George F. Miller is living upon a part of the old Miller farm on which his birth occurred November 3, 1846. He belongs to one of the pioneer families of Ohio. His grandfather, Elias Miller, was a native of Maryland, whence he emigrated to Butler county, this state, where he made his home for twenty years and then moved to Miami county, there purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 11, Spring Creek township. Two years afterward he purchased the farm upon which our subject now resides, and at the close of a long and active career as an agriculturist he passed to his final rest at the age of eighty-three years. He married Miss Catherine Moore, and nine children were born of their union, namely: Hanah, Ellis, Lucretia, L. M., John, Philip, Elias, Mary and Philetha. Of this number Philetha, Lucretia, Philip, Elias, Hannah and Mary are still living.

Ellis Miller, the father of our subject, was born near Hamilton, in Butler county, Ohio, January 24, 1819, and amid the wild scenes of frontier life he was reared and married. Having arrived at years of maturity he wedded Sarah Johnson, who was born in Clinton county, Ohio, December 28, 1821. In their family were nine children: Hulda, who was born December 7, 1843, and is now living in Indiana; George F., of this review; Orlando, of Piqua, who was born October 15, 1849, and is employed as an engineer in a desk factory; Frank P., who was born March 12, 1852, and is a farmer of Spring Creek township; Emma J., who was born April 28, 1855, and is the widow of George Schilling; Ella F., who was born May 7, 1857, and died October 20, 1890; Albert E., who was born May 17, 1860, and is a farmer of Lost Creek township; Clara, who was January 7, 1863, and died April 28, 1889; and Rosetta, who was born November 14, 1867, and is now Mrs. Rowe, of Indiana. Soon after their marriage the parents of this family located upon a part of the old homestead and erected a log cabin, eighteen by twenty feet, containing a room on both the first and second floors. The land was covered with a heavy growth of timber and it was an arduous task to clear and prepare it for the plow, but beneath the steady strokes of Mr. Miller's sturdy ax the trees fell and in the course of time the land was placed under cultivation. He was a member of the Baptist church, and was ever true to his duties and to what he believed to be right. He died September 22, 1873, and his wife, surviving him some years, passed away May 15, 1892.

Mr. Miller, whose name heads this record, was reared on the old homestead farm and is indebted to the common schools for the educational privileges which he enjoyed. He had to walk two miles to the schoolhouse and there conned his lessons, becoming familiar with the elementary branches of English knowledge. After his marriage he removed to a farm near his father's home, living there for a season, and, after his father's death he returned to the old farmstead, of which he took charge. There he resided until 1876, when he removed to his present home, which is situated on land that was purchased by his grandfather at a very early period in the development of the county. He was married February 27, 1873, to Miss Annie E. Buckles, a daughter of George and Nancy (Riddle) Buckles. Her father was born in Lost Creek township and was one of the early settlers of the neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. Miller now have a family of eight children: Della, who was born November 12, 1874, and is the wife of A. E. Cleam, a Baptist minister, of Milford Center, Ohio; Clarence, who was born April 17, 1877, in Miami county; Clyde, who was born July 10, 1879, and is a telegraph operator at Van Wert, Ohio; Ernest, who was born May 7, 1882, and is a student in the high school at Fletcher; Bessie M., who was born October 4, 1884, and is attending school; Elsie T., born July 12, 1887; Walter, born December 19, 1890; and George E., born January 20, 1899.

Mr. Miller owns and operates fifty-nine acres of land, his fields being planted to the grains best adapted to this climate. His life has been quietly passed in the pursuit of his business affairs, and as a result of his steady application and capable management he has become the possessor of a very comfortable competence. In politics he is a Democrat, and in religious belief he and his wife are Baptists, belonging to the Union Baptist church, in which he has served as deacon for nine years.