Genealogy of the Bryan and Martin Families
John Jasper Miller
1879 - 1950 (70 years)
Generation: 1
1. John Jasper Miller was born on 12 Dec 1879 in Pennsylvania, USA (son of Newlyn Miller and Harriet ?); died in SEPT 1950. Other Events and Attributes:
- Military service: World War I draft registration
- Census: 1900, Toby Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Census: 1910, Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Census: 1930, Natrona Heights, Harrison Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Notes:
John Miller and his brothers, Harry and George, were in the furniture business and owned Miller Brothers Furniture in Tarentum, Pennsylvania. John went to California, but decided to return to Pennsylvania. He proposed to Florence Elder in a letter he wrote while in California. He also invested in a restaurant that failed. He and his brothers also owned a farm that raised silver foxes, and George Miller lived on the farm near Rimersburg, Pennsylvania.
John married Florence Idella Elder on 25 Apr 1906 in Rimersburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA. Florence (daughter of Samuel Blair Elder and Margaret Thompson) was born on 9 Mar 1885 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in Oct 1978 in Natrona Heights, Harrison Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Dorothy Eleanor Miller was born on 30 Aug 1913 in Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 29 Aug 2008 in Kettering, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA.
- Pauline May Miller was born in cir 1925 in Pennsylvania, USA; died before 2008.
2. Newlyn Miller was born in Jun 1855 in Pennsylvania, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Newlin
- Census: 1880, Toby, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Census: 1900, Toby, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA
Notes:
Newlyn owned a furniture store. There may have been two other children, Zelvie and Bertin.
Newlyn + Harriet ?. Harriet was born in SEPT 1857 in Pennsylvania, USA; died after 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Harriet ? was born in SEPT 1857 in Pennsylvania, USA; died after 1913. Notes:
Harriet had a total of 12 children, and she died shortly after 1913.
Children:
- Harry Miller was born in cir 1878 in Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1. John Jasper Miller was born on 12 Dec 1879 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in SEPT 1950.
- Clara Miller was born in cir 1880.
- Nellie Miller was born in cir 1880.
- Belle Miller was born in cir 1880.
- Beulah Miller was born in cir 1880.
- Marjorie Miller was born in cir 1880.
- George W. Miller was born in cir 1886.