Bios: JOHN C. MILLE : Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

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  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens
  Lawrence County Pennsylvania
  Biographical Publishing Company, Buffalo, N.Y., 1897
  
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    JOHN C. MILLER,
    
    [p. 77] well-known resident of Moravia, Taylor township, and agent for the
  P. & L. E. R. R. at that point, was born in Shenango township, March 7, 1861,
  and is a son of Samuel and Nancy (Wilson) Miller. Samuel Miller was born in
  Moon township, Beaver Co., Pa., March 17, 1834, and was a son of John Miller,
  a shoemaker by trade, who married Mary Minor, daughter of Samuel and Jennie
  (Grimes) Minor, the latter a native of Ireland. John Miller was a son of
  Henry and Eva (Rider) Miller. Henry Miller was born in Germany, where he
  served in the army. The mother of our subject was born in Beaver County, near
  the village of Aliquippa, Feb. 15, 1840, and was a daughter of John and Jane
  (Laird) Wilson. John Wilson was a son of John Wilson, Sr., who married Nancy
  Irwin. Jane Laird was born in Ireland, a daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth
  (Hawthorne) Laird. There were born to our subject's parents eleven children,
  namely: Mary Ida, the wife of James F. Sankey; John C., the subject of this
  personal sketch; Harry W., a farmer near Moravia; James, who died at the age
  of two years; Clara J. (Mrs. W. A. McMahon), now deceased; Thaddeus, who died
  in infancy; Homer S., a telegraph operator on the P. & W. R. R.; Ellen, who
  married Harry Hettenbaugh; Nettie B.; Roy C.; and Grace.
    
    John C. Miller was reared in Shenango township, attending the schools in
  Warnock district, and in Wurtemberg, and the Princeton and Grove City
  Colleges until he was twenty-two years of age. He turned his attention to
  telegraphy and at the age of twenty-three set out to master it in the
  railroad office at Moravia. When he had become sufficiently adept at the art,
  he worked extra for a year and a half, and on Nov. 17, 1886, was appointed
  operator at Carbon, where he was two months, and then at Wampum, where he was
  kept six months. He was transferred to Moravia in August, 1887, as agent, and
  has acceptably filled the office ever since, in a manner highly pleasing to
  both employers and the patrons of the station, and his wise adjustment of
  affairs and intelligent service in the interests of the company reflect
  greatly to his credit. He is a member of the O. R. T. The family all attend
  the Presbyterian Church. In political belief he is a Republican and holds the
  office of township auditor.