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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

HORTON H. MILLER.
    Business enterprise in Rogers finds a prominent representative in Horton H.
Miller, who is conducting one of the leading insurance agencies of the town and
also has other interests. He is a member of one of the pioneer families of
Rogers and for many years he was in the employ of the United States government
in connection with the Indian service, doing important and valuable work along
that line. He is a native of Tennessee, his birth having occurred in Warren
county in 1867. His parents, William A. and Clarissa (Thomas) Miller, were also
natives of Tennessee and were married in that state, where the father became the
owner of a large plantation. In 1868 he started for Missouri, driving the entire
distance, and in Lawrence county he established his home. There he followed
mercantile pursuits until 1881, when he came to Arkansas, opening the first dry
goods establishment in Rogers. This he continued to conduct until 1893, when he
sold out and spent the remainder of his life in the enjoyment of a well-earned
rest. He was a very successful business man and stood high in commercial circles
of the town, of which he was one of the promoters and upbuilders. He was a
democrat in his political views and a Presbyterian in religious faith, while
fraternally he was identified with the Masons, with which order all of his sons
are likewise connected. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller were born ten children, of whom
eight survive, seven sons and one daughter, namely: Horton H., Hugh J., who is
superintendent of the Sand Springs (Oklahoma) Railway Company; John F„ of San
Francisco, California, who is connected with the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, being a member of the board of train rules; Charles A., a railway mail
clerk residing at Rogers, Arkansas; F. Horace, a railroad conductor, who makes
his home at Grove, Oklahoma; A. Claude, who follows the same occupation and
resides at Muskogee, Oklahoma; Finis E., cashier of the Farmers State Bank of
Rogers, and Mande, who makes her home with her brother Horton.

    In the public schools of Missouri and Arkansas Horton H. Miller acquired his
education, and after laying aside his textbooks entered his father's dry goods
establishment in Rogers, assisting in the management of the enterprise until it
was sold. He then became connected with the United States Indian service, being
located in Oklahoma for five years, while later he was sent to California,
Nevada, Arizona, Montana and Idaho. For a period of twenty-six years he was
connected with the service, and during twenty-one years of that time acted as
Indian agent, his services being very valuable to the government. In January,
1920, he returned to Rogers and turned his attention to insurance interests,
with which he has since been connected. He conducts a general insurance
business, having the agency for the Equitable Life and also carrying a large
line of casualty and fire insurance. He is building up a good business in this
connection and ranks with the leading insurance dealers in the town. He also has
other interests, being a stockholder in the Farmers State Bank of Rogers, and he
is likewise the owner of two well-improved farms situated near the town. His
business affairs are capably managed and success has attended all of his ventures.

    In Oklahoma, in 1897, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth
Ansley, a native of Prescott, Arkansas, and a member of one of the pioneer
families of the state. They are members of the Presbyterian church, and Mr.
Miller gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. Fraternally he is
identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, serving as secretary of
his lodge, and he is also a Mason, belonging to the lodge, chapter, commandery
and Shrine, and he is now acting as senior warden of his lodge, captain of the
chapter and junior warden of the commandery. He is likewise connected with the
Rotary Club of Rogers, of which he is secretary. His is a creditable record,
characterized by devotion to duty, by enterprise and integrity in business and
by loyalty in citizenship, and he enjoys the esteem and good will of a large
circle of friends.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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