- D. P. MILLER, livery, foot of Broad street; was born in Colerain,
Franklin Co., Mass., June 23,
- 1816; came to Wisconsin February 16, 1856, locating at Beloit;
from Colerain went to Greenfield, and there learned the tailor's
trade; from Greenfield moved to Ashfield, Franklin Co., Mass.,
and at 20 years of age, commenced business for himself in the
tailoring line, which he conducted for nineteen years, and during
that time, saw the rise and fall of some twelve different tailoring
establishments; Mr. MILLER had a fine business at this place,
and cleared $10,000 in nineteen years; from Ashfield he came
to Beloit and bought a farm for $8.000, and remained at farming
for three years, and after trying the tailoring and confectionery
business, built a livery stable, and is carrying on the business
successfully; Mr. MILLER is said to have the best establishment
of its kind in Beloit, keeping twenty-three horses and between
twenty-five and thirty carriages of all descriptions; he also
owns two farms - one farm of 160 acres, all in cultivation, and
valued at $8,000; the other, eighty acres, all cultivated, and
valued at $2,000. Married, November 27, 1840, Mary Ann HOMLES
of Ashfield, Franklin Co., Mass. Members of the Presbyterian
Church.
-
- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 759.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
|