(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 2 by James H. Hawley 1920, p672)
Franklin A. Miller, occupying the position of postmaster at St. Anthony, was born at St. George, Utah, September 3rd, 1879, and is a son of Arnold D. and Mary J. (Laub) Miller. The father was born in Iowa, while the mother's birth occurred in Utah, to which state Mr. Miller removed in 1852. He settled at St. George and took up railroading, which he followed for many years, during which time he laid out many places along the Denver & Rio Grande, including the station grounds at Canon City and Pueblo. He was likewise connected with the building of the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads, but eventually retired from railroad work and started for Canada. On reaching what is now St. Anthony, Idaho, however, he was so well pleased with the country, its conditions and its prospects that he remained in that locality. He took up land near by and at once began to till the soil and improve his place. He was numbered among the early settlers and contributed to the development and up-building of the region in many ways. He assisted in digging the first canal and was a member of the board of directors of the first canal company that was organized. He continued to engage in farming until 1909 and was then made field superintendent for the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, in which responsible position he continued for a number of years. He is now retired from business and at present is serving on a mission for the Mormon church in Australia, where he has been made president of the mission. For three years he has continued his church work in that country but regards St. Anthony as his home.
Franklin A. Miller was reared in St. Anthony, attending its public schools, and afterward became a student in the Brigham Young University at Provo, Utah. When his education was completed he turned his attention to the abstract business in partnership with W. H. Carbine, of St. Anthony, and was thus engaged from 1901 until 1913. In the meantime he was graduated from the university on the completion of the law course, and he also read law under the direction of Phil Averitt, now of Rigby but then of St. Anthony. In 1912 Mr. Miller was admitted to the bar before the supreme court and for two years continued in the practice of law, after which he was appointed in June, 1913, to the position of postmaster of St. Anthony, in which capacity he has since served. He is very capable, prompt and obliging in the discharge of the duties of the office and has therefore made a popular official. He was also manager for the Fremont Abstract Company for about seven years and has extensive farming interests in Fremont county, where he is conducting a cattle business on a large scale. His farm property embraces three hundred and twenty acres near St. Anthony.
In May, 1900, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Bertha A. Flint, and they became the parents of six children: Franklin A., William R., Eva Maude, Arnold W., Rulon G. and Verna May. The wife and mother passed away in October, 1915, after a short illness, and in January, 1918, Mr. Miller wedded Bettie M. Hunter.
Mr. Miller belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has held offices therein, serving for nine or ten years as general superintendent of Sunday schools of the state. He votes with the democratic party and for fifteen or twenty years has been actively interested in politics.
Franklin A. Miller, occupying the position of postmaster at St. Anthony, was born at St. George, Utah, September 3rd, 1879, and is a son of Arnold D. and Mary J. (Laub) Miller. The father was born in Iowa, while the mother's birth occurred in Utah, to which state Mr. Miller removed in 1852. He settled at St. George and took up railroading, which he followed for many years, during which time he laid out many places along the Denver & Rio Grande, including the station grounds at Canon City and Pueblo. He was likewise connected with the building of the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads, but eventually retired from railroad work and started for Canada. On reaching what is now St. Anthony, Idaho, however, he was so well pleased with the country, its conditions and its prospects that he remained in that locality. He took up land near by and at once began to till the soil and improve his place. He was numbered among the early settlers and contributed to the development and up-building of the region in many ways. He assisted in digging the first canal and was a member of the board of directors of the first canal company that was organized. He continued to engage in farming until 1909 and was then made field superintendent for the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, in which responsible position he continued for a number of years. He is now retired from business and at present is serving on a mission for the Mormon church in Australia, where he has been made president of the mission. For three years he has continued his church work in that country but regards St. Anthony as his home.
Franklin A. Miller was reared in St. Anthony, attending its public schools, and afterward became a student in the Brigham Young University at Provo, Utah. When his education was completed he turned his attention to the abstract business in partnership with W. H. Carbine, of St. Anthony, and was thus engaged from 1901 until 1913. In the meantime he was graduated from the university on the completion of the law course, and he also read law under the direction of Phil Averitt, now of Rigby but then of St. Anthony. In 1912 Mr. Miller was admitted to the bar before the supreme court and for two years continued in the practice of law, after which he was appointed in June, 1913, to the position of postmaster of St. Anthony, in which capacity he has since served. He is very capable, prompt and obliging in the discharge of the duties of the office and has therefore made a popular official. He was also manager for the Fremont Abstract Company for about seven years and has extensive farming interests in Fremont county, where he is conducting a cattle business on a large scale. His farm property embraces three hundred and twenty acres near St. Anthony.
In May, 1900, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Bertha A. Flint, and they became the parents of six children: Franklin A., William R., Eva Maude, Arnold W., Rulon G. and Verna May. The wife and mother passed away in October, 1915, after a short illness, and in January, 1918, Mr. Miller wedded Bettie M. Hunter.
