Attorney at Centerville, was born in the year 1822, in Columbiana County, Ohio, a son of Rev. John J. and Elizabeth (Koontz) Miller, who were both natives of Pennsylvania and of German ancestry. Mr. Miller left his home at the age of twelve years, going to Louisville, Kentucky, where he began to learn the carpenter's trade, which he followed in that city till seventeen years of age. He then worked at his trade in Lawrence County, Indiana, about six years, when he went to Ozark Mountains, Missouri. The following year he went to St. Louis, and in the spring of 1846 he came to Iowa, locating first at Farmington, Van Buren County, where he worked on the Croton Mills for some time. He came to Appanoose County in the fall of 1850 and began breaking prairie land. In his youth his educational advantages were very limited, but by reading and private study he acquired a fair business education. At intervals from 1844 to 1855 he studied law, and in 1856 he was admitted to the bar at Centerville. He then engaged in the practice of law at Centerville. In politics he was formerly a Whig, and was one of the organizers of the Republican Party in Appanoose County. In the spring of 1856 he was elected justice of the peace and served one term of two years. In 1876 he was elected State Senator of the Fourth Senatorial District of Iowa. Mr. Miller was married July 8, 1844, at Leesville, Lawrence County, Indiana, to Rhoda A. Swindler. Mr. Miller has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1844, and has always held some position in the church and at present is a class-leader. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Jackson Lodge, No. 42, at Centerville.
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