Miller, both of
  whom are living in retirement in Schoharie County. To the parents the following
  children were born: Charles A., who married Miss Bernice Bennett, a sister of
  our subject's wife,—they reside in Muncy Valley and have two children, Ruth and
  Buela; our subject; George, who married and resides in Hudson, N. Y.; Carrie,
  who married John Striker and resides in Gilboa, Schoharie County, N. Y.;
  William, recently married and resides in Schoharie County, N. Y.; and Jennie,
  who resides with her parents.
  
    Alvin P. Miller was educated in the district schools of his native township
  and then began to serve an apprenticeship to the tanner's trade in the Stephens
  tannery; he soon became proficient and was one of the most skilled mechanics in
  the shop. When the Stephens tannery was moved to Muncy Valley, Sullivan County,
  Pa., our subject was offered a good position if he would accompany it to the new
  field of operation and he accepted. He gradually worked his way up until 1897,
  when he was given his present position as inside foreman in this mammoth
  tannery. He has charge of sixty skilled mechanics who work in the leather
  department, dressing hides, which are known as buffalo hides of South America.
  These are of the best quality and much depends upon Mr. Miller in their tanning.
  Our subject some time ago purchased a small tract of land which he is fast
  developing into a good farm on which he has erected a fine home and has built a
  large barn. Mr. Miller is an intelligent and public-spirited citizen and is
  respected by all who know him.
  
    Mr. Miller was joined in matrimonial bonds with Libbie Bennett, a daughter of
  George W. Bennett of Shrewsbury township, Lycoming County, Pa., and this happy
  union has been blessed by three children, as follows: Arthur O.; George B.; and
  Edna M. In politics our subject is a firm supporter of the Republican party;
  religiously he and his family are prominent members of the Methodist Church.
  
  
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
  
  
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