Hale County AlArchives Biographies.....Miller, W. G. December 29 1833 - liiving in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    W. G. MILLER, merchant, of Greensboro, Ala., was born in Steuben county, N.
Y., December 29, 1833. His parents were William D. and Nancy (Cunningham)
Miller, both natives of New York, but the former of English descent and the
mother of Scotch. The father was by occupation a farmer, and served in the war
of 1812. They reared five sons and four daughters to maturity, and lived and
died in their native state. W. G. Miller was reared on his father's farm until
he was about fifteen years old. He then went to Middletown, N. Y., and entered
the printing office of his uncle. Elder Gilbert Beebe, editor of the Signs of
the Times. Three years afterward, he joined his cousin, William L. Beebe, at
Lexington, Ga., and afterward, he went to Covington, Ga., and was there
associated with his cousin in the publication of the Southern Baptist Messenger.
In 1853, he married, in Georgia, Miss Mary E. Beebe, who was born in New York,
and who is still living. She has borne him five children, two of whom, William
O. and Lyda C., are still living. Mr. Miller left Covington in 1856, and removed
to Greensboro, where he arrived on March 31, that year. He took charge of the
mechanical department of the Alabama Beacon, published by Col. John B. Harvey,
now deceased. He remained in that office until 1866, when he took the office of
assistant tax assessor, under the United States government, receiving the office
without solicitation on his part. The work done embraced five counties. After
remaining in this office six years, he resigned, and commenced business as a
general merchant in 1872, in which line he has since continued. He has also been
interested to some extent in farming, and owns a fine plantation of 1,000 acres
in Hale county, and a half interest in another farm of about the same size.
While Mr. Miller has never been active in politics, he affilliates with and
supports the democratic party.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1066-1067
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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