Ralph Edgar Miller, son of Senator James A. Miller, was born at New Tripoli on 1/26/1882. He received his preliminary education at the village school, and West Chester State Normal School, after which he attended Ursinus College, at Collegeville, Pa. from which he was graduated in 1905. He then entered the Baldwin Locomotive Works at Philadelphia, and served an apprenticeship of three years. During this time, in 1907, he became married and this having inclined him to a business career, he located at Collegeville, and engaged in the business of conducting a grist mill in connection with dealing in feed, grain, etc., and in this he has continued until now. He was married to Alma J. Clamer, daughter of Francis J. Clamer, of Collegeville, and they have two children, Margaret Louise, and Robert Clamer.