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 MILLER

MILLER

1863 ; was executive officer of the Passaic, 1862- 63, and was engaged in attacks on Forts Mc- Allister and Sumter in 1863, and was commended by the commanding officer for both actions. He served as executive officer of the Sacra7nento a,nd of the iron-clads Sangamon and Nahant, 1863-64, and on May 16,» 1864, commanded the Nahant in an attack on Fort Sumter. He commanded the Monadnock, 1864-65. and participated in both attacks on Fort Fisher. He was at the U.S. Naval academy, 1865-67 ; executive officer on the Pacific and North Atlantic stations, 1867-70, and was promoted commander, Jan. 25, 1870. As chief of staflf ol the Pacific squadron he commanded the O.isipee, 1870-72 ; was in command of the iron- clad Aja.c, 1874, and was assistant hydrographer, 1873 and 1874-75. He commanded the Tuscarora on the Pacific station, 1875-76 ; ran a line of deep sea sounding from Honolulu to Brisbane, Australia, and investigated and rei)orted affairs at Samoa. He was on various shore duty, 1877- 80, and was promoted captain. May 28, 1881. He commanded the receiving ship Wabash, at Bos- ton, 1881-83, and 1885-88 ; the Tennessee as chief of staff in 1883, and 1883-84 ; was captain of the New York navy yard, 1888-91 ; commanded the Chicago, 1891-93 ; the receiving ship Vermont, 1892-94, and the Boston navy yard, 1894-97. He was promoted commodore, April 16, 1894, and rear-admiral, March 21, 1897. He was the naval representative of the United States at London, England, at the Queen's jubilee in June, 1897.

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In August, 1897, with the Brooklyn as his flagship, he hoisted his flag at Honolulu as commander- in-chief of the Pacific station, and in August, 189S, hoisted the American flag when the United States assumed the sovereignty of the Hawaiian islands. He organized the naval reserves on the Pacific coast during the Spanish- American war, 1898, and was retired from active service, Nov. 22, 1898.

MILLER, Lewis, inventor and philanthropist, was born in Greentovvn, Ohio, July 24, 1829 ; son of John Miller, who removed from Maryland to Ohio in 1812 and engaged in the real estate busi- ness. Lewis attended public schools and learned the machinist's trade, and with the help of his brother Jacob, invented and manufactured a

mower and reaper and other agricultural labor- saving machinery, at Canton, Akron and Mans- field, Ohio. He was the originator of an im- proved auditorium for Sunday-schools, and he introduced into the Sunday-school service piano and cornet music. In 1873 he proposed to J. H. Vincent and other Methodist leaders the plan that resulted in the Chautauqua assembly, and he served as its first president, 1874-99. He was vice-president of the board of trustees of Mount Union college, Ohio, 1867-68, and presided, 1808- 99 ; a trustee of Oliio Wesleyan university, 187;i- 83 ; and a lay trustee of Allegheny college, Mead- ville, Pa. He was also a founder of Buchtel col- lege, Akron, Ohio, in 1872. He made liberal gifts to colleges and churches. He died in New York city, Feb. 17, 1899.

MILLER, Marcus Peter, soldier, was born at Stockbridge, Mass., March 37, 1835 ; son of Mar- cus L. and Eliza C. (Van Bramer) Miller, grand- son of Calvin Miller and a descendant of Asa Miller, 1st lieutenant in a militia regiment com- manded by Levy Ely in the Revolution. He was graduated at the U. S. Military academy, July 1, 18- 58 ; was promoted 2d lieutenant, 4th artil- lery, Sept. 26, 1859 ; 1st lieutenant, May 14, 1861 ; served in the defense of Wash- ington, D.C., 1861- 62 ; as quartermaster of his regiment, 1862, and as adjutant, 18- 62-64. He was mar- ried Nov. 5, 1868, to Catherine S., daughter of Gen. Joseph A. Has- kin (q. v.). He served in the Virginia pen- insula campaign as ordnance officer ; was brevet- ted captain, July 1, 1862, for gallantry at Mal- vern Hill ; commanded a battery in the Maryland and Rappahannock campaigns ; fought at Antie- tam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville : was on various duties in Maryland and at Wash- ington, 18613-64 ; was promoted captain, March 11, 1864 ; commanded a battery at Kernstown, Va., 1864-65 ; took part in the battles of Dinwid- die C.H., Five Forks, Scott's Corner and Sailor's Creek, 1865, and was present at the surrender of Lee. He was brevetted major, March 13, 1865, for services in the campaign from Winches- ter to Richmond, Va., and lieutenant-colonel, March, 31, 1865, for Dinwiddle C.H. He served in Washington, D.C., and vicinity, 1865-72; on frontier duty at Fort Stevens, Ore. ; in the Modoc, Nez Perces and Bannock Indian campaigns, and

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