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LYMAN F. MILLER

A descendant of Revolutionary ancestry and of good fighting stock, Lyman F.
Miller, of Deer Park, fearlessly performed his duty as a soldier in the Union
army and has also ably discharged his responsibilities as a private citizen and
a public officer. A native of Vermont, he was born September 1, 1844, his
parents being Julius W. and Harriet E. (Field) Miller. The father died in 1895
and the mother passed away many years previous, in 1852. The grandfather of our
subject on the maternal side was a captain in the war of 1812 and ancestors of
the family have been traced as far back as Colonial times. Lyman F. Miller was
taken to Wisconsin when he was eight years old and received his preliminary
education in the public schools of that state and Illinois. In response to the
call of President Lincoln he enlisted in Company C, One hundred and sixth
Illinois Infantry, and served in the Civil war under General Sherman, under
General Grant at Vicksburg, and under General Steele in Arkansas. After
receiving his honorable discharge he went to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and was
engaged in a mill, doing millwright work and filing. In 1871 he engaged at his
trade as millwright at Lebanon, Missouri, and became half-owner in a mill. After
three years he went to Marshalltown, Iowa, and followed his trade for eight
years in that place, He then took up his residence at Bartlett, Nebraska, where
he became quite prominent, serving as county surveyor for four years. He removed
to Kinbrae, Minnesota, at the end of the time named and followed his trade
there, also filling the position of mayor of the town for six years and
postmaster for eight years. Believing that the northwest offered more favorable
inducements than he perceived in Minnesota, he came to Washington and was for
three years a resident of Newport, where he engaged as a millwright, and from
there he removed to Deer Park, where he has since remained. He has prospered in
his work at this place and is now superintending the construction of the new
high school building.

On the 2d of April, 1868, Mr. Miller was married in Wisconsin, to Miss Harriet
C. Cook, a daughter of Jacob Cook. Her ancestors were among the first German
settlers of New York state. Mr. and Mrs. Miller became the parents of the
following children: Edward, who married Cora Shipman; Ida M., who is the wife of
W. J. Drake; Laura E., now Mrs. H. A. Noyse; Nellie H., who married J. Moore;
and Myrtle. The mother of these children died in 1888. Mr. Miller has given his
support to the republican party ever since he arrived at manhood and is now
serving as mayor of Deer Park. He is not identified with any religious
denomination but is an attendant of the Congregational church. Fraternally he is
connected with the Odd Fellows and has passed through all the chairs of the
subordinate lodge, being at the present time chaplain of Deer Park Lodge. He is
also a member of the Rebekahs and of the Grand Army of the Republic. As is
indicated by the various offices he has filled, Mr. Miller is highly active and
efficient in anything he undertakes. He has never shirked responsibility and as
he is a man of good judgment and tact he has been successful in many important
undertakings. He sees no reason to regret establishing his permanent home in
Deer Park, as here he has found friends and is recognized as one of the most
useful men of the community.

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Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in June 2017 by Diane Wright.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.