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Miller, Andrew S., of Pittsburgh, Penna, a distinguished attorney-at-law, with
offices at 409 Grant Street, was born in Chartiers township, Washington county,
Penna, April 8, 1844, son of Thomas Miller and Annie Reed Miller. Mr Miller
received his early education in the common schools of Washington county, later
attended the academy at Hickory, Penna, and was graduated from Washington and
Jefferson college in 1869. Then he attended the Columbia law school of New York
city, subsquently read law in the office of Maj A M Brown of Pittsburg, and was
admitted to the bar of Allegheny county in 1873. He has been in continuous
practice in Pittsburgh since that time, and is now one of the oldest and ablest
practitioners of the county. He controls a splendid practice and is a member of
all courts. Mr Miller has been a member of the Bellevue school board for four
years, two years of which time he served as its president. He was also a member
of the Bellevue council for three years, and held the position of director of
the poor for Allegheny county for two years.
In 1862 Mr Miller enlisted in the 123rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, participated
in the battles of Fredericksburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and other
important engagements and was mustered out in August, 1863. He is now a member
of the John B Clark post, No 162 of the Grand Army of the Republic and takes an
active interest in its affairs.
He was married in Allegheny City, April 15, 1873, to Elizabeth A Reed, and they
have three sons: Thomas A Miller, a prominent physician in Bellevue; Harry A
Miller, a clerk in the Union National Bank of Pittsburgh, and Frank B Miller, a
student of Washington and Jefferson College. Mr Miller and his family are
members of the United Presbyterian Church, in which organization Mr Miller
holds the position of elder.
Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; personal and genealogical.
Vol. 1 p120
Contributed by Marta Burns.
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