This is a transcription of the Ida Farr Miller biography from New Hampshire Women: A Collection of Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Daughters and Residents of the Granite State, Who are Worthy Representatives of their Sex in the Various Walks and Conditions of Life, The New Hampshire Publishing Co., Concord, NH, 1895, page 157.
Ida Louise (Farr) Miller
IDA LOUISE FARR MILLER is the eldest daughter of the late Hon. Evarts Worcester Farr, of Littleton, and Ellen Frances Burpee, his wife. She was born in Littleton, April 26, 1863, and is a descendant of many of the early settlers and Revolutionary heroes of her native state and Massachusetts, among them Presidents Dunster and Willard of Harvard College, and Major Simon Willard, whose name is inscribed on the famous Endicott stone at The Weirs. She is also proud of being a descendant of Susannah Johnson, of Charlestown, N. H., who wrote the sketch of “The Captivity by the Indians and French of James Johnson and Family,” which took place in Charlestown, N. H., in 1754. Her education commenced in the schools of her native town, was continued at the Convent of Mercy, Manchester, N. H., and subsequently special courses were taken in art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and at Wellesley College. Residences at Washington during the congressional career of her father, and in the south, as
well as Boston, have given her social advantages that are especially valuable in her present club work. Although artistic and literary in her tastes, Mrs. Miller is best known as a club woman, and possessingtact, graciousness, and executive ability, she has held high offices and is a power wherever associated. She is an hereditary life member of the National Mary Washington Association in Washington; a Daughter of the American Revolution; member of the Woman’s Relief Corps; president of the Melrose Woman’s Club; was the originator and is a vice-president of the society of “New Hampshire’s Daughters;” associate chairman of the lecture committee of the Women’s Industrial and Educational Union, Boston; the Cosmos Club, Wakefield; Wellesley Record Association, and many other organizations. In 1884 she married Edwin C. Miller, son of Henry F. Miller, the celebrated piano manufacturer, and now resides in Wakefield, Mass. There are two children, Barbara and Henry Franklin, 2d.