He earned his undergraduate degrees at Erskine College in SC. The year after his graduation he was appointed Chair of Mathematics for the college and held the position for 7 years. John pursued post-graduate studies in law at the University of VA with a special course at Johns Hopkins Univ. in Baltimore. He began his law practice in Birmingham in 1888 and built a successful practice. He accepted the position of City Recorder from 1891-92 and married the former Eugenia Alexander on June 10, 1896. Their only child, a boy named Pressly, died in infancy.
John was appointed to the Circuit Court of Jefferson Co. in 1907 and was elected to Birmingham's City Court in 1912. In 1915 he was elected to the bench of the 10th Judicial District of Alabama. Judge Miller was active in the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of Honor and the Presbyterian Church. He served on several corporate boards and was a generous supporter of Erskine College's Euphemian Literary Society, helping to fund a new building for the group in 1912.
Find A Grave contributor Gloria Jennings Lowrey
He earned his undergraduate degrees at Erskine College in SC. The year after his graduation he was appointed Chair of Mathematics for the college and held the position for 7 years. John pursued post-graduate studies in law at the University of VA with a special course at Johns Hopkins Univ. in Baltimore. He began his law practice in Birmingham in 1888 and built a successful practice. He accepted the position of City Recorder from 1891-92 and married the former Eugenia Alexander on June 10, 1896. Their only child, a boy named Pressly, died in infancy.
John was appointed to the Circuit Court of Jefferson Co. in 1907 and was elected to Birmingham's City Court in 1912. In 1915 he was elected to the bench of the 10th Judicial District of Alabama. Judge Miller was active in the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of Honor and the Presbyterian Church. He served on several corporate boards and was a generous supporter of Erskine College's Euphemian Literary Society, helping to fund a new building for the group in 1912.
Find A Grave contributor Gloria Jennings Lowrey
Family Members
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Elizabeth Lorraine Miller
1847–1862
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Joseph Neely Miller
1849–1910
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Samuel Pressly Miller
1851–1851
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Nancy Barnette Miller Kittrell Pogue
1852–1938
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Jane Patterson Miller Dale
1855–1903
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Sarah Louise "Sallie" Miller Brice
1858–1948
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James Pressly Miller
1861–1906
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Benjamin Meek Miller
1864–1944
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David Pressly Miller
1869–1899
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