BIO:  SAMUEL F. MILLER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 585-586
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    SAMUEL F. MILLER, a leading business man and grain merchant of
  Mechanicsburg, was born in that city, Sept. 20, 1856, son of David and Leah
  (Forney) Miller, the former of whom was born May 14, 1825, on the old
  homestead farm of his father in Windsor township, fourteen miles north of
  Reading, Berks county.

    David Miller was a son of George and Mollie (Raver) Miller, natives of
  Berks county, who came of German ancestors. They were consistent Lutherans
  and very excellent people. Eight children were born to them, of whom David,
  father of our subject, was second in the order of birth. He remained upon the
  farm with his father, attending public school during the winter, until he was
  seventeen years of age. At that

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  time he went to Leesport, Berks county, Pa., and began learning the trade of
  a miller. After remaining there three years, he attended school for three
  months. By this time he was twenty years of age, and he rented a water mill
  on Maiden creek, in the township of that name, Berks county. Operating the
  mill for three years, he returned to Leesport, and formed a partnership with
  William Major, but sold his interest in 1853. The same year he located at.
  Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county, and built the first steam mill of the
  valley. This mill was operated some years with E. Zook, when Mr. Zook sold
  his interest to Moses Eberly, to whom, in 1861, Mr. Miller sold his interest.
  He then engaged in handling grain, and some years later added coal.

    On Oct. 18, 1852, Mr. Miller married Miss Leah Forney, born in Berks
  county, daughter of John and Lydia (Hertzler) Forney, natives of
  Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were consistent members of the Lutheran
  Church, in which they were very active. David Miller died Sept. 17, 1886, and
  at that time was one of the wealthy and highly esteemed citizens of Cumberland
  county. He was one of the stanch Republicans of this locality; a member of
  Eureka Lodge No. 302, F. & A. M., of Mechanicsburg, and a director of the
  Second National Bank of the city. The children born to himself and wife were
  as follows: Samuel F.; Miss Lydia, of Mechanicsburg; Annie M., who married
  John W. Plank, of the Plank Department Store of Carlisle, Pa.; and several
  who died in infancy.

    Samuel F. Miller was reared in Mechanicsburg, and received his education in
  the public schools and the Cumberland Valley Institute. In April, 1882, he
  married Miss Sallie Landis, a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cook)
  Landis, well-known people of Cumberland county. One child has been born of
  this marriage: David F., born March 11, 1883, a student of Gettysburg
  College. Upon the death of his father, Mr. Miller took charge of the
  business, and is now one of the leading grain and coal merchants of the city.
  His business is in a very flourishing condition, and his field of operation is
  constantly extending. In politics, he is a Republican, but he has never
  aspired to public office. For many years he has been a consistent member of
  Trinity Lutheran Church, in which he has been active in both church and
  Sunday school work. Fraternally, Mr. Miller is a member of the I. O. O. F.
  and the K. of P., as well as of the K. of M. He is a man of excellent
  business ability, a good manager, and stands very high in the commercial world.