David A. Miller, proprietor of the Allentown Morning Call, was born at Gilberts, Monroe Co., April 7, 1869. When only four years of age his parents, the late Dr. Edward P. and Flora A. (Peter) Miller, moved to Saegersville, Heidelberg Township, where his childhood days were spent. He attended the village schools and then entered the Lehighton high school from which he graduated with honors, in 1888. He taught school at Saegersville for two terms, after which he attended the Keystone State Normal School, graduating in the class of 1891. He spent some months in the Palatinate College, then entered Muhlenberg College and graduated in 1894. After this he at once took up newspaper work becoming a reporter on the paper he later became proprietor which was then known as "The Critic". In a short time he acquired an interest in the newspaper, which at the time was in its infancy. He gradually acquired the shares of his partners until he became the soul owner. With perseverance and a careful study of the field he placed the paper upon a high standard and one of large influence. Mr. Miller is a member of the associated charities; the Allentown Free Library, being one of its directors; member of the chamber of commerce; member of the Lehigh County Historical Society; has taken an active interest in the Laymen's Movement, and is a member of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church of the United States.

In 1900 he was married to Blanche A. Berkemeyer, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Louis C. Berkemeyer. Their children are: Robert K, Samuel W., Donald P., Paul B., Margaret B., and Julia A. Miller. One son, Edward, their first born, died in 1910.