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John R. Miller
John R. Miller, the well known custodian of the courthouse at
Pueblo and
junior vice commander of the Spanish War Veterans in Colorado,
was born in
Jacksonville, Morgan county, Illinois, April 21, 1869. He is the
youngest child
in a family of four sons whose parents were George and Mary
(Peterson) Miller.
When a small boy the family removed to Kansas, where the father
served as a
minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. Both parents are now
deceased.
John R. Miller was educated in the rural schools of Kansas, in
which state
his early life was spent. On starting out in life for himself he
chose
railroading and for many years was a locomotive engineer. About
1888 he came to
Colorado and located at Pueblo, where for a time he was in the
employ of the
Smelter and Steel Works. During the trouble with Spain he
enlisted in 1898 in
Company C, First Colorado Infantry, and remained in the service
for eighteen
months, one year of that time being spent in the Philippines.
The democratic party has always found in Mr. Miller a stanch
supporter and
he has been called upon to serve as a delegate to both county
and state
conventions. On the 1st of January, 1917, he accepted his
present position as
custodian of the courthouse at Pueblo and his duties have always
been promptly
and faithfully performed. Fraternally he is a valued member of
the Knights of
Pythias, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the
Veterans of Foreign
Wars, and is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. He takes a
deep interest in public affairs and is always ready to aid any
enterprise which
he believes will prove of benefit to his community or the
country at large. He
is fond of outdoor life and is a man who commands the respect
and confidence of
all with whom he comes in contact.
Source: Stone, Wilbur Fiske,
History of Colorado, volume III. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke
Publishing Company, 1918.
Contributed by Joy Fisher (Dec08)
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