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sylvania, and in 1865 he removed to Pottstown, where he still resides. He is engaged in the merchant tailoring business, and conducts a large store at that place.     In 1864 he married Eliza Leopold, a native of Germany, who came to this country with her parents and located in the State of Indiana.     Mr. Miller was reared in his native town and received his education in the private and public schools of the same place. He went to Philadelphia, where he learned the trade of a cutter, and at the early age of eighteen years, such was the confidence placed in him by his father, that he was put in charge of a large merchant tailoring establishment by the latter, which he successfully managed a number of years. In 1891 he came to Johnstown, and opened a merchant tailoring establishment. He carries the finest piece-goods in the city, and attends personally to the cutting of fine garments, thus insuring perfection in style. Mr. Miller is not only successful as a business man, but prominent in social circles as well, and is a member of several social clubs, among which are the following: President of the Progress Club, a member of the Amicus Club and the M. S. Club. THOMAS J. HERZOG, an experienced and skilled brick manufacturer, and the present foreman of the Cambria Iron company's extensive brick yards at Johnstown, is a son of Lambert and Rosanna (Hinkle) Herzog and was born in Blair county, Pennsylvania, December 6, 1834. He received his early education in the common schools, and went to work when quite young in a brickyard, where he thoroughly learned the brick-making business, which he has followed ever since. After becoming proficient in this line

of work, he went to Hollidaysburg, in his native county, and operated a brickyard of his own for some time; and then on July 13, 1867, entered the employ of the Cambria Iron company, at their Johnstown brickyards, where he rapidly filled every position, and on July 13, 1869, was given his present position as foreman. During the long period of twenty-nine years that he has been in these yards, he has always had his employer's interest in view, yet wronged no one, and made a record for efficiency and honest work. Business duties have left Mr. Herzog but little time at his command to devote to political or religious affairs, yet he is a consistent and useful member of St. John's Catholic church of Johnstown, and has always given an active and whole-hearted support to the Democratic party, in whose principles he believes. He has improved his early and limited education by reading and observation, and has decided opinions on all issues of public interest.     Thomas J. Herzog, on April 28, 1864, was united in marriage with Lydia M. Hileman, daughter of Philip Hileman, of Blair county. To their union have been born eight children, all sons: John Howard; Edgar, died at seventeen years of age; William, deceased; James; Thomas V.; Frank; Leo and Joseph.     The Herzog family has been natives for many generations of Switzerland, the mountain walled Republic of Europe, and Lambert Herzog (father) was one of Napoleon's veterans. He was born in Switzerland in 1787, and served seven years in the Third Swiss regiment, under Napoleon Bonaparte. He enlisted January 14, 1807, and was discharged in 1814.     After leaving the French army Mr. Herzog came to Huntingdon county, and followed working at furnaces until his death, which

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