Plumas County Biographies

William H. Miller

Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Dec. 2004 

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
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Mr. Miller was born in Schuyler county, New York, February 11, 1833. He came to 
California in 1852, and mined at Hansonville, Yuba county, and afterwards on the 
north fork of Feather river until 1858, when he bought a ranch in Humbug valley. 
He sold this ranch in 1859, and went to Butt valley, Plumas county, where he 
engaged in the stock and dairy business. In 1859 he was married to Mrs. L. A. 
Smith, who was born in Herkimer county, New York. In 1879 Mr. Miller erected a 
large hotel and residence. He, in partnership with L. W. Bunnell, was the owner 
of a store six miles below the valley on the North Fork, also one near their 
residence. After a short illness, Mr. Miller died on the twenty-sixth of 
November, 1879. He was universally esteemed, and left a host of friends. He was 
a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity. Mrs. Miller still lives at the 
homestead, conducting an extensive dairy business, and a store opposite the 
hotel. 
 
Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 
1513 to 1850. � Fariss and Smith, San Francisco,  1882. p 323