The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-22
An Old and Esteemed Citizen.

lert OI tnlN rh"ttU. was DpEU bfaf
Newark. New jersey. on the 2dth
day Of May, 1858. the year Of tho
"Metcoric shower or falling OF the
stars" III. inthcr. John M.llcr.
was of German descent and was a
school teacher and farmer; his
mother. Margaret Scott Miller.
was of Irish descent. There were
seven children Ia the family.
Lewis was the youngest child.
His father died when Lewis was
threc years old aud his mother
when he wal eight years old.
The family thrn brcamr scpnrat-
ed each one looking ou, for them
selves. At the age OF nine years,
Lewis found n home on farm
and for such services received hi-
board and clothes, and at the age
Of twelve received three dollar.
per month. A. the age Of fifteen
he commenced learning the pla-t-
crcrs trade and Mt tina, served In
Chester county. Penn, four years
for which he received n compen-
sa,ion his board and everyday
clothes.
In the spring Of i~j2. after hay-
ing completed his apprenticeship
mud worked one season ~ jot rncy-
man for which ne got the highest
wages, s7i cts. per day, he
went to New Orleans. where he
received $500 per day. Being
afraid To remain In the south In
the summer he went to Cincinnati
Il and worked mt his trade there
receiving never less than 500
per day. In the fall of isj2 he
went to Covingtor. Ky, taking n
large contract but wHs soon taken
sick with typhoid fever which nc-
ccssitatcd him to give mp the con-
tract at quite loss. III. sickness
and loss on contract consumed
abou, all he had made during the
summer. lie then went to ST
Louis aud shortly after arriving
there accidcntly met hi brother
Hancc. whom he had not seen for
twelve years. Lewis came 10
High lIill with his brother linncc.
where he was then engaged Ia
milling nr.G .arming. Atthai time
j. =. Rowe, Iiancc Miller and Wm.
II. lloss, uldcr the firm name of
Rowe, Miller X CO.. owned aud
operated the High Iiill steam mill.
When Lewis arrived at High iiill.
which was about December. I-j2.
he had In the way Of capital jus,
two ten dollar bills. and the first
worl; he engaged 10 after he mr.
rived there was cutting cord wood
for the mill. In the spring Of 1867
he rented his BROTHER interest,
consisting Of onc-third OF the mill.
The firm consisted Of Ino. S. Rowe,
l.. y. Miller and W. ~. iloss. In
the fall OF isj3 Mr.. Hoss died and
the mill as whole was sold at
auction and our subject, l.. y.
Miller, bought II for $3.50. liav-
ing no money he had to borrow 1t,
Of course.
Ia February, 80, he married Miss |
Sarah II. Hamilton OF Danvillo,
who died In the same year lcav-
ing little daughter, who also
died the next November, 1857. In
July, is5s, he married Miss Julia
A. Trigg Of Columbia, Mo. She
died Sept. 20, is9s. OF this mar /
riage there were born fvc child
rem, all boys, two died In infancy |
At this writing there Is Jerry H.,
John T.. and Douglas, living.
In 1860 Mr.. Miller rented the
mill property and with his family
moved to Columbia and engaged
In the mercantile business, and
was In that business when the war
of the rebellion commenced. |
Himself and partner, Jas. II.
Waugh, declared themselves for
the Union. and when that fact be-
came known many Of their GUS
toners ceased to patronize them