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Born 1848
From The history of Jasper county, Missouri : including a condensed history of the state, a complete history of Carthage and Joplin, other towns and townships : together with numerous portraits of prominen (1883)
DAVID S. MILLER, painter, of the firm of Cox & Miller, was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, August 11, 1848. His father, J. D. Miller, was a carpenter by trade, and had also been merchandising, and was postmaster of Waverly, Lafayette county, Missouri, from 1871 to 1881. His father was a native of Kentucky, and his mother, Mildred, tice Haggerty, was also a native of Kentucky. His father removed to Lafayette county, Missouri, when
David was eleven years old. He was married March 5, 1877, to Anna Zook, of Frankfort, Kentucky, born in September, 1856. They have one child, Mary Miller. Mrs. Miller is a member of the M. E. Church (South), and Mr. Miller of the Christian Church. He came to Carthage August 15, 1882, where he enjoys a good business in his profession of painter. He learned his trade in St. Louis in 1864, Their place of business is on South Main Street.
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