[p. 715] manager of the H. S. Blatt Hardware Company, of Ellwood City, is one of the enterprising and successful young business men of this borough and is also identified with her other interests. He was born at Stoneboro, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1877, and is a son of William C. and Jennie (Eckles) Miller.
The father of Mr. Miller was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1844, and died February 16, 1899. By trade he was a carpenter and for thirty years he resided in Mercer County, this being his main business. During the Civil War he was a brave soldier, being a member of an artillery regiment from Pennsylvania, under the gallant General Kirkpatrick. He married Jennie Eckles, a native of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where the venerable grandmother still lives, having passed her ninety-first birthday. Three sons and one daughter were born to William C. Miller and wife, namely: Asa Eckles, who is a railroad man and lives at Ithaca, N. Y.; Estella Don, deceased, who was the wife of S. G. Mears; William Ord, of Ellwood City; and James Blaine, who is a resident of San Bernardino, Cal.
William Ord Miller was educated in Stoneboro, leaving the High School to enter the McElwain Institute, at New Lebanon and he was also a student in Grove City College, which he left in 1895. Mr. Miller then taught school for four years, after which he entered the employ of the Mercer Iron & Coal Company at Stoneboro but shortly afterward became manager of the hardware business of S. S. Scott, at the same place. From there, after three years' service, he went to H. Q. Hines, also of Stoneboro, with whom he continued for two and one-half years. In August, 1905, Mr. Miller came to Ellwood City, where he engaged in clerking until March, 1907, when he was made manager of the business he had worked to build up during his connection with it. The H. S. Blatt Hardware Company is one of the largest concerns of its kind in Lawrence County, carrying a stock that is valued at $25,000. Since Mr. Miller has had charge its affairs have been particularly prosperous, and he has extended its territory and has strengthened its trade relations.
In April, 1898, Mr. Miller was married to Miss Clyde Blatt, who is a daughter of Abram and Isabel (Kissick) Blatt. Mrs. Miller was born in New Lebanon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and received her musical training at McElwain Institute. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have three children: William Abraham, Frederica Donnabel and Wayne Blatt. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Ellwood City. He belongs to the Sons of Veterans; to Alma Lodge, No. 420, Knights of Pythias; to Ellwood Lodge, No. 1993, Knights and Ladies of Honor and belongs also to the United Workmen.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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