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on leaving the common schools was employed for several years in various pursuits, and then began preparation for a medical career. In 1889 he began reading medicine under the preceptorship of Drs. G. H. Sloan and Hunter, and in 1890 entered the Columbus Medical college, of Columbus, Ohio, where he spent one term, and then matriculated as a student in the Ohio Medical university, of Columbus, from which he graduated in 1892, after having completed a thorough course in that well-known institution. Having passed the Pennsylvania State medical examination, he located in his present office at Portage, and is enjoying a large and lucrative practice. Doctor Miller is a truly self-educated man. By persistent application and through his own efforts he is amply prepared for the successful practice of his chosen profession. Dr. Miller supports the principles of the Republican party; while not a politician he takes an active interest in local politics and has filled several local offices. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church. He is identified with the Cambria County Medical society, and is also a member of the Pennsylvania Medical association. In June, 1884, he celebrated his marriage with Miss Susie Fees, a daughter of John Fees, of Ebensburg, this county, and their happy union has been blessed in the birth of the following children: Bertha Mary, Warren Andrew, Edwin Emerson, Raymond Alfred, and two girls who died in infancy.
A. W. GREEN, a merchant of Chest Springs, this county, is a son of William and Eliza (Beckett) Green, and was born near Freeport, in Butler county, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1821. |
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of County Antrim, Ireland, where he followed farming all his life in the parish of Ballendery. In the latter parish was born William Green, the father of the subject of this record. He was born early in the present century, and in July, 1821, with his young wife, came to America. He located for a short time in Butler county, and later at the salt works near Freeport, where he remained about three years, and then removed to Pittsburg, and there learned the trade of plasterer, which trade he followed in that city until 1850. Upon the latter date, he purchased a farm near Strongstown, Indiana county, and lived upon it until the death of his wife, in 1856, when he returned to Pittsburg, and made that city his home until his death, which occurred in 1857, at the age of about fifty-five years. In religious matters, he was in his earlier years an Episcopalian, but later cast his church affiliations with the Methodist Episcopal church. In matters of politics, he was originally a democrat, and later a staunch whig. He married Miss Eliza Beckett, an Irish lady of his native parish, and they became the parents of eleven children: A. W., subject; Helena, widow of D.C. Kurtz, now of Washington, D.C.; Mary Ann, deceased, was the wife of William Hines; James, died in infancy; Thomas Nelson, who, when last heard from, was in the army of the Southern Confederacy; Eliza, died in early girlhood; Sarah died in infancy; William H., deceased; James and Matthew, merchants of Pittsburg. A. W. Green received his educational training in the common schools of Pittsburg. He then served a five years' apprenticeship at the carpenter trade, pursuing that trade from 1837 until 1850, in Pittsburg. After finishing his trade in 1842, he took to contracting and building in that city, until 1847, being a member of the firm of Lyons & Green, a firm that |
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