Overview J.W. (John W.) Miller (1872-1945) owned a hardware store at 627 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas during the 1920s to the 1940s. He also lived with his family on Louisiana Street, and owned several apartment buildings there. Aside from his entrepreneurial activities he also participated in the Benevolent Order of Elks Lodge #595, serving as the treasurer during 1930. His daughter Wilma R. Miller (1902-1988) was a 1924 graduate of the University of Kansas. She maintained the farm...