Reuben E. Miller, a retired, respected, and substantial citizen, residing at Millport, Carbon County, Pa., was born in Lynn Township, Lehigh County, 10/31/1842. There he attended the common schools, and at the age of 18 years learned the tanning trade at Neil's. In the fall of 1863 he went to Lehighton, and there followed the tanning trade as a journeyman until 1867, then settled at Millport and erected a large tannery in which he employed a dozen men. He prospered until in 5/1874, a destructive fire occurred and burned down his entire industry, incurring a loss of $25,000.00 Broken and crushed in spirit, Mr. Miller, somehow, drifted into the drover business in the fall of 1874 and this he continued with remarkable success until in 1900, when he retired. During some years he bought and sold cattle to the amount of $100,000.00. He resides in a modest, but comfortable home, at Millport, since 3/26/1867. Four acres of land comprise the tract upon which he lives these many years; but Mr. Miller owns other real estate at Millport, Weissport. Siegfried and Mauch Chunk Pa. He is a director of the First National Bank at Lehighton and was one of the organizers of The First National Bank, at Palmerton, in 1907, serving it as one of its directors ever since.

Mr. Miller is a modest, unassuming, and honest citizen. He goes about his business in quiet and unpretentious manner and lives the simple life. He is a member of the Evangelical church at Millport; is a most liberal supporter, and has served all the offices within the church. He has not forgotten the graves of his parents, and forebears. On the homestead farm of Christian Miller, his ancestor, is a private burial ground upon which are buried five generations of the family. In 1913 he erected a most substantial concrete wail around the sacred spot. The graves he had fixed up and the tombstones he had imbedded in the concrete and cement.

Reuben E. Miller was married (first) in 1872, to Jennie S. Kern. She died in 1873, aged 2l years. They had an only son, Clinton, who died six months after his mother. He was married (second) in 1901 to Martha A. Buck. She died in 2/1911. They had an only daughter, Mary F., who lives with her father.