OSCAR MILLER.
Among the enterprising farmers and stock raisers of Greeley township, this county, few are better known than the gentleman whose name the reader notes above, and a brief biography covering the salient points in his life will be interesting to his many friends in this county.
Oscar Miller was born in Johnson county, Iowa, March 2, 1874, the son of John and Susan (Lippy) Miller, both natives of York county, Pennsylvania, of German descent, who came to Iowa after their marriage in the east and settled in Johnson county, where they lived until 1882. in which year they moved to Audubon county, living here for some years, at the end of which time they moved to Adair county, where they died some years later. They were the parents of nine children, five sons and four daughters: Calvin, who lives at Friend, Nebraska; Oliver, who lives in Adair county, Iowa; Emory, who lives in Roger Mills county, Oklahoma; Lloyd, who lives at Lane, South Dakota; Oscar, the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Mary Coglin, of Exira; Mrs. Anna Picking, of Hamlin; Mrs. Elizabeth Purdy, who died in Adair county; and Estella, who also died in Adair county.
Oscar Miller received but a limited education in his youth and remained at home until his marriage in 1899, in which year he bought his present farm in Greeley township, this county, where he since has made his home. This farm consists of one hundred and twenty acres and on this Mr. Miller carries on a general system of farming and engages quite profitably in stock raising. He has brought his farm to an excellent state of cultivation and is regarded as being quite well circumstanced.
On February 15, 1899, in Greeley township, Oscar Miller was united in marriage with Low M. Hays, who was born in Rock Island county, Illinois, December 30, 1876, the daughter of Frew and Louisa M. (Reed) Hays. A genealogy of the Hays family is presented in the biographical sketch of Frew Hays, of this county, elsewhere in this volume.
To Oscar and Low M. (Hays) Miller have been born three children, all daughters: Olive, born on March 4, 1901; Winnie, June 21, 1902; and Iva, April 4, 1906, charming little girls, a continual source of sunshine in the happy home of their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller are supporters of the Baptist church, of which Mrs. Miller is a member, and they are actively interested in all the good works of their community. Mr. Miller is a Democrat and though taking an active interest in local political affairs never has sought office, being content to give the best of his time and his energies to his home and his farm. He and Mrs. Miller are popular in the social circle in which they move and have the confidence and esteem of their neighbors.
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Transcribed from History of Audubon County, Iowa Its People, Industries and Institutions With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, by H. F. Andrews, editor, Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company, 1915, pp. 778-779.
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