In the Hon. D. C. Miller, of Newell, Buena Vista county has a man of ripe experience for Representative in the Twenty-sixth General Assembly. He was born in Portage, Livingston county, New York, November 27, 1828, and lived there till he was 20 years of age. From 1848 to 1875 he lived on a farm near Rockford, Illinois; the next five years were spent in Rockford, and since 1880 he has lived at Newell, his present home. He received his education in the common schools of his native place. Until the last ten years he was engaged in farming. In 1885 he went into the banking business under the firm name of Miller & Gordon, but it has since been changed to Miller & Chaney. He was married over forty years ago to Miss Agnes B. Lawson. They have had a family of six daughters, all of whom are married now. Mr. Miller was a Democrat before the Republican party was born. He voted for Franklin Pierce in 1852. Four years later he changed and voted for John C. Fremont, and ever since he has pinned his faith to the Republican party, growing up with it. He has not been an office-seeker in any sense of the word, and the only positions he has held have been purely local. He belongs to the Congregational church. He is a Prohibitionist and would like to see the present mulct plan of controlling the liquor traffic given a fair trial.
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