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SURNAMES: BOSWORTH, CLARK,

Born in Rochester, N. Y., Mrs. Grace C. Miller was in maidenhood Grace Clark, the daughter of James T. Clark, a newspaper man who was foreman of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Later he removed to New York City, where he was with the Evening Post in the same capacity. In 1908 he came to San Jose, where he engaged in the real estate business with James Clayton, the firm being James A. Clayton & Company, being thus engaged until his death, 1915. The Clark family are of English descent, Grandfather Thomas Clark coming from England to Rochester, N. Y., where he was a merchant tailor. Mrs. Miller's mother was Mary Bosworth, a native of Batavia, N. Y., whose father, William Bosworth, a Vermonter, became a farmer at Batavia. Mary (Bosworth) Clark traces her lineage back to seven Mayflower ancestors, and is a charter member of the Mayflower Society of California. She resides in Oakland and is now compiling the Bosworth geneology.

Grace Clark was the third oldest in their family of five children and spent her youth in Rochester. After graduating from the Rochester public schools she completed her education in the Girls' High School, Brooklyn, N. Y. She was married in San Jose to James B. Miller, who was born in Altoona, Pa., a son of John G. Miller, who served in a Pennsylvania regiment through the Civil War, being mustered out as a sergeant. James Miller is a monotypist, and is now in charge of the monotype department of the University of California. Fraternally he is a Mason. On account of her daughter's health, Mrs. Miller came to Los Gatos in 1921, and wishing to occupy herself she leased the old Riddle residence on Bay-view street, at the head of Main street, and converted it into a family hotel, naming it Hillside Villa. In her religious belief Mrs. Miller is a Congregatonalst.