FAMILIES M-P: MILLER LA ~ Lewis A. Miller
Lewis A. Miller (aka "L.A." MIller)
Genealogy research has identified L. A. Miller as Lewis A. MIller.
As indicated by the "pioneer" icon in the image at the left, L. A. Miller has been granted "Darrtown Pioneer," status, in the Darrtown Family Tree, because he was the first of this Miller family to live in Darrtown.
Eva (Phillips) Miller, wife of L .A. Miller, is not (yet) labeled a Darrtown "pioneer," because there is reason to believe that her parents lived in or near Darrtown. Research about the Phillips family is ongoing.
No one associated with this website has personal memories of Mr. L. A. Miller. A few of us can recall some Miller family members.
We have confirmed, from a newspaper article about the Darrtown Telephone Company, that L. A. Miller:
• was born in Vigo County, Indiana
• graduated from Central Normal University in Danville, Indiana
• taught schools in Butler County, Ohio for 26 years
• was principal of the Darrtown school
• owned and operated the Darrtown Telephone Company
• was a fur buyer and trader.
The following image displays the header to the 1900 U. S. federal census page that contained information about the L. A. Miller family.
Family profile
Click these links to access info about the L. A. Miller diaries
The full newspaper article about the telephone company is available at: Organizations / Businesses / Page 5.
Many of the facts about Mr. L.A. Miller's life that are reported in the newspaper article are confirmed in a collection of personal diaries that Mr. Miller maintained on a daily basis for over 30 years. Fortunately a large number of said diaries were donated to this website. To view the background of the diary acquistion and to see excerpts from those diaries, click the links above this column.
As of January 2015, we have not had any contact with, or records from, descendants of the L. A. Miller family. If you possess information about the L. A. Miller family that you are willing to share, please contact the Darrtown.com webmaster.
The L. A. Miller section of the 1900 federal census page (seen above) reveals the following about the L. A. Miller family:
• Lewis A Miller: "head" of the family; a white (Caucasian) male; born in October of 1862; 37 years old; and married for 17 years.
• Eva M. Miller: wife of Lewis A. Miller; a white female; born in September of 1865; 34 years old; and married for 17 years.
• Ernest A. Miller: son of Lewis and Eva; a white male; born in March of 1887; and 13 years old.
• L. A. Miller was a school teacher
• Ernest Miller was a student "at school"
The following images show census information about the Miller family/household from Darrtown, Ohio.
Individuals cited:
• Lewis A. Miller
• Eva Miller, wife of Lewis
• Ernest Miller, son of Lewis and Eva
• Bell (Wilke) Miller, wife of Ernest
• William Moulton Miller, son of Ernest and Bell
Webmaster Note: From entries in L. A. Miller’s diaries, it is established that Eva Miller’s maiden name was Phillips (see the Phillips family page).
RESEARCH BREAK-THROUGH
On January 14, 2015, Kim Johnson and Fred Lindley located the 1880 census report (displayed below) that revealed the following, heretofore, unknown facts about the L.A. Miller family:
• Otto E. Miller and Lewis A. Miller were brothers (also, confirmed in L. A. Miller's 1915 diary).
• Their parents were named Irwin and Odelia.
• Otto and Lewis had a younger sister named Emma.
Site of Miller home confirmed by 1914 map
The following image (lifted from a 1914 map of Darrtown) shows that the L. A. Miller home was located in the triangular piece of land that is formed by the intersection of Scott Road and the Hamilton-Richmond Pike (St. Rt. 177). The structure still stands today (January 2015).
The aerial image at the right replicates the perspective of the map above.
The photo was taken at the intersection of Scott Road (at the left, headed east) and St. Rt. 177 (at the right, headed southeast toward Hamilton, Ohio.
The following image shows the former L.A. Miller home - as of 2018.
The gray circle, in the photo at the left, approximates the location of the camera that took the following shot.