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AMOS MILLER, contractor, Wilkinsburg, was born in Hempfield, Westmoreland county, Pa., in 1847, a son of John and Elizabeth (Long) Miller, natives of that county. His grandfather, John Miller, was a blacksmith, and came of German stock. The father and mother now reside on the farm owned by Tobias Long, father of the latter. Amos Miller remained on the home farm till eighteen years old, when he went to learn the carpenter trade, and a year later began building barns for neighboring farmers. In 1874 he came to Wilkinsburg, and was employed as journeyman till 1886, when he began contracting. He was formerly associated with the Lutheran Church, but is now united, along with his family, with the Reformed Church; he is a democrat. Nov. 17, 1870, Mr. Miller was wedded to Sarah J. Steimer, a native of Westmoreland county, and daughter of Jacob G. and Mary Magdalene Steimer, of German descent, and following-named children have been born to this union: Francis Marian, Anna Mary, Sarah Elizabeth, Adda May and Alice Edna, living, and Simon Henry, George Wilson and Emma Jane, deceased.