BIO: E. J. 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, York Borough, Pg 36

E. J. MILLER, dealer in boots, shoes and clothing, was born in York County, 
Penn., in 1844, a son of Jacob and Leah (Jacoby) Miller, and is of German 
descent.  His mother died in 1864 and his father in 1881.  E. J. Miller began 
life for himself as a manufacturer of cigars.  In 1864 he enlisted in Company D, 
Two Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served one year.  In 1868 he engaged 
in the boot and shoe business, which he has since continued and now carries one 
of the most complete lines of boots and shoes in York.  In 1884 he, in 
partnership with George S. Billmeyer, engaged in the clothing and merchant-
tailoring business.  Mr. Miller married Angeline Mathias, daughter of David 
Mathias, and three children have been born to this union.  In politics Mr. 
Miller is independent.