The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western Historical Pub. Co., 1881, p 530: J. L. MILLER, Proprietor Miller House, Manitowoc, was born Nov. 23, 1834 in Austria. He emigrated to America and located in Wisconsin in 1853. Engaged in farming until 1858; he then moved to Manitowoc County. Followed farming for about five years, then moved to Neshota, working in a saw-mill until 1873, when he came to Manitowoc, and opened this hotel. In 1860, he married Miss B. Bauer, of Kossuth, Manitowoc County. They have had six children, four of whom are still living, two sons and two daughters."
"History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.168-169.
Joseph L. Miller, deceased, who will be well remembered by the traveling public as the proprietor of the Miller Hotel, in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, of which he was the owner for eighteen years, was born in Carlsbad, Austria, and came from that country to the United States in 1853, locating first in Milwaukee. In that city he was employed as timekeeper for a railroad, and he later went in the same capacity to Racine and then to Two Rivers, where he continued until 1872. In that year he came to Manitowoc and engaged in the hotel business, continuing therein until 1890, when he retired. During the Civil war he was a member of a Wisconsin infantry regiment. Mr. Miller married Barbara Bauer, of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, whence she had come with her parents from Germany, when she was five years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Miller had a family of six children."
The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western Historical Pub. Co., 1881, p 530: J. L. MILLER, Proprietor Miller House, Manitowoc, was born Nov. 23, 1834 in Austria. He emigrated to America and located in Wisconsin in 1853. Engaged in farming until 1858; he then moved to Manitowoc County. Followed farming for about five years, then moved to Neshota, working in a saw-mill until 1873, when he came to Manitowoc, and opened this hotel. In 1860, he married Miss B. Bauer, of Kossuth, Manitowoc County. They have had six children, four of whom are still living, two sons and two daughters."
"History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.168-169.
Joseph L. Miller, deceased, who will be well remembered by the traveling public as the proprietor of the Miller Hotel, in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, of which he was the owner for eighteen years, was born in Carlsbad, Austria, and came from that country to the United States in 1853, locating first in Milwaukee. In that city he was employed as timekeeper for a railroad, and he later went in the same capacity to Racine and then to Two Rivers, where he continued until 1872. In that year he came to Manitowoc and engaged in the hotel business, continuing therein until 1890, when he retired. During the Civil war he was a member of a Wisconsin infantry regiment. Mr. Miller married Barbara Bauer, of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, whence she had come with her parents from Germany, when she was five years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Miller had a family of six children."
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