BIOGRAPHIES: August MILLER, Prairie Farm Township, Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vic Gulickson 30 April 2001 ==================================================================== August Miller, a worthy citizen of Section 26, Prairie Farm Township, was born in Hesse, Germany, July 1, 1869, the son of Johanes and Marie (Ochsa) Miller, who brought him to this township when he was a small boy. He was reared on the home farm, attended the district school, and learned farming from his father. Five winters he spent in the lumber woods. In 1895 he and his bride located on a farm of 160 acres in Section 26. At that time a small frame house and a shack stood on the place, and about ten acres had been cleared. When they first started they had but little to do with. The first year they bought a cow, and the second year they were enabled to get a team of horses. By hard work he cleared up the place and developed a good farm. After a useful life, he died Sept. 19, 1915, as the result of being kicked by a horse. Mr. Miller was married June 13, 1895, to Anna Roemhild, who was born on the home farm in Prairie Farm Township on Aug. 24, 1874, the daughter of Carl August and Eva Roemhild, the pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Miller had five sons: Roy Peter, Franklin August, Arthur Henry, Ralph Wallace and Gerald Reuben. Ralph Wallace died in September, 1911. The other four sons are at home. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 621.