BIO:  Charles MILLER, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Carroll Township, Pg 87

CHARLES MILLER, second son of Michael and Eliza Miller, of Windsor Township, was 
born December 8, 1820, and through his great-grandfather is of German descent.  
He was reared on the home farm, but at the age of eighteen went into his father’s 
mill, where he worked four years.  In 1842 he married Catherine, daughter of 
Daniel and Elizabeth Kauffman, of Spring Garden Township.  In 1845 he moved to 
Warrington Township, where he owned a saw, grist and clover-mill.  In 1850 he 
bought twenty acres of mill property on this railroad, one-quarter mile from 
Dillsburg, and carried on sawing and grinding.  He has been a member of the 
Franklin Reformed Church, and has filled the office of deacon and trustee for 
many years.  He has also served as assessor, school director and assistant 
assessor.  He is a stockholder in the Dillsburg & Mechanicsburg Railroad, and 
also deals largely in grain, coal, plaster and phosphates.  He stands six feet 
three and one-half inches high, and has had born to him seven children, of whom 
five are living.