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Note: Willis Kise Miller (1867-1955) was the son of David Varner Miller and Verlinda Miller. He was born in Clermont, Marion County, Indiana, on a farm which later became the Indiana Girls' School. Miller operated several companies in the Indianapolis area, starting with a carpet business in the 1890s, and was president of the Indianapolis Real Estate Rental Board (1914). He founded the Granite Sand and Gravel Company of Indianapolis in 1916 and was president of the company in the 1920s. Miller was also a principal shareholder in a health spa, Mudlavia Springs Inc., at Kramer, Indiana; the Cartwright Automatic Gear Shift Corporation of Indianapolis; and the Defense Construction Company. He was president of the Old Union Cemetery, Incorporated, during the 1920s and 1930s. The Old Union Cemetery is located on land occupied by Camp Delwood, a Girl Scout Camp on Girls School Road, in Marion County. Willis K. Miller and Isabelle Miller (1872-1965) owned property in Irvington, Indianapolis, Wanamaker, and Brendonwood. In 1907 portions of the Miller family farm in Clermont became the site of the Indiana Industrial Girls School, Camp Dellwood (Girl Scouts), and the Old Union Cemetery.
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