GEORGE H. MILLER, M.D., one of the leading physicians of McDonald, in this county, was born near Claysville, Penn., April 23, 1846. He is a son of Christopher and Sarah J. Miller, who were married in 1840. To them were born nine children - six sons and three daughters. The sons are Leamon, Calvin, George H., Charles W., William and John; the girls are Mary Jane, Margaret (wife of John Holmes) and France E. (widow of Bruce Ramage). Of the boys, three are dead - Leamon, William and John. Dr. Miller was born in Donegal township, this county. He received his elementary education at the common schools, at the Southwestern State Normal School, California, and the normal school of Millsboro, and after teaching four or five years in the different schools of the county commenced the study of medicine, in 1867, with Dr. John Kelly, now of Washington, Penn. In the fall of 1870 he attended medical lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He then conducted a drug store at Burgettstown until the fall of 1872; again attended medical lectures at the Miami Medical College, Cincinnati (Ohio), from which he graduated in March, 1873, and commenced the practice of his profession at Claysville. After remaining there for eighteen months he moved to Midway, Penn., and after staying there some four years moved to Imperial, Allegheny Co., Penn., where he remained for eight years. He then moved to McDonald, his present location, where he is engaged in the practice of his profession, also conducting a drug store.
On May 30, 1872, the Doctor was united in marriage with Frances E. Woodburn, daughter of John and Margaret Woodburn, of Burgettstown, both of whom are still living - he at the age of eighty-two and his wife at the age of eighty-one. The following named children were born to this union: Lawrence E. (deceased), Anna M., William M., George F., and John Stanley. Dr. Miller is an attendant at the United Presbyterian Church, and in political opinion is a prominent member of the Republican party; was one of the first members of McDonald council, and also one of the first members of its school board. He now enjoys a very lucrative practice, and is a popular physician.
Text taken from page 722 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).Transcribed April 1997 by Bobbi Steele of Indianapolis, IN as part of the Beers Project.
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