Harry Miller, M.D.
Among the highly respected member of the medical profession in Grant County, Indiana, is Harry Miller, M.D. He is chief surgeon at the National Military Home in Marion, and is widely known for his conscientious and able service in this position. It is a post that requires not only surgical and medical skill of the highest order, but also no small amount of executive ability, and Dr. miller has been an extremely efficient and successful executive.
Henry Miller was born on the 3rd of August, 1867, in Shelby County, Indiana, the son of John H. and Mary J. (Robinson) Miller, both of whom were natives of Shelby County, Indiana. John H. Miller was a soldier in the Seventy-ninth Indiana Regiment during the Civil War and is now living in Shelby County, Indiana, his wife being deceased.
Dr. Miller grew up in the country of his birth, attending school at Morristown until he was ready to take his medical education. He then entered the Indiana Medical College and was graduated from this institution with the class of 1891. During the same year, on the 30th of May he entered the national Military Home in Marion as an interne. Here he remained as an interne for eighteen months, at the end of which time he was made first assistant surgeon to Dr. Kimball, who was at that time chief surgeon. When Dr. Kimball died in 1904, Dr. Miller was made chief surgeon, and has remained in this office ever since. He has a staff of four assistants and the care of two hundred and fifty soldiers, so his time is completely filled with his professional duties. He has, however, time for a little recreation which he finds chiefly as a member of the Marion Golf Club. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, being a member of the blue lodge, and he also belongs to the Sons of Veterans. Dr. Miller was married on the 1st of January, 1900 to Adelaide Smith, of Shelby County, Indiana, and they have no children.
Submitted by: Gina Reasoner