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Portrait and Biographical Record of Northern Michigan
Record Publishing Company, Chicago - 1895

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        CARROLL E. MILLER, M.D., located in Cadillac in 1879, and
     is therefore numbered among the older physicians of Wexford
     County.  The original representatives of the MILLER family
     came to this country in an early day, and were among the puri-
     tans who settled in New England.  Through another line the
     Doctor traces his lineage to the famous CHARLES CARROLL, of
     CARROLLTON, one of the signers of the Declaration of Indepen-
     dence.
        Grandfather MILLER was a sea-captain, whose ship plied the
     waters of many oceans.  His two sons, CHARLES CARROLL and JUDSON
     J., are both ministers of the Baptist Church, the latter having
     preached in Boston and Worchester, Mass., for thirty years.  
     The former, who was born in Maine, received a good academical
     education, and was ordained to the ministry of the Baptist
     Church.  About 1853 he emigrated westward to Michigan, and
     settled in Grand Rapids, where he preached the Gospel.  Later
     he held pastorates at Augusta, Wis., and Stanton, Mich., and
     is now located in Howell, where he has charge of the Baptist
     Church.  Politically he is an active Republican, and has fre-
     quently "stumped" the state in the interest of his party, hav-
     ing spoken at nearly every town in the state.  Among his warm
     personal friends he numbered ZACH CHANDLER.
        The mother of our subject, who also survives, bore the
     maiden name of MIRIAM C. DYER, and by her marriage had four
     sons and two daughters, CARROLL E. being the eldest of the
     family.  FRANK is an attorney in Montcalm County, and JUDSON
     is a resident of Cadillac.  ASHLEY, a Baptist minister and
     at present a resident of Kalamazoo, was formerly confidential
     clerk for the Grand Rapids Milling Company, and in their inte-
     rest visited England.  FANNY is the wife of FRANK ASHLEY, of
     Big Rapids; and JESSIE, the youngest of the family, resides
     with her parents.
        Born in Portland, Me., February 1, 1851, our subject was a
     small child when the family settled in Grand Rapids.  His edu-
     cation was obtained in the common and high schools of that city,
     and in the State Agricultural College at Lansing, from which he
     graduated in 1872 with the degree of Bachelor of Science.  He
     taught school for a time, and for three yeas was Superintendent
     of the city schools of Neillsville, Wis.  It had, however, been
     his ambition to become a physician, and the occupation of teacher
     was but a stepping-stone toward his final object.  As soon as
     able, he entered Rush Medical College, at Chicago, in which he
     prosecuted his studies with ardor until his graduation in 1879.
     He was popular among his fellow-students, and served as President
     of his class.  From the beginning he paid his way through school,
     and while attending Rush College worked in the TIMES office, Chi-
     cago, from two to six o'clock every morning.  As may be inferred,
     his time was fully occupied, and he had little opportunity for
     rest or recreation.
        Since completing his studies the Doctor has conducted a steadily
     increasing practice in Cadillac, and, in addition to his regular
     clientage, he is serving as United States Examining Surgeon for
     the pension department, also as assistant surgeon for the Grand
     Rapids & Indiana Railroad.  His marriage, which occurred in Augusta,
     Wis., in 1875, united him with Miss ALICE TURNER, a native of Auburn,
     N.Y., and daughter of Rev. GEORGE TURNER, a minister of the Advent
     Church living in
     
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     Chicago.  The family consists of four children, viz.: DE VERE,
     JESSIE, JUDSON and MIRIAM.
        While attending closely to the duties of his profession, the
     doctor has found time for the consideration of public matters.
     In politics he is a Republican, and has served as a delegate to
     state and district conventions; he is also a member of the Board
     of Education.  Socially he is a member of the Delta Tau Delta,
     the Royal Arcanum and the Knights of Pythias, of which latter
     organization he is Past Chancellor.  He is also a Knight Tem-
     plar Mason.
     
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