Benjamin Miller was born in July 1860 in Russia, the son of Lena and Martin. He married Rosa Felsher in 1881. They had five children in 15 years. He died on May 10, 1933, at the age of 72, and was buried in Atlanta, Georgia.

recollections from Ethel:

They were loving parents; they were both very young when they married. It was a love marriage-not arranged as some were in those days in Europe. My mother, God rest her soul, was a hard-working lady…milking her cow, making sweet butter, and cooking bread over a coal stove.

My father was called “Old Reliable Ben”. He never missed being notified or called when his lodge needed him for a birth, death, or any important occasion. He was a lodge member of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias -you name it- he belonged.

His picture framing business was on Cherry St. in Chattanooga. He was such a handsome man and highly respected, but he was not a good businessman, he often gave his wares away. Whenever his brothers, as he called them, needed a frame for graduation or weddings or whatever they would go to “Old Reliable” who invariably would not charge them for his work. He were a kind caring man who was much loved by his community