George S. Miller

As printed in 1910

GEORGE S. MILLER.

One of the honored public servants in Nodaway county is George S. Miller, who has forged his way to the front by a strong inherent force and well directed intelligence and judgment and he stands today among the enterprising, public spirited men of his locality. He keeps fully in touch with means and measures for the advancement of Maryville and for the welfare of the populace, being mindful of the duties he owes to the community, discharging the same as becomes a man of character and influence, and as a citizen he is fully abreast of the times, having decided opinions and the courage of his convictions on all the leading questions of the day. He has made a very commendable record as county engineer, which responsible position he is at this writing holding.

Mr. Miller was born on August 3, 1856, in DeKalb county, Indiana. He is the son of Joseph Miller, one of the very earliest settlers of northern Indiana, having first visited that country as a government deputy surveyor several years before any permanent settlement was made, when the cabin of the French fur trade and the wigwam of the red man were still to be found. Joseph Miller married Rebecca Moody, daughter of Daniel Moody, a German who came to DeKalb county with the first pioneers. The parents of George S. Miller were married in 1832, and they reared a family of twelve children, of whom George S. was the youngest in order of birth. The father and his sons developed a good farm from the wilderness and became well established.

George S. Miller came with his father to Nodaway county, Missouri, in 1866, a lad ten years old, and he grew to manhood on a farm near Guilford, and during the winter months attended the neighboring schools. How ever, his father being hard pressed to make a living for his large family while they were growing up, and also owing to the fact that educational facilities were limited, the subject did not receive a very extended text-book train ing, consequently he has been compelled to make up for it in home study. He became quite proficient in mathematics, in the study of which his father encouraged him, and from the fact that the elder Miller was a civil engineer he was quite capable of initiating his son into the mysteries of higher mate mates. The fact that the father also held the office of county surveyor also gave the young man practice along with “theory.”

In 1887 George S. Miller moved to Wichita county, Kansas, and in the fall of 1888 he was elected to the office of county surveyor and commissioner of roads and bridges, which he held for eight years in a manner that won the confidence and approval of all concerned. I11 March, 1902. he was married to Mary Flanagan, of Nodaway county, her father having come to this locality in 1870 and became well known in his community.

Mr. and Mrs. Miller lived in Kansas three years, then returned to Nod away county. After serving as deputy county surveyor for a period of six years, Mr. Miller was elected county surveyor and bridge commissioner in the fall of 1904, and he was re-elected to the same office in the fall of 1909.

On February 12, 1910. he was appointed county highway engineer, being the first man who ever held two county offices in Nodaway county. This is certainly evidence of his high standing among his fellow citizens here and of his genuine worth and ability as a public servant. As an official he is said to be obliging, courteous, painstaking, honest and conscientious at all times.

To Mr. and Mrs. Miller six children have been born, namely: Walter, Ira, Karl, Garland, Mary and Isaac, all members of the home circle and students in the Maryville schools

As printed in Past and present of Nodaway County, Missouri (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.