Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Leroy George Miller and Viola Blair




Husband Leroy George Miller 1 2 3

           Born: 27 Sep 1880 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Father: Gen. Charles Miller (1843-1927) 1 4 5 6
         Mother: Ann Adelaide Sibley (      -      ) 1 7


       Marriage: 21 Sep 1916 8

   Other Spouse: Patty A. Plumer (      -      ) 9 - 24 Sep 1902 - ? Venango Co, PA 10



Wife Viola Blair 8

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         Father: Robert H. Blair (      -      ) 8 11
         Mother: Martha Maud Shorts (      -      ) 8 11




Children

General Notes: Husband - Leroy George Miller


He was born Sept. 22. [GPHAV, 516]
He spent his boyhood in attendance at the public schools of his native city, graduating from high school in 1901, and pursued his higher studies in the law department of Yale University. He did not complete the course, however, and returning to Franklin entered business life in the employ of the General Manifold Company. His achievements justify the conclusion that he possesses in large measure some of the qualifications which have made the name a powerful factor in the material advancement of this part of the country, and influential in a practically unlimited sphere. Though his connection with the General Manifold Company was of comparatively short duration, Mr. Miller made a brilliant record in its service, becoming a successful traveling salesman. Having been offered an opportunity to take a position with the Galena-Signal Oil Company, his father's great enterprise, he made the change, to his own and the company's advantage, for he literally created the department of which he was the head, that branch of the business dealing with electric railways. Mr. Miller began his association with the Galena-Signal Oil Company in a minor capacity, and earned promotion as he went, but from the first he showed himself so well qualified for responsibilities that when the work of supplying lubricants for electric railways was undertaken he was intrusted with the organization of the department and made manager. The mere statement that over seventy per cent of the lubrication on electric railways in the United States comes from the Galena-Signal Company shows how vigorously the business has been prosecuted. To accomplish this has required much more than clever salesmanship and good management. It has meant constant research and laboratory work, the compiling and assimilating of almost endless statistics, familiarizing of patrons with the superiority of the Galena-Signal products and their proper use, keeping abreast or ahead of the demands of this particular branch of the business, and attention to numerous other points vital to success. The building up of this department was Mr. Miller's chief business interest. On account of sickness, he retired from the Galena in 1915.
Mr. Miller has given both time and thought to securing good government in his city, has served as member of the council, and in 1910 was a candidate for the mayoralty nomination, losing by a very small margin. On political issues he is a Republican. Like his father he has been active in the Baptist Church, which he served two years as clerk, also taking part in the work of the Sunday school, of which he has been second assistant superintendent. His numerous social connections include membership in the Nursery Club of Franklin, the Venango Club of Oil City, the B. P. O. Elks, Royal Arcanum and Odd Fellows, in which he has been particularly active, having been lieutenant colonel on the staffs of Gens. M. A. Raney and A. R. Stocker, successive commanders in chief of the Patriarchs Militant.
Mr. Miller has a handsome home in Franklin, a residence in English style, with beautiful terraces and lawns, one of the most attractive places in the city. [CAB, 627]
Middle name "Sibley". [HVC 1890, 791]

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Sources


1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 791.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 627.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 516.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 408, 556, 610.

5 —, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. II (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 166.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 513.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 312, 516.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 628.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 698.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 517.

11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1038.


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