Edward Franklin MILLER

                   always lived in Hecla, he was a piano tuner.
She taught school for 40 years.
She taught the mother of the SD quintuplets.
Hecla, ten miles south of ND border.
#1Editha, biggest bluest Pierson eyes, very pretty.  enlarged heart, never married, died
#2, Neil (Bud) Miller, lives at 32 Cherokee Hills, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35404(possibly worked for a beer company)
#3,Daughter, Nona, practiced violin while dog howled (Marcia visited there as a girl)
married Charlie Johnson, still alive (2002) in Florida,  2950 NW 5th Avenue,  Banyan Place B113, Boca Raton, Florida.  33431. 2 sons, doctors
#4 Sterling, wife Joan, 8106 Highwood Dr., Apt. Y121, Bloomington, Minnesota (near Minneapolis) 55438, (612)922-5349.  He lived in Bend Oregon, was in a skiiing accident and became a paraplegic abt 1990's.  Lived in a rest home in Edina, Minnesota (suburb of Minneapolis), had two boys, dentists, and one or two daughters.

Carroll County Illinois Birth Certificates Index, 1877-1913
FATHER      MOTHER    CHILD    CERT. # SEX  BIRTH DATE    PLACE OF BIRTH        REMARKS
MILLER, HENRY;  MILLER, CATHERINE;  MILLER, EDWARD FRANKLIN;  670; M   11/22/1879    FREEDOM

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name:	Edward F Miller
City:	Hecla,
County:	Brown
State:	South Dakota
Birth Date:	22 Nov 1879 , age 38
Race:	White
Roll:	1877787
clothier, owner, Hecla, Brown, SD
wife Grace L. Miller, Hecla, Brown, SD
short height, stout build, brown eyes, black hair,
9/12/1918
local board for the county of Brown,


1910 census: MILLER EDWARD F 30 M W IL SD PERKINS MEADOW TWP
Series: T624 Roll: 1487 Page: 49
Edward F. Miller, head, single 30, Illinois, Germany, Germany, manager, retail lumber co.
plus four boarders

rootsweb.com:
Hecla, Brown County, SD -- 1916 Business Directory This information extracted from the "Northwestern Gazetteer and Business Directory", vol. XX (1916-1917), published by R. L. Polk & Co.
HECLA. Pop 500. Brown county. An incorporated village on the C & N W Ry and the James river 35 miles n e of Aberdeen the county seat. Has Catholic, German Lutheran and Methodist churches, 4 grain elevators, a feed mill, an opera house, 2 banks, 2 hotels, a municipal electric light plant and water works. A weekly newspaper the Brown County Journal is published. Land is worth $30 to $75 per acre. Ships grain and live stock. Exp Am. Tel W U. Harry Donovan P M.
Miller Edw. T. see Harholt-Miller Clothing Co.
Harholt-Miller Clothing Co. (Clarence Harholt, Edw T Miller)


1920 census:Edward F Miller Age: 40 years Estimated birth year: 1879 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Home in 1920: Hecla, Brown, South Dakota Roll: T625_1715 Page: 7B ED: 60 Image: 0474
Elm Street
Miller, Edward F., head, male, 40, married, Illinois, Germany, Germany, salesman, clothing store
           , Grace, wife, female, 33, married, SD, NY, Illinois
            , Editha, daughter, female, 8, single, SD, Illinois, SD
            , Neil, son, male, 6, single, Iowa, Illinois, SD
            , Nona, daughter, female, 3 3/12, single, SD, Illinois, SD
Miller, Albert, brother, male, 27, single, Illinois, Germany, Germany, laborer, odd jobs
2 boards, Clarence Harholt? salesman, clothing store, and Eldon Fried, teacher, high school



1930 census:  Edward F Miller Age: 50 Estimated birth year: abt 1880 Birthplace: Illinois  Head White Home in 1930: Hecla, Brown, South Dakota  Roll: 2219; Page: ; Enumeration District: 34; Image: 149.0.
Edward F Miller head, male, 50, married age 31, Illinois, Germany, Germany, abt 1880, piano tuner
Grace L Miller , wife, female, 43, married age 22, SD,Illinois, Illinois, abt 1887, teacher, public school
Editha C Miller abt 1912,  Daughter, female, 18, single, SD, Illinois, SD
Neil E Miller abt 1914,  Son, male, 16, single, Iowa, Illinois, SD
Nona C Miller abt 1917,   Daughter, female, 13, single, SD, Illinois, SD
Sterling A Miller abt 1924,  Son, male, 6, single, SD, Illinois, SD
Dahl, Vera M., servant, female, 29, single, Minn, Sweden, Indiana,housekeeper, private home

South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955
Name:	Edward F Miller
Death Day:	30
Death Month:	Jul
Death Year:	1944
County:	Brown