The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 660

WILLIAM L. MILLER.

William L. Miller, devoting his time and attention to the raising of apples and
pears in the Selah valley, has been a permanent resident of Yakima county since
1909. He was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, September 27, 1847, a son of
Hugh and Mary (Lockhart) Miller, who were natives of Ireland and of Pennsylvania
respectively. The father became a resident of Pennsylvania when a young man and
there devoted his life to the occupation of farming. The mother was a
representative of one of the old pioneer families of that state and both Mr. and
Mrs. Miller passed away in Pennsylvania.
William L. Miller of this review acquired a public school education and followed
farming in his native state to the age of nineteen years, when he left the cast
and removed to Iowa. He worked at the carpenter's trade in Lucas county, Iowa,
and also owned and cultivated a farm there. In 1898, however, he made his way to
the northwest and took up his abode in Yakima county, where he purchased ten
acres of orchard land on Nob Hill. The following year, however, he disposed of
that property and returned to Iowa, where he remained for five years longer. He
then spent a summer in Yakima county but once more returned to Iowa, where he
continued to reside for four years. In 1909 he took up his permanent abode in
Yakima county, however, and purchased twenty acres of land in the Selah valley,
eight acres of which was in orchard. Later he sold ten acres of this but has the
remaining ten acres, of which eight acres is given over to the raising of apples
and pears. He has very fine trees upon his place and is annually gathering good
crops.

On the 19th of October, 1865, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Eliza J.
Searight, who was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, a daughter of George and
Mary J. Searight, both of whom have now passed away. The father died in
Pennsylvania, while the mother afterward removed to Iowa, where her last days
were passed. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller were born four children: Jennie M., now the
wife of Everett Taylor, a rancher living in the Selah valley George W., ho
resides in Des Moines, Iowa, and is married; Edgar A., a rancher of the Selah
valley, who is married and has eight children; and Ad. L., who is engaged in
farming in Saskatchewan, Canada, and is married and has one child.

In his political views Mr. Miller is a republican, which party he has supported
since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He has always been loyal
and progressive in citizenship, standing for those things which are most worth
while in the community, and his enterprise and diligence have brought to him a
substantial measure of prosperity.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.