Ozias N. Miller was born in 1818 at North Salem, Westchester County, New York. He married
Hannah Conover, daughter of
Aaron Reid Conover and
Sinichy Conover, in 1852.
Ozias N. Miller was shown in the census on 8. Aug. 1870 as a farmer.
Ozias N. Miller and
Hannah Conover appeared on the census of 8. Aug. 1870 at Ocean Twp., Monmouth County, New Jersey,
; real estate value 200.00, personal property 2,500.00. Ozias N. Miller was buried on 31. Oct. 1883 at Asbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Ozias N. Miller, the earliest MILLER member of this family of whom we have any information as being connected with New Jersey and its history, was born in North Salem, Westchester county, New York, in 1818, and died in Asbury Park, Monmouth county, New Jersey, October 31, 1883. Until 1854 he was engaged in the produce business in New York City, but that year leasing the Peter Drummond farm of two hundred and ninety-six acres in Deal, Monmouth county, New Jersey, he settled there. In 1880 he went to reside in Asbury Park and retired from active life. For many years he was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at that place, and at one time a member of the First Church at Long Branch. He married Hannah, daughter of Aaron and Francythye (Conover) Conover (see Conover). Children : 1. Albert Orrin, married Estelle Blauvelt ; children : Frederick Blauvelt and Albert Conover. 2. Frank Mortimer, referred to below. 3. Carrie Wild, married Professor Nelson Haas. 4. Taulman Allaire, referred to below. 5. Esther Conover.
(II) Frank Mortimer, son of Ozias N. and Hannah (Conover) Miller, was born in Deal, New Jersey, July 17, 1859, and is now living in Asbury Park, New Jersey. After receiving a public school education he became a clerk in a hardware and grocery store in Long Branch, and then obtained a position in the New York postoffice, which he retained for two years. He then returned to Asbury Park and became a bookkeeper in the Asbury Park and Ocean Grove Bank in 19oo; was placed in charge of the branch of the same institution in Ocean Grove; was made assistant cashier in 1906. In politics Mr. Miller is a Republican, and for sixteen years he has been steward and treasurer of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Asbury Park. He is unmarried.
(II) Taulman Allaire, son of Ozias and 'Hannah (Conover) Miller, was born in Deal, New Jersey, March 19, 1869. After receiving a good public school education he secured a position in 1886 in the First National Bank of Asbury Park, and in i9oo became the cashier of the Ocean Grove National Bank. He is a Republican, and a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Asbury Park. He married, October 5, 1898, Edith May, daughter of Cornelius and Mary A. (Cooley) Finch, who was born at Jamesburg, New Jersey, June 26, 1876. No children. Children of Cornelius and Mary A. (Cooley) Finch: 1. Edith, May, referred to above. 2. Cora, married Kenneth W. Towner ; child, Reginald F. Towner. 3. Julia E., married Daniel C. Cor-nell; child, Edith M. Cornell.