Joseph Erasmus Miller (b 1876) was the son of Elmira (nee Ziegler) and Frank Miller. He was born in Lebanon.

Joe and Mary Miller
He was a farmer in North Manheim Twp., where he lived his entire adult life.
Joseph passed in 1941.

His mother Elmira Zeigler (b 1853) passed in 1885, so very little is known about her.

Elmira Ziegler Miller
Her mother was Pricilla (nee Turner) Ziegler. I have no information about her.
Although little is known about Elmira, the same cannot be said of her father.
Elijah Weiser Ziegler (b 1829) was originally from the Fleetwood area of Berks Co. He moved first to West Penn Twp, followed by Pottsville, Friedensburg and Pine Grove.

Elijah Weiser Ziegler
Most of what I know about him was found in Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery:

Capt. Elijah Ziegler was born near Fleetwood, Berks Co., Pa., and when a young man went to Schuylkill county, locating at Tamaqua, where he learned the carpenters trade. He was here married to Pricilla Turner, daughter of Abraham Turner, and after their union purchased a farm in Schuylkill county, living thereon for a few years. He was elected county commissioner, and soon thereafter removed to Pottsville, where he was later engaged in the hotel business, carrying on farming operations as a sideline for seven years. Removing to Pine Grove, he became engaged in the lumber business for seven years and then purchased a farm at Friedensburg, Schuylkill county, but six years later returned to Pottsville and served the county as prison warden for three years when to his death he was engaged in bridge contracting and in the cattle business. He died in 1902, at the age of sixty-two years. During his entire life he was a stanch Democrat, and he was one of his communitys most active and influential men. His children were as follows: Emma, Elmira, Loretta, Florenda, Clara, Jarius W. and Erasmus.

Not mentioned in this biography is a connection to Conrad Weiser. I have nothing but a hunch and a photo of a moneybox found in Popo’s photos.

Conrad Weiser’s Moneybox
I have found the box at The Berks Co Historical Society, but no further proof.

Joseph’s father was Frank Miller (b 1855) son of Elizabeth (nee Scherer) and Isreal Miller. All were originally from the Shamokin area, eventually settling in Tamaqua. Beyond Elizabeth and Isreal, we move back to Berks Co.

Frank Miller

Frank passed in 1930.