Saline County Bios
"Portrait and Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion Counties," 1893
ALBERT MILLER, of Eureka Township.
Saline County, residing on section 2, is a
prominent farmer. He claims Scott County,
Ind., as the place of his birth, which occurred June 16, 1850. His father is Philip Miller.
The maiden name of his mother was Rebecca Van
Buskirk. The death of the latter took place in
Indiana, in November, 1850. His father again
married, Miss Sarah Boyer becoming his second
wife. They came to Kansas in the fall of 1867,
locating in Saline County, where, in March, 1885,
Mrs. Miller died. The father of our subject is still
living. By the first marriage there were born four
children, of whom our subject was the youngest.
Albert came with his parents when about seventeen years of age to Saline County and has since
here resided. His educational advantages were
those afforded by the common schools in his native
State, and his boyhood days were spent in the
usual manner of farmer lads. After attaining his
majority, he married Martha E. Peck, on the 3d
of December, 1876, in the township of Eureka.
Mrs. Miller was born in Union County, Iowa.
Their union has been graced with five children,
three of whom are living, viz.: Albert L., Harry
E. and Frances E. Those deceased are Elzema and
Ernest W. The parents of Mrs. Miller were William B. and Mary D. (Pooler) Peck. They came
from Union County, Iowa, in 1869 to Saline
County, Kan., where they lived until the death of
Mr. Peck in August, 1882. Mrs. Miller was the
eldest daughter and third child in a family of
seven children.
Mr. Miller has followed agricultural pursuits
since attaining to man's estate and now is the
owner of a well-cultivated and finely kept farm.
It comprises three hundred and ten acres. Besides
a comfortable residence, commodious barns and
other outbuildings attest his thrift and enterprise.
He is numbered among the early and most highly
respected settlers of this county and is well deserving of the success which he has attained through
the industry and close attention to business which
have characterized his life. During his long residence in the county, Mr. Miller has formed a wide
circle of acquaintances, and his sterling worth has
won him many warm friends.
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