Isaac Miller
Isaac Miller, farmer and stockraiser, resides on Section 1, Prairie Township, where he owns 154 acres of land, all under a high state of cultivation. He was born in Westmoreland county, Penn., in 1818, a son of Robert and Martha (Huey) Miller, the father of English descent and the mother a native of Ireland. In 1827 the family moved to Holmes county, Ohio, being among the earliest settlers. The father died in 1830, leaving his wife with a large family of children to care for and rear. Our subject was the youngest son, and although then but twelve years of age he was his mother's mainstay, and after the rest of the children left home he remained with his mother and cared for her until her death, which occurred in 1861. Of a family of nine children, but two are living: Nancy, widow of Joseph McCullough, and Isaac.
Isaac Miller has been one of the prosperous farmers of Prairie township, and has given liberally of his means to promote the material interests of the township, taking an especial interest in the building of school-houses and churches. In politics he is a Democrat, and has been a trustee of his township several years.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889