Bio: Miller, John (1881)
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---Source: 1881 History of Northern Wisconsin, pg. 214.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JOHN MILLER

JOHN MILLER, brewer, Chippewa Falls, was born in Prussia, Sept. 29, 1837, and came to America in the early part of 1854, locating at Milwaukee. In the Spring of 1855, he went to Sauk City, and lived in that vicinity until 1865, working in a mill near Baraboo for three years, and on a farm in Sauk County. He then came to Eau Claire and resided there until 1867, when he came to Chippewa Falls. May 22 of that year he began building his present brewery. He was married in Baraboo, May 22, 1864, to Susanna Welter, who was born in Prussia. They have five children—Mary, John, Anna, Jacob B. and Susanna.