BIO:  E. D. 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, Heidelberg Township, Pg 110

E. D. MILLER was born in Lower Windsor Township, York Co., Penn., December 8, 
1854, a son of Michael and Catherine (Stein) Miller, also of that township.  His 
great-great-grandfather, Michael Miller, came to this country in youth, settled 
in Windsor Township, near Red Lion, and died before the Revolutionary war, and is 
buried at Freysville Cemetery in Windsor Township.  Subject’ grandfather, Michael 
Miller, lived on the homestead farm near Red Lion, and was at that time known as 
the tallest man in York County; he was a miller and died in 1866, aged eighty-two 
years.  The father of our subject is now living in Windsor Township, and was born 
in 1821.  He is a farmer and owns four tracts of land.  He was for a number of 
years a director of the Western National Bank of York, and is also interested in 
the First National Bank of Wrightsville, and the city market of York.  They had 
six children:  E. D., Michael W., Calvin Edward, David G., Mary (deceased), Fanny 
A. and Sarah J.  E. D. Miller’s early life was spent on the farm and attending 
public schools.  He afterward taught school in different townships, and was clerk 
for Emig & Bahn at New Freedom, Penn., for three years.  He was married, December 
26, 1876, to Laura C. Sweeney, daughter of Daniel and Hester Ann (Kohler) 
Sweeney, of Freeland, Baltimore Co., Md., of Scotch-Irish descent.  In the spring 
of 1877 he commenced the mercantile business at Nashville, York County, where he 
kept store two years, and then came to Menges’ Mill Station, where he is still 
keeping store, postoffice and express office.  He has been a member of Friendly 
Circle No. 17, of Hanover, Penn., since 1881, and is a member of the German 
Reformed Church.  His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Since 
1883 he has also established a store at Iron Ridge, in which he has one-half 
interest.