Biographies

Was born in Uber Selters, Nassau, Germany, January 22, 1831, and came to America in 1852. He worked at the blacksmith's trade, and on coming to Kansas was employed by the government for two or three years among the Delaware Indians. He married Miss Annie E. McGuirk, January 6, 1863, and came to Wea in 1864. The family consisted of nine sons, namely: Peter J., William A., Jacob T., Adam E., Anthony, Albert H., George A., Bernard J., and Lawrence Miller. Albert and George died in their 4th year and Adam in 1899. Peter Miller died October 12, 1901, and his wife, Anna, passed away June 27, 1909. They rest in the Wea cemetery, after a most laborious and honorable struggle to make a home for themselves and their children. They were eminently successful. They died respected by all, leaving to their sons an honored name and a reverence for the ancient faith for which they, themselves, made great sacrifices.

The giving of these few facts and dates in the life story of Peter Miller and his wife arouses a desire to know more about them--the father of a great home and the mother of nine sons. They were pioneers, we know; but in a generation or two it will be asked who was Peter Miller? Who was Anna McGuirk? There must be a beautiful story back of these names, but men have forgotten it. Even the grandchildren will know little, and the great-grandchildren nothing at all about the personalities of these two great characters, the founders of the family in America.