Frederick Miller
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Frederick Edward John Miller (born November 24, 1824) was a brewery owner who founded the Miller Brewing Company in 1855. He was born in Germany, and died of cancer on May 11, 1888. He is buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Miller was married to Josephine Miller in Friedrichshafen, Germany on June 7, 1853. Their first child, Joseph Edward Miller was born the next year. In 1854, the family emigrated to the United States.
One of Miller's daughters, Elise, was the mother of Harry G. John, president of Miller Brewing from 1946-1947 and founder of the De Rance Corporation, once the world's largest Catholic charity.