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Birth: 8 Jun 1872, Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C.
Death: 31 Jan 1939, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Parents:
Calvin J. Miller (1839-1885)
Jessie S. Ketchie Miller (1836-1881)
Spouse: Cora Lillian Patterson Miller (1872-1952)
Marriage: 1894 in China Grove, N.C.
Children:
Cora Louise
Rev. Frank Henderson Miller (1899-1974)
Nellie Jones
Ethel Roberta.
Education: North Carolina College, A.B. 1891; Gettysburg Seminary, 1894; Gettysburg College, Ph.D. 1896.
Ordination: 1894 by Maryland Synod. Calls: Grace-Lebanon-Salem, Rowan County, 1895-97; Holy Trinity, Mt. Pleasant, 1897-98; in Ohio, Georgia, (Holy Trinity, Wytheville, Va., 1916-17) and Pennsylvania, 1902-33.
Other: Principal, Mont Amoena Seminary, 1897-1902; President, Marion Junior College, 1913-16; Superintendent, Artman Home, Ambler, Pa., 1930-34; Secretary, North Carolina Synod, 1897-98; retired 1933.
Burial:
Greenlawn Cemetery
China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina
Source: www.findagrave.com, #189014663
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From Our Church Paper (New Market, VA), Vol. 32, No. 20, May 17, 1904, p. 2.
Rev. Henderson N. Miller, Ph. D., now pursuing a special course at the Chicago Seminary, has been called to the pastorate at Middle Point, Ohio, and has accepted. Dr. Miller was the former president of Mont Amoena Seminary, North Carolina. Thus is sung again the same old song. Even a post graduate course North opens the way to remaining there.
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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC) 1 Feb 1939, 6
DR. H. N. MILLER DIES IN PENN.
Lutheran Minister Who Formerly Lived in This Section Passes In Philadelphia.
Word has been received here of the death in Philadelphia yesterday of Dr. Henderson N. Miller, Lutheran minister, who formerly lived in this section. Rev. R. L. Patterson of the city said he was informed that Dr. Miller died as the result of a stoke suffered last summer.
Dr. Miller, who was 67, was a native of Salisbury and was graduated from Mount Pleasant college in 1892. Later he attended Gettysburg seminary in Gettysburg, Pa. Dr. Miller was president of Mont Amoena academy of Mount Pleasant and later was president of Marion college of Marion, Va. He held pastorates in Rowan county, in Georgia, Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
He is survived by his wife, a sister of Rev. Mr. Patterson, and the following children: Rev. Frank H. Miller of St. Petersburg, Pa., Mrs. Walter Bastow of Philadelphia, Miss Nellie Jones Miller of Norristown, Pa., and Miss Cora Louise Miller of Glenside, Pa.
The funeral service will be held Thursday at Melrose Park Lutheran church in Philadelphia, and interment will take place Saturday in China Grove.
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A Brief History of Marion College, By Goodridge Wilson, Jr.
Chapter III, 1910-1948
President Henderson Miller came to Marion from a fine pastorate in Columbus, Ohio. He was a man of scholarly habits, and at one time had been principal of Mount Amoena Seminary at Mount Pleasant, N. C. He brought with him a desire to make a real academic contribution, and the results of his efforts were quickly seen.
An organ was moved from Elizabeth College, North Carolina, to grace his new alma mater; and a picture of the instrument was promptly placed in the catalogue. This organ remained in use until 1948. Its history would itself be interesting reading.
Other improvements were made in laboratories, dormitories, and classrooms, and brave pictures thereof went inserted in the catalogue. They show an earnest effort to build a representative junior college. Though President Miller resigned in 1916 to return to the pastorate, he had made a fine contribution, and his resignation was accepted with deep regret.
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