John Hiel Miller, M.D.
John Hiel Miller, M.D., a leading physician of Delaware, was born October 6, 1858, in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Hiel and Mary (Warrick) Miller. The paternal grandfather was Jacob Miller, who went to Greene County, Pennsylvania, from Fayette County, settling there at an early date and acquiring more than one thousand acres of land. Jacob Miller married Sarah McConnell, who belonged to a prominent and unmerous family for whom Connellsville, Pennsylvania, was named. On the maternal side, Dr. Miller is connected with Patrick Henry, the orator and statesman, whose services in Revolutionary times will never be forgotten by patriotic Americans. Hiel Miller, father of Dr. Miller, was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and died there at the age of twenty-seven years, in 1863. Of his four children two died in infancy. John Hiel and Esther survive, the latter being the wife of James Clouston, residing at Cameron, West Virginia. Mrs. Miller was married, secondly, to John Hinerman, and had one son, Ellsworth Hinerman, who resides at Beaver, Pennsylvania. After the death of Mr. Hinerman his widow was married to Jesse Wells and one son was born of the third marriage, James B. Wells, who is a dentist engaged in practice at McMechen, West Virginia. Mrs. Wells still survives and is now aged seventy years.
Dr. Miller was a child of five years when his father died. He attended the common schools, and in order to fit himself for the pedagogic profession, spent two terms in a private school, receiving a teacher's certificate when but fifteen years of age. He was subsequently engaged in teaching during eight winter terms. By a course of home study je prepared for entrance into the college of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, in 1885, and after studying there, entered the Western Pennsylvania Medical College, where he was graduated in the class of 1886-7, of which he had the distinction of being president. He obtained second honors in his class, and was always a very popular member both with his associates and the faculty. Dr. Miller immediately entered upon the practice of his profession, locating first at Bristoria, Greene County, Pennsylvania. He later practiced for one year at Washington, Pennsylvania, and then came to Delaware, where he has since been established. During President Cleveland's first administration, he was appointed a member of the Board of Pension Examiners of Greene County, Pennsylvania. In December, 1903, he took the examination required by the Ohio State Medical Examining Board, and became a member of the Delaware County Medical Society. He enjoys a large and lucrative practice and occupies a prominent place among the medical men of the county.
On November 21, 1878, Dr. Miller was married to Charlotte A. Nuss, who is a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Geary) Nuss, of Greene County. Pennsylvania. Their surviving children are: Floyd V., who is a student at Starling Medical College, a member of the class of 1909; Ethel, who is a student in the Delaware High School; Ray, who is a clerk in a dry goods store; and John and Earl, both of whom are pupils in the public schools. Three of their children died in infancy. The eldest son, Leon, died of dyptheria, in 1896, aged almost seventeen years. Furman, a bright youth of thirteen years, was accidentally killed in the fall of 1895, at Jacksonville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Miller has long been an active member of the Democratic party. Since locating at Delaware he has been urged to accept party favors, and in 1907 was elected councilman-at-Iarge of the city f Delaware.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens by James R. Lytle