Edgar J. Miller Biography


	This biography appears on page 453 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				EDGAR J. MILLER.  

	Edgar J. Miller holds a position of distinctive precedence in 
financial circles of Huron as cashier of the First National Bank, with 
which institution he has been connected since 1881. He is a 
representative of one of the best known families in the city and his 
record is a credit to a name that has long been held in high honor and 
regard in the community.  

	Mr. Miller was born in Whitewater, Wisconsin, June 19, 1864, and 
is a son of John H. and Harriet (Pratt) Miller, the former born in New 
York, March 4, 1831, and the latter in the same state. Their marriage 
occurred in Wisconsin, November 14, 1861, and five years later they 
removed to Iowa. The family came to South Dakota in 1880 and the father 
homesteaded land one mile west of Huron in the following year. After he 
had proved up on his claim he moved into the village, where from that 
time until his death he remained an active and valued citizen. In 1882 
he aided in the organization of the First National Bank and he remained 
a director in that institution for many years. He was at all times 
active in municipal work and held a number of county offices, serving 
from 1885 to 1887 as county treasurer and for four terms as county 
commissioner. It was he who laid out the grounds in the courthouse 
square at Huron and superintended the planting of the trees. He died 
June 2, 1912, and his passing was widely and deeply regretted, as it 
deprived Huron of a man who had been for over a quarter of a century an 
active factor in development. John H. Miller was a member of the 
Methodist church, was connected fraternally with the Benevolent 
Protective Order of Elks and gave his political allegiance to the 
republican party. He had three children: Edgar J., of this review; Mrs. 
Amy Ii. Glenn, of Huron; and Mrs. C. C. Langley, of Santa Ana, 
California.  

	After acquiring a public-school education Edgar J. Miller 
attended the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at 
Ames. He began his independent career as an employee of the 
Northwestern Railway and the American Express Company and in 1881 
became connected with the First National Bank of Huron, South Dakota, 
with which he has since been identified. About 1898 he was made cashier 
of that institution and has capably filled that position since that 
time, displaying in the discharge of his duties insight, business 
ability and discrimination.  

	In 1886 Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Lillian Giehm, 
of Tracy, Minnesota, and they became the parents of a daughter, 
Margaret, who died at the age of thirteen years. Mr. Miller belongs to 
the Knights of Pythias, the Elks and the Eagles and to the Masonic 
lodge, chapter, commandery and Shrine. He gives his political 
allegiance to the republican party and is interested and active in 
public affairs. For six years he served as alderman from his ward and 
is at present serving a three years' term as a member of the executive 
council of the American Bankers Association He has large farming 
interests in the vicinity of Huron and occupies a leading place in 
financial circles of the city, being known as an able and 
discriminating financier.