Asa C Dayton Miller

Photographer: A. C. D. Miller
Henrietta, Texas

Asa C Dayton Miller
(1856-1932)
Timeline sources: city directories, US census, bio by Mavis Bryant on Ancestry.com

1856 Oct 09
Texas, Asa C Dayton Miller is born to John Kearney Miller and Orreas Tabor
1870 Aug 03
US census Sherman, Grayson County, TX, age 13 living with parents
1879 Jan 08
Grayson County, TX, A C D Miller marries Sara Margaret Elkin
1880 Dec 06
Denison, TX, son Irving Miller is born
1882
Weatherford, TX, Bryant Bio, US census, daughter Bernetta Maud Miller is born
1884
Dallas, TX, city directory Miller as photographer at 840 and 621 Elm
1884 Jun 18, 27, 24, 28, Jul 31, Aug 01, 13, 14
Dallas (TX) Daily Herald raffle ad
1884 Nov 23, 24, 26, 27, 30
Dallas (TX) Daily Herald Stereo Views ad
1885 Nov 16
Galveston Daily News mention in real estate transaction
1888 Oct 14
Weatherford, TX, Bryant Bio, son Bertner Miller is born
1889
Denison, TX, Bryant Bio, Dayton and brother Frank work in real estate and insurance for a short time.

1890 Mar 17
Jacksboro, TX, son Clyde Howard Miller is born
1891
Denison, TX, city directory no occupation listed, not in business pages; res nw cor w Morgan, Perry av
1891 Apr 13
Sunday Gazetteer Denison TX, small ad
1891 Jul 22
Fort Worth (TX) Gazette mention as staying at Ellis hotel
1895 Jan 04
Daily Hesperian, Gainesville, TX, news item Miller buys the photograph gallery of Otto Grunitz
1895 Apr 20
Daily Hesperian, Gainesville, TX, Item has purchased Gainesville Art Gallery
1897 Jan 12
Henrietta, TX, son Sidney Rickman Miller is born
1898
Pecos, TX, Bryant Bio, as photographer
1901 Nov 24
Denison, TX, Sunday Gazetteer item says Miller purchases Snell Photo Studio
1902 Jan 19, 26, Feb 02, 09, 15, 23, Mar 02, 09, 16, Apr 13, May 18, 25, Jun 01,
Sunday Gazetteer Denison TX, small ad for studio at 316 Main st
1903
Dennison, TX, city directory as photographer as Miller’s Studio 316 ½ w Main; res 1102 w Washington

1905
Dennison, TX, city directory as photographer; res 101 w Bond
1906 Mar 06, 20
Denison (TX) Daily Herald mention in real estate sale, location 316 ½ Main
1910 Apr 10, 1912
Sherman, TX, US census, city directory, Miller as photographer at 117 ½ w Houston; res 814 e Chaffin
1910, 1912, 1914
Sherman, TX, city directory as photographer at 117 ½ w Houston
1912 Jun 15
Sherman, TX, wife Sarah Margaret Elkin dies
1915 Dec 27
Bulletin of Photographers, vol 17, item Miller opens studio in Celina, TX
1916
Sherman, TX, city directory as photographer at 300 s Travis; res 800 n Cleveland
1918
Fort Worth, TX, city directory as photographer at Arlington Hts blvd, res 2912 A av
1920
Fort Worth, TX, US census, city directory, as photographer at 2363 n Main; res 1701 Lee av
1922
Fort Worth, TX, city directory as photographer at 2363 n Main; rms 701 Lee (probably a typo, sh/be 1701 )
1923
Fort Worth, TX, city directory as photographer at 2363 and 1424b n Main; res 1701 Lee

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Photographer: A. C. D. Miller
No location given

1924
Fort Worth, TX, city directory as photographer at 2363 and 1424 n Main; res 204 w 21st, n Fort Worth
1925
Fort Worth, TX, city directory as photographer with Maud Miller at 2363 n Main; res same
1926, 1927, 1928
Fort Worth, TX, city directory as photographer with Maude Miller at 2363 n Main; res 2303 Ellis
1930, 1931
Fort Worth, TX, city directory as photographer with Maude Miller at 2363 n Main; res 1506 n Houston
1930
Fort Worth, TX, US census as photographer; res 2305 Ellis av
1932 Apr 16
ACD Miller dies of myocarditis and complications at age 75
1932
Fort Worth, TX, city directory Maude B Miller as photographer at 2363 n Main; res same
Maude Miller continued to operate Miller’s Studio for some years after the death of her father, but the popularity of the Cabinet Card had all but died.

Of the two cabinet cards here, only one shows a studio location. It can be dated to sometime around 1897 when Miller was living in Henrietta, TX.

Gainsville, TX,
Daily Hesperian - 20 Apr 1895

Raffle Ad
Dallas (TX) Herald - 27 Jun 1884


Gainesville, TX,
Daily Hesperian - 04 Jan 1895

Dennison, TX,
Sunday Gazetteer - 16 Mar 1902

Bulletin of Photographers - 27 Dec 1915

William H Snell of Sherman and Dennison, TX, sold the Dennison studio to A C D Miller in 1901.

photographer: A C D Miller
no locatioin shown example from auction site

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