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The Bay City Times-Press
Tuesday, 26 July, 1892

         JESSE M. MILLER Falls a Victim to the Fire Fiend.
         
         JESSE M. MILLER resided at 413 Fremont avenue. His
       house was in the course of the fire down that street
       and was licked up by the flames like his neighbors.
       It was thought that all the inmates had escaped, but
       this morning the charred remains of a human being
       were found in the ruins where the MILLER house had
       stood, which were identified as those of JESSE M.
       MILLER. The remains were properly cared for. It is
       stated that MR. MILLER went back into his home to
       get some money which he had forgotten and was over-
       come by the smoke and heat. The remains were indenti-
       fied by the spectacles. The limbs were burned off, 
       only the trunk and head remaining. Nearby was found
       $60 in gold. MRS. MILLER left yesterday on a visit
       to her son, LEE M. MILLER, in Alpena.
       
         JESSE M. MILLER was one of the best known men in
       Bay City. He came here from Pennsylvania, his native
       state, in 1850. He bought a tract of land just east
       of the present city limits and converted it into a
       farm, which he held until 1881. He carried the first
       regular mail between this place and Saginaw, in the
       fall making the journey on foot. From 1872 t0 1882
       MR. MILLER held the office of justice of the peace.
       In the general election of 1882 he was the candidate
       of the greenback party for congress. He was a zealous
       temperance man, and was once the prohibition candidate
       for judge of probate. He was the labor party's candi-
       date for police justice in the spring of 1888. At the
       time of his death he was a member of the board of edu-
       cation, upon which he had served a number of terms.
       
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