Background
Miller, Oscar Phineas was born on May 15, 1850 in Chautauqua Company, New York, United States. Son of Phineas Johnson and Sylvia (Winship) Miller.
Miller, Oscar Phineas was born on May 15, 1850 in Chautauqua Company, New York, United States. Son of Phineas Johnson and Sylvia (Winship) Miller.
Education public and private schools.
Cashier Citizens Bank and its successor, the Citizens Savings Bank, Elgin, Iowa, 1875-1880. Postmaster, Elgin, 1876-1880. Senior partner Miller & Thompson, owners Lyon Company Bank, Rock Rapids, 1880-1904.
President Lyon Company National Bank (successor to Lyon Company Bank), since 1904. Organizer, and president Doon Savings Bank, and president of its successor, 1st National Bank of Doon, since 1903. An organizer of Rock Company Bank (Luverne, Minnesota), 1881, Pipestone Company Bank, 1882, State Bank of Slayton, 1st national banks at Jasper, Iona and Woodstock, Minnesota.
President Miller & Thompson Land & Loan Company, Rock Rapids. Trustee Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, since 1885(president of the board during the college year, 1917 and 18). Delegate General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 5 times, reserve delegate, 1916.
Treasurer General Conference, since 1904. Trustee and treasurer board Northwest Iowa Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church member Board Pension and Relief (formerly Conference Claimants), Chicago, since 1908.
Member Board Pension and Relief (formerly Conference Claimants), Chicago, since 1908.
Married Ellen M. Fowler, December 25, 1870. Children: Clarena J., Mistress Jessie Peck, Arthur G., Oscar P. Druggist, 1870-1877.