Daniel Newton Miller, farmer, was born near his present residence in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 22 November 1858, a son of Andrew Miller and Sophia [Clouser] Miller.
Daniel Miller, the grandfather of Daniel Newton Miller, married a Miss Miller who was not a relative. They had seven children:
Jeremiah Miller;
Andrew Miller;
Catherine Miller;
Elijah Miller;
Hannah Miller;
Peggy Miller; and
Samuel Miller.
Andrew Miller, father of Daniel Newton Miller, died in March 1867, aged about forty-two. His wife, Sophia [Clouser] Miller, survives him. They had eight children:
Sarah Ellen Miller, wife of Aaron Weaver;
Mary Jane Miller, married to Jacob Dreibelbis, has six children;
Daniel Newton Miller;
Sophia Agnes Miller;
Alfaretta Miller, married George Dreibelbiss, they have five children;
Emma Catherine Miller, married to Samuel Weaver, has six children;
Frederick Uriah Miller, married Annie Lucker, has three children;
Annie Irene Miller.
The parents of Mrs. Sophia [Clouser] Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Clouser, had three other children:
Henry Clouser;
Maria Clouser; and
Zachariah Clouser, who died in infancy.
Daniel Newton Miller was left an orphan at an early age, and he had to make his own living soon after his father’s death. Both before and after his father died he attended the common schools of the township a few weeks of each year, but he was obliged to work on the farm during the busy seasons, and thus earn is own support. From the age of eighteen until he was twenty-one he was employed as a teamster. After that he began farming on his own account by renting land to farm on shares. He was fortunate in making this arrangement with a man like Mr. Jacob Weaver, who let him have a farm on these terms, and continued the contract with him over ten years. Mr. Weaver had so much confidence in young Miller and cherished so friendly a spirit toward him, that he made provision in his will whereby Mr. Miller might become owner of the farm on easy conditions by paying out the interest of other heirs of the estate as he could conveniently do so. When the farm in this way came into his possession, Mr. Miller planned and executed substantial and valuable improvements. He has by industrious and skillful cultivation made it one of the best farms in Lykens Valley.
Daniel N. Miller was married 22 January 1879 to Sarah Ellen Shaffer, daughter of Philip Shaffer and Susan [Fegley] Shaffer. They have had nine children:
Jacob Edward Miller, born 1 October 1878;
Jennie Catherine Miller, born 3 January 1882;
Philip Andrew Miller, born 6 April 1884;
Susan May Miller, born 2 May 1886;
Charles Nevin Miller, born 28 December 1887;
William Newton Miller, born 21 May 1890;
Paul Shaffer Miller, born 2 February 1892;
Addie Esther Miller, born 15 March 1893; and
Ralph Theodore Miller, born 24 July 1895.
Mr. Miller is a Democrat. He has served one term as auditor of the township. He and his family attend the Reformed church.
Adeline Fegley, grandmother of Mrs. Sarah Ellen [Shaffer] Miller, is still living at the age of eighty-three. Her husband, Henry Fegley, died aged about eighty years. They have eight children living.
Philip Shaffer and Susan [Fegley] Shaffer have seven children:
Elizabeth Shaffer, wife of Charles Etzweiler;
William Shaffer, married Ida Frank;
Sarah Ellen Shaffer, Mrs. Miller.
Adeline Shaffer;
Harry Shaffer, married Lydia Hoffman;
Maurice Shaffer; and
Catherine Shaffer, wife of Edward Kachner.
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The above information was modified/edited from Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, published in 1896 by J. M. Runk and Company of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. A free download is available from the Internet Archive.
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Findagrave Memorial #71380306. Daniel Newton Miller died on 23 March 1938 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He is buried at St. David’s Reformed Church Cemetery, Killinger, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.