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Abram Brown Miller & Mary Hershberger Biography
From: A History of the Church of the Brethren in the Middle District of Pennsylvania: 1781-1925, p. 479
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MILLER, Abram Brown, second of four children of John B. and Annie E. (nee Brown) Miller, members of the Church of the Brethren,and he a bishop, was born near Woodbury, (Pa.), June 10,1884. Besides his country school training, he is a graduate of Juniata College, A.B., 1909; of Teachers' College, Columbia University, A.M., 1914. He was instructor of Mathematics, Altoona High Schools 1910-16; Department of Social Science, Juniata College, 1916-19 teacher of Mathematics, Cleveland, (O.), High School, since 1920. Head of Mathematics Department, Fairmount Junior High Training School for Educational Department of Western Reserve University; teacher of Trigonometry and College Algebra in the Central Y. M. C. A., Engineering School; president of the Mathematics Club of Cleveland, (C), for 1924-25. This club has 180 active members. Team captain for the Community Fund Campaign each year; member of the Cleveland Council of Sociology; member of the Cleveland Research Club, and observation teacher in the Cleveland summer school of education.
He was united in marriage with Mary, daughter of John S. and Emma (nee Nycum) Hershberger, of Everett, (Pa.), the union being solemnized by her father, on August 23, 1911. To this union one son, John Paul, was born. The wife died February 13, 1920. Then he was united in marriage with Florence, daughter of Julia K. Brooks, of Cleveland, (O.), this union being solemnized by Doctor A. B. Meldrum, December 9, 1922.
He united with the Church of the Brethren, in the Woodbury congregation, Jacob K. Brown administering baptism, in 1895. The Huntingdon congregation called him to the ministry, January 11, 1906, Henry B. Brumbaugh conducting the installation service. He served eight years in the Anti-Saloon work of Pennsylvania. He has always been active in various Sunday-school lines. In Cleveland, for the last two years, he has been superintendent of Sunday-school there. His address is 8935 Meridan Avenue, Cleveland, (O.).
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MILLER, Abram Brown, second of four children of John B. and Annie E. (nee Brown) Miller, members of the Church of the Brethren, and he a bishop, was born near Woodbury, (Pa.), June 10,1884. Besides his country school training, he is a graduate of Juniata College, A.B., 1909; of Teachers' College, Columbia University, A.M., 1914. He was instructor of Mathematics, Altoona High Schools 1910-16; Department of Social Science, Juniata College, 1916-19 teacher of Mathematics, Cleveland, (O.), High School, since 1920. Head of Mathematics Department, Fairmount Junior High Training School for Educational Department of Western Reserve University; teacher of Trigonometry and College Algebra in the Central Y. M. C. A., Engineering School; president of the Mathematics Club of Cleveland, (C), for 1924-25. This club has 180 active members. Team captain for the Community Fund Campaign each year; member of the Cleveland Council of Sociology; member of the Cleveland Research Club, and observation teacher in the Cleveland summer school of education.
He was united in marriage with Mary, daughter of John S. and Emma (nee Nycum) Hershberger, of Everett, (Pa.), the union being solemnized by her father, on August 23, 1911. To this union one son, John Paul, was born. The wife died February 13, 1920. Then he was united in marriage with Florence, daughter of Julia K. Brooks, of Cleveland, (O.), this union being solemnized by Doctor A. B. Meldrum, December 9, 1922.
He united with the Church of the Brethren, in the Woodbury congregation, Jacob K. Brown administering baptism, in 1895. The Huntingdon congregation called him to the ministry, January 11, 1906, Henry B. Brumbaugh conducting the installation service. He served eight years in the Anti-Saloon work of Pennsylvania. He has always been active in various Sunday-school lines. In Cleveland, for the last two years, he has been superintendent of Sunday-school there. His address is 8935 Meridan Avenue, Cleveland, (O.).
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