Biography of J R Miller, Greene Co, AR

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        Date: 5 Sep 1998
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Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas

page 161

J. R. Miller, deputy circuit and county clerk, and a prominent educator of the county
for a number of years, was born in Gordon County, Ga., April 8, 1856, and came to
Greene County, Ark., in 1879. His father, W. W. Miller, was a native of South
Carolina, where he followed agricultural pursuits for some time, and, when a young
man, moved to Georgia. Here he was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Erwin, a native
of the last-mentioned State and the daughter of James Erwin. The grandparents,
Archibald and Hannah Miller, were of English stock. After coming to Greene County,
Ark., J. R. Miller engaged in agricultural pursuits, which had been his principal
occupation while in Georgia, and he has also been occupied in the teacher's
profession for several years. He settled on a farm near Gainesville, cultivating
sixty acres or more, and has a fine residence. He was married December 26, 1883, to
Miss Mattie Hampton, daughter of M. B. and M. C. (Stevenson) Hampton, of Greene
County, formerly of Shelby County, Tenn. One child is the result of this union, a
daughter, named Minnie May. The mother of Mr. Miller makes her home with him. In his
political views he affiliates with the Democratic party, and in January, 1889, he was
appointed to the position of deputy circuit clerk by Mr. T. B. Kitchens. Mr. and Mrs.
Miller are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.