BIOGRAPHIES:  Peder A. MILLER, Arland Township, Barron Co., WI

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Submitted by:  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  24 February 2004
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Peder A. Miller, who is successfully operating as general farmer and
dairyman the farm in Arland Township which was established by his father 34
years ago, was born in this township, Jan. 8, 1887, son of Peter A. and
Sarina (Anderson) Miller. The year of his birth was that in which his
father bought his original 80 acres in Section 20, so that he has grown up
with the old home. As a boy he attended school in District No. 4 and
subsequently became his father's assistant on the farm. In 1914, on his
father's retirement he rented it, and having since bought the interests of
the other heirs, it is now his own property. It consists of 204 1/2 acres
in Sections 20 and 21, of which he has himself cleared 15 acres, besides
remodeling the buildings, and erecting a garage, silo and chicken house.
His cattle are mixed, but his herd includes a pure bred Holstein sire. Mr.
Miller was married Sept. 20, 1913, to Thora Gilbertson, who was born in
Norway, May 30, 1894, daughter of Gilbert Tuftin and Gulberg (Anderson)
Tuftin. Her parents, who came to America in 1907, are now residing in the
village of Arland, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents of
three children: Gena L., born July 10, 1914; Peter G., Dec. 16, 1917, and
Edna V., Jan. 29, 1921. The family are affiliated religiously with the
Concordia Lutheran Church.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 892-893.


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