Miller, Robert P. - Hon

HON. ROBERT P. MILLER, attorney at law, Linesville, was born near New Castle, Penn., and is a son of Jesse and Rebecca (Steele) Miller. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and the academy at New Castle, and after leaving school studied law with A.M Barnes, Esq., of New Castle. He settled in Linesville in 1846; was admitted to the bar of Crawford County in 1853, and was engaged in the practice of law up to 1858, when he was elected to the Legislature and re-elected in 1859. He was the sole representative of the county, though the county previously had two members. In 1860 he embarked in mercantile business, in which he was engaged about seven years, and since then has given his tithe to farming and the practice of his profession. He was married in 1843 to Margaret, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Chambers) Erwin, of Lawrence County, Penn. They have no children, but have an adopted son—Walter Mr. Miller is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the P. of H., and is known throughout the county by the P. of H. as an able speaker and a faithful representative of their interests. He has served the Borough of Linesville as Burgess several terms, and is now serving a second term as Justice of the Peace. He is now the National Greenback candidate for Congress for this district. In politics he was formerly a Republican, but of late years has been Independent.
ALVIN MILLER (deceased) was a native of New York State, born in 1823; son of John and Anna (Brown) Miller, who settled in Evansburg, this county, about 1830, and afterward for a time resided in Summit Township, and about 1840 located in Linesville, where they lived and died. They had seven children: Mahala, Nelson, Alvinia, Caroline, Alvin, Emily, Maryette (now Mrs. William Cunningham), all deceased except the last-named. The subject of this sketch was a resident of Linesville about forty years, during which time he carried on the blacksmith’s trade. He was married May 13, 1847, to Rhoda, daughter of Samuel and Sophia (Meacham) Eastman, of Linesville, Penn., by whom he had five children: Harmon, Varnum, Alonzo, James (deceased) and Arvilla. The three Sons are engineers in the employ of the Erie & Pittsburgh Railroad. Mr. Miller was a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church. A prominent F. & A.M., member of the I.O.O.F. and the R.T. of T. He had held several offices in the Borough of Linesville, and was a stanch Republican. He died June 14, 1880, at the age of fifty-seven years. His widow, three sons and a daughter survive him.