M. L. Miller
The above is a good likeness of M.L. Miller, senior member of the firm of Miller & Dittenhoefer, the pioneer among the merchants now doing business in Mansfield. Mr. Miller began business here in 1848 and at no time since then has his location been more than eighty feet from his present establishment at the northeast corner of Main and Third streets. His first location was at the McFall corner, then in the room first door south of the old Wiler House office, and in 1857, he erected the building now known as Miller's Opera House, which he has occupied continuously since January, 1858. Mr. Miller is sixty-one years of age, was born in Bavaria, came to this country in 1844, and to Mansfield in 1848. He enjoys in the highest degree the confidence and respect of an acquaintance circle acquired through forty years of residence in this city. He has had three sons associated with him at different times in business, all of whom are now successfully engaged in business for themselves in New York, Louisville and Cleveland. At present Mr. Miller's son-in-law, A.B. Dittenhoefer, is connected with him in business. Mr. Miller is also the proprietor of the opera house which bears his name. That his long and honorable business career in Mansfield may be continued for many years to come is the wish of the many friends of Mansfield's pioneer merchant.
From The Mansfield Weekly News, December 15, 1887, Vol. 4, No. 5
