Miller, Ira V. (1858-1950)

MILLER

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 5/30/2021 at 16:36:52

Ira V. Miller
(September 24, 1858 – July 10, 1950)

I. V. Miller, proprietor of the Rink Livery, Sale & Feed Barn, Battle Creek, Iowa, is one of the prominent and successful business men of the town. This is the largest and best establishment of the kind in Battle Creek, the building being 30 x 80 feet, and well arranged and equipped throughout. Mr. Miller keeps a full line of carriages and buggies and from ten to sixteen good driving horses, speedy and gentle. His extensive acquaintance throughout the country and his kind courtesy to patrons at once secured him a good trade. Mr. Miller was born near Monroe, in Green County, Wisconsin, September 24, 1858. His father, Charles Miller, a native of Pennsylvania, and one of the early settlers of Green County, Wisconsin, died in Watouwan County, Minnesota, at the age of sixty-eight years. His mother, whose maiden name was Martha Adams, was born in Tennessee, and is now living in Martin County, Minnesota, aged sixty-eight years. They had seven children, three sons and four daughters, I. V., being the second-born. When he was five years old, the family moved to Benton county and located near Vinton, where he grew up to farm life, receiving his education in the common schools and at Tillford Academy in Vinton. In 1882 he came to Ida County, and spent two years here. Then he went to Storm Lake, Iowa, and for two years was a traveling salesman for the Singer Sewing Machine Company. At the end of that time he returned to Ida county, and has since made his home here. He lived in Garfield township for some time previous to locating in Battle Creek.
Mr. Miller was married in Benton County, Iowa, in 1881, to Miss Ada Usher, daughter of G. S. Usher, a prominent citizen of Ida County. They have six children: Dolly, Lelia, Vida, Francis, Ray U., and Le Roy.Mr. Miller is a Republican, and politically, socially and financially he is classed with the best citizens of the town.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.509