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'''Born:''' 1802 

'''Died:''' November 20, 1867 

'''Married:''' [[Louise%20Bushnell|Louise Bushnell]]; [[Hannah%20Wiggins|Hannah Wiggins]] 

'''Children:''' [[Ensine%20Miller|Ensine Miller]], [[Perlia%20A.%20Miller|Perlia A. Miller]], [[Wesley%20F.%20Miller|Wesley F. Miller]], [[James%20B.%20Miller|James B. Miller]], [[Roxy%20Rachael%20Miller|Rachael R. Miller]], [[Philura%20Miller|Philura Miller]] or [[Philena%20Miller|Philena Miller]], [[Milo%20B.%20Miller|Milo B. Miller]], [[Polly%20M.%20Miller|Polly M. Miller]], [[Melinda%20Miller|Melinda Miller]]; and [[Elizabeth%20Miller|Elizabeth Miller]] 

'''Pliny Hilliard Miller''', the son of Captain [[Pliny%20Miller|Pliny Miller]], was a mechanic, cooper, guide, lumberman and businessman.  He married Lois E. Bushnell, with whom he had nine children, among whom were [[Ensine%20Miller|Ensine Miller]], and [[Milo%20B.%20Miller|Milo B. Miller]], who became major figures in the development of the village.  When Lois died, he married Hannah Wiggins, with whom he had a daughter, [[Elizabeth%20Miller|Elizabeth Miller]]. 

'''Sources'''     
*  1850 and 1860 United States Censuses     
*  Donaldson, Alfred L., ''A History of the Adirondacks'', New York: The Century Co., 1921 (reprinted by Purple Mountain Press, Fleischmanns, NY, 1992)     
*  News clipping from unidentified paper, dated 9/8/1917, an obituary for Milo B. Miller, in A.L. Donaldson's scrapbook 8, Adirondack Room, Saranac Lake Free Library