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Summit County, Ohio

Lewis Miller

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From Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908)

As printed in 1908

LEWIS A. MILLER, one of Akron's capitalists and men of large business interests, whose investments and dealings in real estate in city and vicinity include the handling of some of the most valuable property in this section, is also interested in the manufacture of electric automobiles, and he is vice-president and a director of the Byrider Auto Company of Cleveland.

Mr. Miller was born at Canton, Ohio, in October, 1863, and is a son of Lewis Miller. His parents moved from Canton to Akron when he was six months old. Lewis Miller, the father, was the inventor of the Buckeye mower, reaper and binder, and he was also the founder of the great Chautauqua movement, in 1874.

Lewis A. Miller was reared at Akron, where he attended the public schools and for a time was a student at Mt. Union College. He then made a tour of Europe, afterwards returning to Akron, For the fifteen years following, Mr. Miller was connected with the firm of Aultman and Miller, as a department manager and as a member of the board of directors. He also acted as assistant.secretary to his brother. For the past si.x years he has given his main attention to investments of a realty character, as mentioned above. Mr. Miller is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Akron, and belongs to its official board. He still retains his membership and interest in his Greek fraternity at Mt. Union College.

As printed in Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.

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