Adolph Casper Miller

1866 - 1953  (87 years)

• Name	Adolph Casper Miller  [1]
  Born	7 Jan 1866	San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
  Census - 1870	30 Jan 1870	San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
  1870 United States Federal Census, California, San Francisco, San Francisco Ward 11 30 Jan 1870, Dwelling 1064, Family 1083, 1st District Joseph Fogler, 39, m, w, planing? machine, 1500, 4500, France Fredrika Fogler, 38, f, w, keeping house, 15000?, 2000?, Prussia, Fredrika Fogler, 12, f, w, CA -- (this is probably Frederick Miller - see 1880 census) Adela, Fogler, 7, f, w, CA, attending school, -- (this is probably Adelia Miller - see 1880 census) Adolphe Fogler, 4, m, w, CA, attending school -- (this is probably Adolph Miller - see 1880 census)
  Census - 1880	1 Jun 1880	San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA   [2]
  1880 United States Federal Census, California, San Francisco, San Francisco, District 154 1 Jun 1880, 1236 Mission Street, Dwelling 14, Family 19 Joseph Fogeler, w, m, 46, m, capitalist, Alsace, Alsace, Alsace  Frederika Fogeler, w, f, 48, wife, keeping house?, Prussia, Prussia, Prussia Frederik M. Miller, w, m, 21, dry goods merchant, CA, Prussia, Prussia Adelia Miller, w, f, 17, at school, CA, Prussia, Prussia Adolph Miller, w, m, 14, at school, CA, Prussia, Prussia
  Census - 1900	7 Jun 1900	Chicago, Cook, IL, USA   [3]
  6018 Stony Island Avenue, Hyde Park Township
  1900 United States Federal Census, Illinois, Cook, Chicago Ward 34, District 1085 7 Jun 1900, 6018 Stony Island Avenue, Hyde Park Township, Dwelling 44, Family 114 Miller, Adolph C, head, w, m, Jan 1866, 34, m, 5, CA, Germany, Germany, teacher, r, h Miller, Mary Sprague, wife, w, f, Jul 1872, 27, m, 5, CA, NY, NY --- (enumerated as May Sprague Miller) Miller, Mary S, daughter, w, f, May 1900, 1/12, s, IL, CA, CA --- (enumerated as May S Miller) Hannah Olsen, servant, w, f, May 1867, 33, s, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden Julia Adair, nurse, w, f, Mar 1870, 30, s, IL, IN, OH
  Census - 1910	22 Apr 1910	Berkeley, Alameda, CA, USA   [4]
  2420 Ridge Road, Oakland Township
  1910 United States Federal Census, California, Alameda, Berkely, District 46 22 Apr 1910, 2420 Ridge Road, Oakland Township, Dwelling 167, Family 193 Miller, Adolph C, head, m, w, 45, m1, 8, CA, Germany, Germany, professor, university, o, f, o Miller, Mary S, wife, f, w, 37, m1, 8, 1, 0, IL, MA, MA Fleix Bunneau, servant, m, w, 48, m1, 1, Canada, Canada, Canada, 1880, al, gardener, private house Hattie C Bunneau, servant, f, w, 48, m1, 1, 0, 0, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, 1880, servant, private house
  In the news	16 Jun 1914  [5]
  The New York Times
  Excerpted from the New York Times June 16, 1914 FULL RESERVE BOARD SENT TO SENATE; C.S. Hamlin Appointed at Last Minute in Place of Simmons, Who Declined. Special to The New York Times Washington, June 15--The long-waited full list of members of the Federal reserve Board was sent to the Senate to-day by the President....The board, as completed, will consist of the following:...A. C. Miller of San Francisco, ten years....Adolph Casper Miller was born in San Francisco Jan. 7, 1866. He took the degree of A. B. from the University of California in 1887 and his M. A. at Harvard the following year. In 1896 and 1896 [sic] he studied at the University of Paris and the University of Munich. Mr. Miller began his career as an economist in 1889 as an instructor at Harvard. He became Assistant Professor of History and Politics at the University of California In 1900, and 1901 became Associate Professor of History and Finance at Cornell. The next year he took the Chair of Professor of Finance at Chicago University. He remained there one year and then returned to the University of California as Professor of Economics and Commerce.
  Census - 1930	9 Apr 1930	Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA   [6]
  2230 S Street, NW
  1930 United States Federal Census, District of Columbia, Washington, Washington, District 51 9 Apr 1930, 2230 S Street, NW, Dwelling 136, Family 177 Miller, Adolph C, head, o, 200,000, m, w, 64, m, 29, CA, German, Germany, economist, U.S. Government, w Miller, Mary S, wife, f, w, 57, m, 23, IL, VT, VT Margaret McDonald, cook, f, w, 68, s, Canada, Northern Ireland, Irish Free State, 1890, al, cook, private family, w Katherine Hanlon, maid, f, w, 42, s, Irish Free State, Irish Free State, Irish Free State, 1908, na, seamstress, private family, w Clara Driesbach, chambermaid, f, w, 33, s, ?? Germany, ?? Germany, ?? Germany, German, 1926, al, chambermaid, private family, w Mary Connolly, waitress, f, w, 31, s, Irish Free State, Irish Free State, Irish Free State, 1920, na, waitress, private family, w Frank Valentine, houseman, m, neg, 50, m, 25, VA, VA, VA, houseman, private family, w
  Census - 1940	18 Apr 1940	Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
  2230 Massachusetts Avenue
  1940 Census, District of Columbia, April 18, 1940, Ward of City ??, Block Nos. 22-23, 24-28, S.D. 1. E.D. 116, Sheet 61A, 2230 Massachusetts Avenue (This may be in error. 1930 census shows 2230 S St., NW. In the 1940 census, addresses on S St., NW, on adjacent lines. Enumerator may have mixed streets up.) Miller, Adolph C., head, m, w, 62, married, college/4, NY, Washington, D.C. in 1935, administrative cheif, fed govt, earned $5,000+ in 1939 Miller, Mary A., wife, f, w, 60, m, High school/4, MD, Washington, D.C. in 1935 Chisholm, Thoresa (Thovesa?), hired hand, f, w, 37, single, elementary/8, VA, VA in 1935, maid, private home, earned $840 in 1939 Sonntag, Emma,  hired hand, f, w, 40, single, elementary/8, VA, VA in 1935, maid, private home, earned $840 in 1939
