HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes,
Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III,
pp. 1245-46.   [Bourbon County]

WILLIAM McCLURE MILLER, M.D.--On other pages of this work is entered
detailed record concerning the Miller family, which was founded in Bourbon
county, Kentucky, prior to the war of the Revolution, by Major John Miller,
in whose honor the thriving little city of Millersburg received its name.
Of this honored family whose name has been indissolubly and prominently
identified with the development and up-building of this favored section of
the Bluegrass state, Dr. Miller is a worthy scion, and as one of the
representative physicians and surgeons of his native county, as well as by
reason of his high status as a business man and influential citizen, it is
imperative as a matter of consistency that in this volume be incorporated
a brief review of his career.  For adequate data concerning the family
history ready reference may be made to the article previously mentioned,
the same appearing under the indexed title of the "Miller Family".
     Dr. William McClure Miller, who is engaged in the practice of his
profession in Millersburg and who is president of the Exchange Bank of this
city, was born near Millersburg, Bourbon county, Kentucky, on the 6th of
October, 1849, and is a son of James M. and Rachel A. J. (Hitt) Miller,
whose marriage was solemnized in Bourbon county in the year 1843.  James
M. Miller was born in this county, on the 14th of January, 1823, and his
wife was here ushered into the world on the 27th of March, 1825.  James M.
Miller was a son of Alexander S. Miller, who was born in Bourbon county,
on the 5th of May, 1796, and who here continued to reside until the close
of his long and useful life, which came to its end on the 6th of January,
1870.  Alexander S. Miller married Miss Martha Harris, who was born in
Bourbon county on the 5th of February, 1801, and whose death here occurred
on the 8th of July, 1854.  Alexander S. Miller was one of the successful
agriculturists and representative citizens of his native county, and was
influential in connection with public affairs of a local order.  He was a
son of Major John Miller, the founder of the family in Kentucky, and
concerning the latter due mention is made in the previously noted record
concerning the family.
     Soon after their marriage James M. Miller and his wife settled on the
old Hitt homestead, three miles south of Millersburg, there having been the
birthplace of Mrs. Miller.  On this finely improved farm, eligibly
situated on the Maysville and Lexington Pike, James M. Miller continued to
be actively engaged in farming and stock-growing for many years, and no
citizen holds more secure place in popular confidence and esteem.  He was
a man of sterling character and strong intellectuality and his influence
and tangible co-operation were given to those measures and enterprises
tending to conserve and advance the best interests of the community.  He
was a stanch advocate of the principles and policies of the Democratic
party, and both he and his wife were zealous members of the Methodist
church.  He passed to his reward on the 27th of August, 1881, and his
cherished and devoted wife survived him by nearly a quarter of a century,
having been summoned to the life eternal on the 19th of September, 1904;
her memory is revered by all who came within the sphere of her gracious
and kindly influence.  James M. and Rachel A. J. (Hitt) Miller became the
parents of eight children, concerning whom the following brief data are
given; Miss Mary Mac is living in Atlanta, Georgia; John A. died when 59
years, while living in Atlanta, Georgia, where his family still lives--wife
and three daughters and one son; Dr. William McClure, whose name initiates
this article, was the next in order of birth; Henry Bascom is a resident
of Atlanta, Georgia, where he is engaged in drug business; Martha is wife
of R. P. Milam, of Atlanta; Raymond is a ranchman by vocation and resided
in Colorado, near Pueblo; and Robert L. is living in Dublin, Georgia in
the furniture and undertaking business.
     Dr. William McClure Miller, who is of the fourth generation in line
of direct descent from Major John Miller, was reared on the home farm and
under its sturdy and invigorating discipline he waxed strong in mental
and physical powers.  After duly availing himself of the advantages of the
common schools of the locality and period he continued his higher studies
in the Kentucky Weslyan College in Millersburg.  With such excellent
academic training as a basis for technical discipline he finally entered
the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, in the city of Philadelphia, in which
institution he completed the prescribed course and was graduated as a
member of the class of 1870.  In the following year, shortly after
attaining his legal majority, he engaged in the drug business in
Millersburg, where he successfully continued operations in this line of
enterprise for fully a quarter of a century, during which he maintained
prestige as one of the representative business men of the thriving little
city of which his honored ancestor was the founder.  His predilection for
the medical profession had been fortified by his former technical training
and by his long experience in the drug business, and finally he determined
to prepare himself for that profession.  He entered the Ohio Medical
College in the city of Cincinnati, where he completed the regular course
of study and in this excellent institution he was graduated as the member
of the class of 1889, duly receiving his well-earned degree of Doctor of
Medicine.  To fortify himself still further for the exacting and
responsible work of his chosen profession, the Doctor went to London,
England, soon after his graduation, and in that great metropolis he
completed an effective post-graduate course in the year 1890.  In 1894 he
also took a course in the New York Post-Graduate School of Medicine, and
during the intervening years, through careful study and investigation,
with resource to the best of standard and periodical literature of his
profession, he has kept in close touch with the advances made in both
medicine and surgery, the while his success in his profession in
Millersburg since the time of his graduation, and here he has ministered
with all of devotion and much of skill in the alleviation of human
suffering, the while he is held in affectionate regard by the many
families he has thus served in his humane and noble mission.  He is a
member of the Bourbon County Medical Society, the Kentucky State Medical
Association, and for nearly forty years he has been affiliated with Amity
Lodge, No. 40, Free & Accepted Masons, in Millers, of which body he has
thrice served as worshipful master.  He and his wife hold membership in
the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and his political allegiance is
given to the Democratic party, in whose faith he was reared.  Mr. Miller
is intrinsically loyal, progressive and public-spirited in his civic
attitude and gives his support to all objects and measures that are
projected for the best interests of his home city and county.
     Dr. Miller has been twice married.  On the 25th of April, 1883, was
solemnized his union to Miss Martha Hutchcraft, who was born and reared
in Bourbon county and who was the daughter of the late James Hutchcraft,
a well-known citizen of this section of the state.  Mrs. Miller passed to
eternal rest on the 27th of March, 1903, having borne no children.  On
the 29th of January, 1906, Dr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss
Alice Hart, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, and who is a daughter of
Dr. Charles F. and Anna (Hutchcraft) Hart, both of whom were born in
Kentucky and both of whom are now deceased.  Dr. and Mrs. Miller have
two sons--William McClure, Jr., who was born November 17, 1906, and Charles
Hart, who was born on the 16th of May, 1908.  Dr. and Mrs. Miller are
prominent in connection with the leading social activities of Millersburg
and their home is one notable for its gracious hospitality.

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