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MILLERt JameSf soldier, was born in Peter- borough, N.H., April 25, 1776; son of James and Catharine (Gregg) Miller and grandson of Samuel and Mary (Shearer) Miller, who came from the North of Ireland about 1720 and settled in Lon- donderry, N.H. James Miller attended the acad- emy at Amherst, Mass., and Williams college; was admitted to the bar in 1803 and practised at Greenfield, N.H., 1803-08. He was captain of the Greenfield artillery attached to the 26th New Hampshire regiment and was commissioned ma- jor of the 4th U.S. infantry March 3, 1809 to take rank from July 8, 1808. He was promoted lieu- tenant-colonel and transferred to the 5th infantry, Nov. 30, 1810, and was ordered to the command of the regiment, on its journey to Vmcennes, Ind. , to join General Harrison in the war against the Indians in 1811. He joined Hull's army at Ur- bana, Ohio, in May, 1812; participated in the brittle' of Brownstown, Aug. 9, 1812, where he commanded a large force and was brevetted colonel for distinguished services. He was taken prisoner at Fort Detroit by the British, Aug. 16, 1812; was soon paroled and sent home, and was exchanged for Lord Dacres in 1813. He was transferred to the 6th infantry, Sept. 14, 1812, and was prominent in the unsuccessful campaign of 1813, including the battle of Fort George, May 27, 1813. He was promoted colonel, 21st infan- try, March 9, 1814, and commanded his regiment it the battle of Bridge water where he captured a battery at the command of General Brown. For his action at* Chippewa he was made brigadier- general, July 25, 1814. He commanded a division at the battle of Fort Erie, Sept. 17, 1814, and con- tinued in active service until the close of the war when he was presented with a sword by the state

of New York, and awarded a medal by congress, lie wjis transferred to the 5th infantry, May 17, 1815. and resigned from the U.S. army Jan. 1, 1819, and accepted the appointment of governor of Arkansas Territory, serving 1819-23. He was elected a representative in the 19th congress from New Hampshire in 1824, but resigned before taking his seat, and was collector of customs at Salem, Mass., 1825-49. Nathaniel Hawthorne spoke of him as " New England's most distinguish- ed soldier." He married, first. Martha, daugh- ter of Henry Ferguson, and their son, James Fer-

guson Miller (1805-1868), was commander, and' commodore on the reserved list, U.S.N.; and he married secondly, Ruth Flint of Lincoln, Mass. He died at Temple, N.H., July 7, 1851.

MILLER, James Russell, author, was born in Frankfort Springs, Beaver county. Pa., March 20, 1840; son of James A. and Eleanor (Creswell) Miller, and grandson of James and Mary (Russell) Miller. He was graduated at Westminster col- lege. New Wilmington, Pa., in 1862; attended the Allegheny Theological seminary and was or- dained Aug. 11, 1867, pastor of the United Pres- byterian church at New Wilmington, Pa., and served 1867-69. He was married June 22, 1870, to Louise E., daughter of William H. King of Argyle, N.Y.; was pastor of the Bethany Pres- byterian church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1869-78; of the Broadway Presbyterian church. Rock Island, 111., 1878-80; of the Holland Memorial church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1881-83, and co-pastor of the same, 1884-98, and in 1889 became pastor of St. Paul's Presbyterian church, Philadelphia. He was made the editor of the Presbyterian Board of Publication, Philadelphia, in 1880. He received the degree of D.D. from Westminster college in 1880. He is the author of: Week-Dai/ Religwn{l8S0); Home Making{l8S2); In His Stej)s (1884); Silent Times (1886); Come Ye Apart (1887); The Marriage Altar (1887); Practical Religion {ISS8); The Blessing of Cheerfulness (1890); Don't Worry (1890); Bits of Pasture (1890); TJie Wed- ded Wife (1890); Making the Most of Life (1891); Mary of Bethany (1891); Dew of thy Yonih (1891 ); TJie Every Day of Life (1892); Family Prayers (1892); Glimpses Through Life's Windotv (1892); The Building of Character (1894); Dr. Miller's Year Book (1894); TJie Hidden Life (1894); Life's Byways and Waysides (1895); Secrets of Happy Home Life (1896); By the Still Waters (1897), The Joy of Service (1897); The Master's Blessedness (1898); Tilings to Live For (1898); Secret of Glad- ness (1898); Personal Friendship of Jesus (1898): The Marriage Altar (1899); The Golden Gate of Prayer (1900); Loving my Neighbor (1900); The Ministry of Comfort (1901).

MILLER, Joaquin (Cincinnatus Heine), poet, was born in Liberty, Union county, Ind., Nov. 10, 1842; son of Hulings and Margaret (De Witt) Miller; grandson of Robert Miller, killed in the war of 1812, and of John De Witt, and a descend- ant of Scotch and Dutch patriots. His father, a teacher and preacher, migrated to Oregon in the early fifties, and the son went to California. Cincinnatus engaged In mining in California; studied law under George H. Williams in Oregon; was express messenger in Idaho in 1864, and be- came the editor of the Democratic Register of Eugene, Ore., which was soon after suppressed by military authority and Miller was charged