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Born 1870
From History of Allen county, Ohio and representative citizens (1906)
HARLES H. MILLER, wholesale and retail dealer in meats, has been in business in Lima for a period of more than twenty years, He is a son of J. J. Miller, a prominent merchant of Lima until his retirement in 1875, who died in 1903.
Charles H. Miller was born in Lima in 1870, and was educated in the common schools until he was 15 years of age, when he entered upon his career in the meat business. Opening a retail store, he conducted it continuously and in a very profitable manner until February, 1905, when he increased the business by adding a wholesale department. His establishment is most complete in every particular, being fitted with machinery for the manufacture of all kinds of sausages, bologna, etc., and also equipped with an ice plant, which has a daily capacity of 10 tons. Great care is exercised to have everything of the best, and his goods have a well-earned reputation for reliability and superiority.
In 1891 Mr. Miller was married to Elizabeth Wiermann, and a family of three children have blessed their union, namely; Rosa, Eugene and Harry. They are attendants of the German Reformed Church. Mr. Miller is a Republican, but has never been active in politics, devoting his time and attention to his business interests instead. Fraternally he is a member of the Eagles, National Union and the Knights of Pythias.
As printed in History of Allen county, Ohio and representative citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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