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Mina
Vadervoort Miller
Mrs. Mina Vandervoort Miller was born at Cedar Point, on a farm near Peru, La Salle county, Ill., June 26, 1863. Her father, Dr. I. A. Vandervoort, was born in Ohio, of Holland Dutch and German descent. Her mother, Isabella Noble, was born in Ohio, of Scotch and French descent, whose genealogy is traced back to the French Huguenots who left their country and went to Scotland, and came from there to Maryland.
Dr. Vandervoort and family moved to Tonica, Illinois, in 1864, where they lived until 1890, when they moved to Normal.
After finishing the course in the High School in Tonica, Mrs. Miller went to Eureka and studied music under Professor Metcalf, and painting under Miss Sadie Garrett, during the years 1882-3-4-5. The last year she assisted Miss Garrett in the painting department, and the following year studied under Mr. Waldo, a well-known artist in Chicago. In 1887-8 she took Miss Garrett's place in the Art department of Eureka College.
In May, 1891, she was married to Mr. G. A. Miller, an alumnus of Eureka College, who was then preaching in Monroe, Wisconsin. In December, 1891, he was called to succeed Mr. A. P. Cobb, pastor of the Christian Church in Normal, Illinois, where they are now living.
Source:
A History of Eureka College, St. Louis: Christian Publishing
Company, 1894.
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