Mr. Miller belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has held offices therein, serving for nine or ten years as general superintendent of Sunday schools of the state. He votes with the democratic party and for fifteen or twenty years has been actively interested in politics.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 2 by James H. Hawley 1920, p672)
Franklin A. Miller, occupying the position of postmaster at St. Anthony, was born at St. George, Utah, September 3rd, 1879, and is a son of Arnold D. and Mary J. (Laub) Miller. The father was born in Iowa, while the mother's birth occurred in Utah, to which state Mr. Miller removed in 1852. He settled at St. George and took up railroading, which he followed for many years, during which time he laid out many places along the Denver & Rio Grande, including the station grounds at Canon City and Pueblo. He was likewise connected with the building of the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads, but eventually retired from railroad work and started for Canada. On reaching what is now St. Anthony, Idaho, however, he was so well pleased with the country, its conditions and its prospects that he remained in that locality. He took up land near by and at once began to till the soil and improve his place. He was numbered among the early settlers and contributed to the development and up-building of the region in many ways. He assisted in digging the first canal and was a member of the board of directors of the first canal company that was organized. He continued to engage in farming until 1909 and was then made field superintendent for the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, in which responsible position he continued for a number of years. He is now retired from business and at present is serving on a mission for the Mormon church in Australia, where he has been made president of the mission. For three years he has continued his church work in that country but regards St. Anthony as his home.
Franklin A. Miller was reared in St. Anthony, attending its public schools, and afterward became a student in the Brigham Young University at Provo, Utah. When his education was completed he turned his attention to the abstract business in partnership with W. H. Carbine, of St. Anthony, and was thus engaged from 1901 until 1913. In the meantime he was graduated from the university on the completion of the law course, and he also read law under the direction of Phil Averitt, now of Rigby but then of St. Anthony. In 1912 Mr. Miller was admitted to the bar before the supreme court and for two years continued in the practice of law, after which he was appointed in June, 1913, to the position of postmaster of St. Anthony, in which capacity he has since served. He is very capable, prompt and obliging in the discharge of the duties of the office and has therefore made a popular official. He was also manager for the Fremont Abstract Company for about seven years and has extensive farming interests in Fremont county, where he is conducting a cattle business on a large scale. His farm property embraces three hundred and twenty acres near St. Anthony.
In May, 1900, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Bertha A. Flint, and they became the parents of six children: Franklin A., William R., Eva Maude, Arnold W., Rulon G. and Verna May. The wife and mother passed away in October, 1915, after a short illness, and in January, 1918, Mr. Miller wedded Bettie M. Hunter.
Mr. Miller belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has held offices therein, serving for nine or ten years as general superintendent of Sunday schools of the state. He votes with the democratic party and for fifteen or twenty years has been actively interested in politics.
Franklin A. Miller, occupying the position of postmaster at St. Anthony, was born at St. George, Utah, September 3rd, 1879, and is a son of Arnold D. and Mary J. (Laub) Miller. The father was born in Iowa, while the mother's birth occurred in Utah, to which state Mr. Miller removed in 1852. He settled at St. George and took up railroading, which he followed for many years, during which time he laid out many places along the Denver & Rio Grande, including the station grounds at Canon City and Pueblo. He was likewise connected with the building of the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads, but eventually retired from railroad work and started for Canada. On reaching what is now St. Anthony, Idaho, however, he was so well pleased with the country, its conditions and its prospects that he remained in that locality. He took up land near by and at once began to till the soil and improve his place. He was numbered among the early settlers and contributed to the development and up-building of the region in many ways. He assisted in digging the first canal and was a member of the board of directors of the first canal company that was organized. He continued to engage in farming until 1909 and was then made field superintendent for the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, in which responsible position he continued for a number of years. He is now retired from business and at present is serving on a mission for the Mormon church in Australia, where he has been made president of the mission. For three years he has continued his church work in that country but regards St. Anthony as his home.
Franklin A. Miller was reared in St. Anthony, attending its public schools, and afterward became a student in the Brigham Young University at Provo, Utah. When his education was completed he turned his attention to the abstract business in partnership with W. H. Carbine, of St. Anthony, and was thus engaged from 1901 until 1913. In the meantime he was graduated from the university on the completion of the law course, and he also read law under the direction of Phil Averitt, now of Rigby but then of St. Anthony. In 1912 Mr. Miller was admitted to the bar before the supreme court and for two years continued in the practice of law, after which he was appointed in June, 1913, to the position of postmaster of St. Anthony, in which capacity he has since served. He is very capable, prompt and obliging in the discharge of the duties of the office and has therefore made a popular official. He was also manager for the Fremont Abstract Company for about seven years and has extensive farming interests in Fremont county, where he is conducting a cattle business on a large scale. His farm property embraces three hundred and twenty acres near St. Anthony.
In May, 1900, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Bertha A. Flint, and they became the parents of six children: Franklin A., William R., Eva Maude, Arnold W., Rulon G. and Verna May. The wife and mother passed away in October, 1915, after a short illness, and in January, 1918, Mr. Miller wedded Bettie M. Hunter.
Mr. Miller belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has held offices therein, serving for nine or ten years as general superintendent of Sunday schools of the state. He votes with the democratic party and for fifteen or twenty years has been actively interested in politics.
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