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MINER, EDWARD, Deputy County Clerk, Carrollton, Ill. The subject of our notice is a native of Jerseyville, Jersey Co., Ill., born in 1835; he was the oldest of a family of seven children; some history will here be found necessary of the parents. Nathaniel Miner, the head of the family, was a native of Vermont, born in 1801, a resident of Vermont many years. In an early day he moved to the West, locating in Greene County in 1834, that part afterwards a part of Jersey County; he married at White Hall, Miss Louisa Jackson. As he is still a resident of Jerseyville engaged in agriculture, we now follow the fortunes of the gentleman who heads this sketch; who grew to manhood in Jersey County, where he received a very liberal education; on attaining his majority he proceeded to Carlinville, Macoupin County, where he entered into a mercantile business; this not proving remunerative, at the expiration of two years he abandoned this calling and turned his attention to farming, following this occupation for some time; he again returned to Jerseyville where he assumed the editorial duties of the Jerseyville Republican, as local editor he conducted this enterprise with marked ability. During the Spring of 1874 Mr. Miner concluded to cast his lot among the people of Carrollton and took possession of the Carrollton Patriot, its former proprietor having signally failed to bring the paper up to anything like a general circulation. To the trying task of resuscitating this waning sheet Mr. M. bent all the energies of his nature; that he succeeded admirably is well known to the people of the county. As further notice in reference to Mr. Miner’s editorial duties we now state that he disposed of his interest to Mr. C. L. Clapp, the present proprietor of this live western paper. During the year ‘77, when Mr. L. R. Lakin was re-elected Clerk of the County Mr. Miner became his able deputy. In 1861 he united his fortunes to Miss Ella VanArsdale, a daughter of W. H. VanArsdale, by whom he has four children: James E., Nettie S., Willie and Lucy.