Bio: Miller, Henry (1881)
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Surnames: Miller, Matthews

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 564

HENRY MILLER, County Clerk, Wausau, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Feb. 19, 1849, and came to America in June, 1868, locating at Friendship, Allegany Co., N. Y., until September, 1872, when he came to Wisconsin. He was engaged in teaching school about three years. He was elected City Clerk in 1875 in 1876 and 1877, was also engaged in clerking, during that time. In the Fall of 1878, he was elected County Clerk and re-elected in 1880, without opposition, being the nominee of both parties. He was married at Friendship, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1872, to Helen A. Matthews, a native of that town. They have three children — Harry Lawrence, Leon Charles, and Nina Viola. Mr. Miller is a member of the A., F. & A. M., of the I. O. O. F., Sons of Hermann, and was vice president of State Firemen's Association in 1879, and Foreman of the Fire Company from 1880 to 1881.