  Obituary	11 Feb 1953	Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA   [7]
  The New York Times
  From The New York Times, 12 Feb 1953 ADOLPH O. MILLER, ECONOMIST, DEAD Last Survivor of the Original Federal Reserve Board, 87, Was Chicago Professor Special to The New York Times. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 \emdash Adolph Caspar Miller, last surviving member of the original Federal Reserve Board and a former professor of economics, died today at his home here after a stroke. His age was 87. Mr. Miller, who in 1913 served as an assistant to the Secretary of Interior, was named to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System by President Wilson at the system's inception in 1914. He was on the board until his retirement in 1936, serving under Presidents Harding, Coolidge, Hoover and Roosevelt. The other "charter" members of the board were William Gibbs McAdoo, who was Secretary of the Treasury; John Skelton Williams, C. S. Hamlin, F. A. Delano, T. M. Warburg, and W. P. G. Harding. At his retirement, Mr. Miller was chairman of the building committee for the Federal Reserve Building. Born in San Francisco, he attended the University of California, Harvard University and the Universities of Paris and Munich. Later he served as an instructor of economics at Harvard, Professor of Economics and Commerce at the University of California, Associate Professor of Political Economy and Finance at Cornell and Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago. He was the author of many papers on finance and banking that were published in economic and financial journals. Surviving is his widow, the former Mary Sprague of Chicago, whom he married in 1895.
  Occupation	Professor, University of Chicago  [8]
  Died	11 Feb 1953	Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
  Buried	Colma, San Mateo, CA, USA, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park   [9]
  Notes	From The Federal Reserve Board Membership of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1913-2004: Name: Adolph C. Miller Federal Reserve District: San Francisco Date Initially took oath of office: Aug. 10, 1914 Other dates and District relating to membership: Reappointed in 1924. Reappointed in 1934 from the Richmond District. Served until Feb. 3, 1936. http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2005/spring05_members.pdf ============================= Carl Sagan named as a 1st Miller Fellow in 1960. http://millerinstitute.berkeley.edu/docs/Brochure.pdf ============================= About The Miller Institute Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science ============================= Cannot find Adolph Casper Miller and Mary Amelia Sprague in the 1920 Federal Census. ------------------------------------ Adolph Caspar Miller (headstone photo) 1866 - Feb. 11, 1953 Note: Ref: Cemetery Records Burial: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA, Plot: Garden / Section: K Lot: LOT 26 Division: DIV E + Created by: Graves Record added: Mar 30, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 87711066 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87711066 15 Jan 2013 / 28 Dec 2016 [FindAGrave] [9]
  Person ID	I251	AC-Family
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Casper Miller,   b. Abt 1817, Prussia ,   d. Bef 1870  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Mother	Frederika (Unknown),   b. Abt 1831, Prussia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1591	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Mary Amelia Sprague,   b. 30 Jul 1872, Chicago, Cook, IL, USA ,   d. 10 Jan 1957, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Married	7 Oct 1895	Chicago, Cook, IL, USA   [1]
  	From the Chicago Daily Tribune, 25 Sep 1895 Marriage Licenses - The County Clerk issued permits to wed to the following couples yesterday, the parties living in Chicago where no place of residence is given:...Adolph Miller, Mary Sprague, 25 and 22
  Children	1. Mary "Polly" Sprague Miller,   b. May 1900, , , IL, USA ,   d. 1904, Berkeley, Alameda, CA, USA  (Age ~ 3 years)
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2011
  Family ID	F14	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Jan 1866 - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Census - 1870 - 30 Jan 1870 - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Census - 1880 - 1 Jun 1880 - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Married - 7 Oct 1895 - Chicago, Cook, IL, USA Census - 1900 - 6018 Stony Island Avenue, Hyde Park Township - 7 Jun 1900 - Chicago, Cook, IL, USA Census - 1910 - 2420 Ridge Road, Oakland Township - 22 Apr 1910 - Berkeley, Alameda, CA, USA Census - 1930 - 2230 S Street, NW - 9 Apr 1930 - Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Census - 1940 - 2230 Massachusetts Avenue - 18 Apr 1940 - Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Obituary - The New York Times - 11 Feb 1953 - Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Died - 11 Feb 1953 - Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Buried - - Colma, San Mateo, CA, USA, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos	2 photos
  	Miller, Adolph (1866-1953), husband of Mary Amelia Sprague (1872-1957)
  	Sprague, Mary Amelia (1872-1957) and her husband, Adolph Casper Miller (1866-1953) Left to right are Franklin K. Lane, Anne Wintermute Lane, Mary Amelia Sprague, and Adolph Casper Miller. From "The Letters of Franklin K. Lane - Personal and Political," Edited by Anne Wintermute Lane and Louise Herrick Wall, with illustrations, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1922. Picture on page 141.

  
  

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