WILLIAM E. MILLER

An excellent farm property of two hundred acres situated on section 24, Deer Creek township, Worth county, pays tribute to the care and labor bestowed upon it by William E. Miller, the enterprising owner, who is one of the leading farmers of his section of the state. He was born in Jasper county, Missouri, February 4, 1871, and is a son of E. H. Miller, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work. He was only a year old when his parents removed from Missouri and took up their abode in Danville township, Worth county, where he pursued his education as a pupil in the public schools, From the age of fourteen years he has .resided upon his present farm, living here with his father through the latter period of his minority. He has since given his time and energies to the further cultivation and improvement of the place and now has two hundred acres of valuable farm land which he cultivates. He has brought his fields to a state of high productivity and annually gathers rich harvests of those cereals best adapted to soil and climatic conditions here.

On the 20th of August, 1902, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Suhring, a daughter of Albert and Rose (Pechia) Suhring. Mrs. Miller was born in Kensett township, Worth county, where her marriage was celebrated. Her father was a native of Germany and came to the United States when a boy with his parents, the family home being established first in Ontario, Canada, whence a removal was afterward made to Kensett township, Worth county, Iowa. Her father there engaged in farming, continuing his residence in the county until 1913, when he went to Perham, Ottertail county, Minnesota, and bought a farm of two hundred and forty acres. To that tract he has since added one hundred and twenty acres, so that he is now the owner of three hundred and sixty acres of valuable farm land, which he has carefully cultivated and improved with all modern conveniences and accessories of the model farm of the twentieth century. His wife was born in Allamakee county, Iowa, and removed to Kensett township with her parents during her early girlhood. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have become the parents of one child, Albert E.

They are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are people of genuine worth, enjoying the goodwill and confidence of all who know them. Mr. Miller is a republican in his political views and has served as justice of the peace for four years, during which he rendered decisions that were strictly fair and impartial. He also served as school director for three years and the cause of education has ever found in him a stalwart champion. He concentrates his efforts and attention, however, upon his business affairs and his persistency of purpose and keen discrimination have been important elements in gaining for him his present success.

SOURCE: HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1918, VOL. II; PAGES 196-197

Transcription by Gordon Felland, 9/22/2006