Eli Miller

As printed in 1902

ELI MILLER.

A thoroughly representative citizen and successful farmer of Holmes township, Crawford county, is Eli Miller, who was born in Richland county, Ohio, on March 13, 1850, a son of Joseph and Louisa (Hacker) Miller, and belonged to a family of ten children, nine of whom are living, viz.: Eli, of this biography; John S., residing on a part of the home farm; Ceno P., residing with his mother on the home place; Alva M., of Putnam county; Josiah, of Putnam county; Joseph F., of Wyandot county; Barbara, the wife of George Grau, of Whitley county, Indiana; Dora, the wife of Frank Muchling, of Putnam county; and Ellen, the wife of Joseph Nickler, of Liberty township. The parents of Mr. Miller were married in 1848, and they then located in Crawford county, purchasing the eighty acres of land which now is included in the Miller home, and as prosperity came the father purchased much more land, eighty acres lying to the north of his farm, eighty on the south and fifty a short distance east, making a large estate of two hundred and ninety acres in all. The father died January 28, 1897, and there passed away one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Holmes township.

Eli Miller, a worthy descendant of most excellent parents, was carefully reared by them through childhood, and attended the common schools. He was taught to be industrious and honest and those lessons have never been

6o8 CENTENNIAL forgotten. On February 20. 1873, he was married to Miss Julia A. Spalir, a native of this township, a (laughter of George A. Spahr (a sketch of whom appears in another part of this volume), one of the prominent farmers of this county. Following his marriage, Mr. Miller purchased fifty acres of land in the vicinity of the home farm, but finding the payments too heavy for a beginner he sold the property to his father and rented land until the spring of 1888, when he removed to his present home farm, which he had acquired in the fall of 1883. Here Mr. Miller has given his attention most successfully to general farming and stock-raising, becoming, as the years have passed, one of the reliable and substantial farmers of Holmes township.

Five children came to Mr. and Mrs. Miller, the survivors being: Elmer M., Dennis E., Harvey L., and Alfred E., Clarence J. being the name of the little son that passed early out of life. With the exception of Dennis, who is engaged in teaming in Bucyrus, these many, intelligent sons still remain under the parental roof. In politics Mr. Miller is a Democrat, and has taken a great interest in public affairs. For the past seven years he has been a trustee in the United Brethren church, of which he has long been a worthy member and to which his contributions are most substantial. Holmes township is fortunate in having among its citizens such honest, energetic and progressive men as Eli Miller.

As printed in A centennial biographical history of Crawford County, Ohio .. (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.