James O. Miller Biography  Hancock County, WV
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Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the 
Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia".  
Compiled and Written by:
J.H. Newton,  G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle
Published by:
J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA.

                Biographical Sketches of Hancock County:

James O. Miller:

the subject of the following sketch, was born December 18, 1837, in 
Allegheny County, Pa.  Attended the Wilkinsburgh Academy over three years, 
after which he spent a year at the Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., and 
then took a course at Duff's Commercial College, Pittsburgh.  In April, 1860, he went, in company with his brother Thomas, and purchased the foundry at New Cumberland, and commenced operating the same early in April.  It was 
continued as a general foundry until 1864, when another partner was taken in 
(W. J. Snodgrass), and then they paid especial attention to the manufacturing of stoves, in which our subject is at present still operating.  On April 3, 1873, he married Sadie O. Cowl, daughter of Rev. John Cowl.  Immediately after their union they settled in the town of New Cumberland, where they have lived ever since.  They have two children - one son and one daughter.