Emery-Sanpete-Salt Lake County UT Archives Biographies.....Miller, Richard C. 1854 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ut/utfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 28, 2011, 12:37 am Source: See below Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher RICHARD C. MILLER. Richard C. Miller, proprietor of a lumberyard at Castle Dale, where he also deals in builders' hardware and paints, was born in Aalborg, Denmark, November 14, 1854, a son of Niels C. and Petrea (Holm) Miller, who were likewise natives of Denmark. In 1886 they came to Utah, settling at Manti. The mother died in 1900. The father, who is a carpenter by trade, owns a comfortable home in Manti but is now living with his daughter at Heber, Utah, at the ripe old age of eighty-six years. He is a member of the High Priests' Quorum. Richard C. Miller obtained a common school education in Denmark and served his country as a soldier for seven months. He came to Utah in 1878, when a young man of twenty-four years, settling in Salt Lake City, where he remained until 1880. He then married and removed to Manti, after which he worked most of the time on the Manti Temple until 1884. In that year he removed to Castle Dale, becoming one of the pioneers of Emery county, and there he followed farming, securing land under the desert act. For a long period he tilled the soil but in 1903 disposed of his farm and established a general merchandise business, which was incorporated under the name of Wall, Miller ft Company. He was then active in mercantile pursuits until 1910, when he disposed of the business. In 1914 he established a lumberyard, also handling builders' hardware and paints, and has since continued in this business alone, being accorded a liberal and well deserved patronage. At Mount Pleasant, in 1880, Mr. Miller was married to Miss Carolina Nielson, a daughter of Christian and Johannah Nielson, who came from Denmark and settled at Mount Pleasant, Utah. Mrs. Miller passed away in 1892. In 1894 Mr. Miller wedded Martine Jacobson, a daughter of Mads and Else Marie Jacobson, who came from Denmark in 1857 and crossed the plains with a handcart company. It was a trip of great hardships and privations, for they did not reach Salt Lake City until November and many died while en route. Sleeping on the ground, the emigrants froze to death. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson lost two of their children while crossing the plains. After reaching Utah they settled at Mount Pleasant, where they have since passed away. The death of Mrs. Martine Miller occurred at Castle Dale in 1917. In 1918 Mr. Miller was married at Castle Dale to Hannah M. Larson, a daughter of C. J. and Marie Larson, who were pioneers of Emery county. The father was the first president of the stake, so serving for years, when owing to his age he was released and was ordained a patriarch. He died in 1911. Mr. Miller's children, born of his first marriage, are: Agnes, who was born on the 12th of November, 1881, and became the wife of Silas Shiner, by whom she has three children; Dagmar, whose birth occurred in October, 1885, and is the wife of Nephi L. Williams, by whom she has three children; Willard, who was born in October, 1887, and wedded Miss Anna Laura Woods, by whom he has two children; and two who have passed away, these being Richard, who was born September 14, 1883, and died April 27, 1886; and Katie C., who was born January 24, 1890, and died September 25, 1891. At the age of twenty-one years Mr. Miller became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in his native land. He filled a mission before he came to Utah and in 1899 went on a mission to Denmark covering thirty months. In 1910 he again went on a mission to his native land, where he labored for twenty-eight months as president of the conference. He has also been counselor to the bishop for five years, a member of the High Priests Quorum and has filled several minor positions in the church, serving now as ward clerk. His political endorsement is given to the democratic party and for years he was school trustee. In 1892 he was elected county treasurer and was reelected for two succeeding terms. In 1901 and 1902 he served as a member of the town board of Castle Dale and he is now serving for the fourth term as justice of the peace, his decisions being strictly fair and impartial, being based upon the law and the equity in the case. He has made a capable official in the various positions which he has filled, being ever loyal to the trust reposed in him. Additional Comments: Extracted from UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATED VOLUME IV CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1920 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ut/emery/bios/miller50gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/utfiles/ File size: 5.1 Kb