Samuel Harrison Miller
The biographer can see nothing but good results flowing from the life work of the ancestors of the gentleman whose name forms the introduction to this sketch, for they were persons of the highest respectability and of unusual intelligence, therefore were leaders in their respective communities and useful citizens, their influence having always been strong for upright living and steady industry. Many of these traits seem to be possessed by Samuel H. Miller, a well-known business man of Doylestown, Wayne county,. He is the son of John and Susan (Bauer) Miller and was born in Nazareth, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1839, and in May, 1843, he came with his parents to Norton township,Summit county, Ohio. He was educated in the district schools, also attended the high school at Akron, and, being a close student, he received a very serviceable education. He left the home farm when twelve years of age, and, having very early in life shown an inclination to the mercantile life, he began clerking in the store f Milton W. Henry, of Akron,Ohio, where he remained for a period of six years, rendering that gentleman very efficient service. In December 1863, he came to Doylestown and engaged as bookkeeper for Cline, Seiberling & Hower, manufacturers of mowers and reapers. so faithful and efficient were his services that on September 1, 1865, he was admitted to the firm and the name was changed to Cline, Seiberling & Company, and it was again changed on December 31, 1878, to Seiberling, Miller & Company, composed of John F. Seiberling, of Akron; James H. Seiberling and Samuel H. Miller, of Doylestown. In March 1896, the firm was changed to Seiberling & Miller, John F. Seiberling having withdrawn. This firm continued with usual success until March, 1901, when the firm was incorporated under the laws of Ohio under the name of Seiberling & Miller Company, and they have thus continued in business to this date, manufacturing mowers, reapers and binders of a very high grade and which find a ready market owing to their excellent qualities, the business rapidly growing and invading new territory from year to year. Their plant is well equipped with modern machinery and a large force of the most skilled artisans is kept constantly employed.
Samuel H. Miller was married on August 29, 1867, to Ella L. Schneider, daughter of Alfred and Clarissa (Clewell) Schneider, who was born in Hanover, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, on January 17, 1847. In 1852 the family removed to Norton township, Summit county, Ohio. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Miller, four of whom are living namely: Fred J., born December 8, 1868, is living at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, William R., born March 6, 1875, a mechanical engineer at Akron; Sydney L., born April 5, 1885, is living at Doylestown, Ohio; Lucile M. (Shimer), born November 3, 1886, is residing at Nazareth, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Miller is treasurer and director of the Indiana Rubber and Insulted Wire Company, of Jonesboro, Indiana, and he is also interested in farming. He has been very successful as a business man owing to his close application to individual affairs and his genteel demeanor in his relations with his fellowmen.
Mr. Miller has always been a Republican, having voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. He has never held public office, except having served on the local board of education and as village treasurer. He is a member of the lodge and encampment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Masonic lodge, chapter, council and commandery, and Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Cleveland also Alkoran Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Cleveland, Ohio.
From The History of Wayne County, Ohio, B. E. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1910