Alonzo F. Miller

As printed in 1884

ALONZO F. MILLER, D. D. S., was born in Rich Hill Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, October 3, 1852. He is a son of Henry and Elmira (Flemming), his father born in the same county, his mother in what is now the incorporation of Pittsburgh, Penn. The latter's mother died while Mrs. Miller was an infant, and she was reared by two aunts, who moved to Ohio in her eighteenth year. Dr. Miller's great-great-grandfather, Reasnaugh (which in this country is called Reasoner), was a French Huguenot, and was compelled to flee to this country to escape the persecutions inaugurated against their creed in France. Philip Miller, an ancestor of Dr. Miller, was born in Hanover, Germany, and came to this country in company with a widowed mother, brother and sister. He was bound out to a party in Baltimore, Md., and from the time of his separation from his brother and sister at New York he never heard from them. They were all bound out to parties in Baltimore to pay their passage — virtually, sold into slav(H'y. The brother and sister eventually located in Washington County, Penn. Dr. Miller's grandfather, Abraham Miller, located in Muskingum County, Ohio, about 1817. His father, Henry Miller, still resides in that locality. Dr. Miller was reared on a farm, and at the age of nineteen had a good common school education. He supplemented this with a course at Muskingum College, the Northwestern Normal School at Republic, Ohio, and the Iron City Commercial College, Pittsburgh. In 1876, he began the study of dentistry with Dr. Davis, of Fostoria. In March, 1878, he located in Carey, where he has established an extensive practice in his profession. He was married, September 13, 1877, to Elmira S., daughter of Rev. Henry and Lydia (Voght) Strauch, the former a minister of the Evangelical Church. Mrs. Miller was born April 9, 1861, in Chillicothe, Ohio. Edna L. is their only child. Before locating in Carey, Dr. Miller attended the Ann Arbor Dental College, at which he graduated in May, 1878. He is a member of the Masonic order, and a much respected citizen. The Doctor is the eldest of nine children — Alonzo F., Rachel L., Lena M., George D., Elmer L., Delia M., Mary E. and Jacob H., all living.

As printed in The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county: its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; (1884). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.