Isaac M. Miller (1886-1922)

	Isaac M. Miller (1886-1922) & Emma Mae Shell (1884-1921)
	Photograph Courtesy of Robin (Hoschouer) Zeller

H13 Isaac M. Miller, born January 28, 1886, died on Tuesday, November 14, 1922 in a traffic accident; married November 6, 1907 in Miami County, Ohio Emma Mae Shell, born 12 March, 1884, died April 7, 1921. Emma was the daughter of Henry H. and Elizabeth Riggle. Three children.

Randall Brown, aged 23, and I. M. C. Miller, aged 38, both of Pleasant Hill, were the names of the two men who were instantly killed when an automobile on which they were riding was struck by a Dayton & Troy Electric Railway car at Stop 18, about one mile north of Vandalia, Tuesday afternoon.

The automobile was wrecked completely and parts were strown along the tracks for over 200 feet. A small waiting station alongside the right-of-way was knocked several feet off its foundation when hit by the automobile after the trolly car had drug it down the tracks.

The automobile had come north on the Dixie highway and was turning in at the Springfield road when the accident happened. It is believed that the waiting room obstructed the view up the tracks just as the men were making the turn. However, according to persons familar with that location there is an inobstructed view up and down the track for some distance.

It was raining at the time of the accident and it is believed they they failed to see the car. If they saw the car, it is believed that they must have mistaken it for the waiting station and drove directly on the tracks.

Miller had a brother, John Miller, living two miles east on the Springfield road and they were headed for his residence at the time of the accident. It was their intention, according to John Miller, to come to his house and then all three expected to attend a meeting of Union carpenters in Piqua.

T. A. Rouston, in front of whose home the accident occured, told deputy sheriffs he heard a terrific crash and ran out of the house to investigate.

The bodies of the two men were found lying side by side, west of the tracks. Miller's head and arm, which had been severed, were lying a few feet distant.

When Rouston reached the side of the two victims Brown was still breathing. He was carried into the Rouston home, where he died 15 minuted later, despite Mrs. Rouston's attempt to revive him.

His identity was established from a diploma from the Dayton vocational training school. It showed his address as Pleasant Hill.

Miller was identified through a card in his purse which showed he was a member of Piqua Carpenter's local. It showed his addess as Pleasant Hill.

An unusual feature of the accident is that Miller's watch was still running when it was picked up along the tracks. In addition to the diploma Brown had $82 in cash in his pockets.

J. H. Clark, claim agent of the Dayton street railway and interurban lines, reported he found two bottles of wine in the wreckage of the machine. Rouston, who carried the bodies into his home, said there was no odor of alcohol about either of the victims.

The front end of the traction car was demolished. Motorman Frye, who escaped injury took the damaged car back to the barns at Tillecanoe City, where the passengers were transferred to another car.

Coroner E. E. Kimmel, of Montgomery County, conducted an investigation and ordered both bodies brought to Dayton by Undertaker Merle Anspaugh. A post mortem examination will be made today.

Brown had lived in Pleasant Hill all his life and served in the Rainbow division, Co. C 16th Infantry in france. He was captured by the Germans and spent seven months of the war in a prison camp in the interior of Germany and was discharged from the army April 8, 1919. He was unmarried, but leaves his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Brown of Pleasant Hill. He was a carpenter by trade and was employed in Dayton.

Miller lived just east of Pleasant Hill and was the father of three children, ages 5, 7 and 12 years, his wife having died about one year ago. He had resided in Pleasant Hill for the last 18 years. He also was a carpenter and was employed in Dayton.

The funerals will be held at Pleasant Hill at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.

The fatal accident occured at the same place where Mrs. Rudolph Helke was killed in April, 1921, the two accidents being very similar in nature.

Children of Isaac Miller and Emma Mae Shell:

I1 Henry Moses Miller, born September 16, 1906, died October 23, 1983; married Bertha Elizabeth Iddings.
J1 James Dwaine Miller, born 12/25/1936; married January 3, 1955 Frances Didema Potter.
K1 Danny Dwaine Miller, born July 13, 1955 died shortly after birth.

K2 Sharrie Lynn Miller, (contributor of information on family of H13 Isaac Miller) born August 7, 1956.

K3 Richard Dale Miller, born January 22, 1958

K4 Tamara Jo Miller, born July 8, 1960.

K5 Rusty Lee Miller. born December 12, 1961.

J2 Charles Henry Miller married (1) Judith Arlene McMaken on June 24, 1967; divorced in 1976. Charles married (2) Cheryl Ann Curl ca. 1979.

K1 Dale Henry Miller, born Oct. 18, 1970; married June 19, 1993 Kendra Miller, born September 26, 1967; she had 2 children from a previous marriage.
L1 Wayne Anthony Bowser, Jr. born September 6, 1986.

L2 Kayleigh Anne Bowser, born February 9, 1989.

L3 Sarah Elizabeth Miller, born December 2, 1992.

L4 Nathan Charles Miller, born October 14, 1994 (twin).

L5 Natalie Suzanne Miller, born October 14, 1994 (twin).

K2 Barbara Sue Miller, born May 1, 1973, died at birth.

K3 Jerry Dean Miller, born May 7, 1974; married March 13, 1999 Melinda Carter.

L1 Elizabeth Danielle Miller, born August 14, 1999.

K4 Edward Allen Miller, born December 4, 1980.

I2 (son) Miller, born February 8, 1913, died February 9, 1913.

I3 Albert Miller, born 1915, and is still living (11/2002).

I4 Susan Miller, born ca. 1917.