Marion County GaArchives Biographies.....Judge E.A. Miller & Brick Miller (Father and Son) February 14 1868 - Unknown ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles cmhistory@mchsi.com July 29, 2003, 9:56 pm Author: Memoirs of Ga., Vol. II, 1895 Memoirs of Ga., Vol. II Published by the Atlanta Historical Society in 1895 Pages 623-624 Brick S. Miller, of the law firm of Miller, Wynne & Miller of Columbus, Ga., was born in Marion County, Ga., Feb. 14, 1868. He is a son of Judge E. A. Miller of Buena Vista, Ga., who was one of the best-known men in Georgia. He was born in Columbia County, but his family moved to Monroe County while he was yet a boy, and there he received his early education. In 1843 he moved to Marion County and commenced the study of law at Talbotton, in the office of George W. Towns (afterward governor) and L.B. Smith. His studies continued five years, and in 1848, when the county seat of Marion was established at Buena Vista, he moved there and went into partnership with John Campbell, who was at that time solicitor-general of the Chattahoochee circuit. The partnership continued several years, and when the firm dissolved the young lawyer formed an association with Mark H. Blandford, who later became one of the justices of the Supreme Court, and who now lives in Columbus, Ga. His next partnership was with Judge William B. Butt, who also now lives in Columbus. In 1852 he was elected the first ordinary of Marion County. In 1855 Judge Miller determined to try a new business, and he became the owner and editor of the “Buena Vista Advertiser”, which he continued to conduct with great success until the war broke out. As a major of militia, Judge Miller distinguished himself during the war, and at the battle of Griswoldville he lost a great number of his command. When peace was declared Judge Miller settled down as a lawyer and farm, and resided at Buena Vista until his death. On several occasions Judge Miller represented his county in the general assembly to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. He was a democrat from the time he was a young man until the time of his death, and was always foremost in the battle for the supremacy of democratic principles. In 1868 Judge Miller joined the Baptist church. Judge Miller’s family consisted of three sons and three daughters. The sons are: Mr. Edward Miller of Americus, and B.S. and T.T. Miller of Columbus. The daughters are: Mrs. Andrews Ashurst of Florida, and Mrs. C.H. McCaul and Mrs. William Crawford of Buena Vista. Brick S. Miller was reared and received his earlier education in the town of Buena Vista, and graduated from the University of Georgia, Athens, with the degree of Bachelor of Law, in the class of 1888. During his college course he established a fine reputation as an orator and in consequence was chosen one of the champion debaters of the Demosthenean Literary Society. He also delivered a eulogy on the life and character of Dr. Patrick H. Mell, the deceased chancellor of the university, which is classed as the finest tribute ever paid to the memory of that remarkable man. Soon after his graduation Mr. Miller returned to his home in Buena Vista and entered upon the practice of law, giving up his practice a year later in order to travel and thus broaden his views by actual contact with the population of the different sections of the country. In August 1890, he located in Columbus and formed a partnership for the practice of law with his brother, T.T. Miller, to which firm Mr. E.J. Wynne was admitted in September 1893. This law firm now does an extensive practice and its members are regular retained attorneys of some of the most important corporations and largest wholesale houses in Columbus. Mr. Miller was president of the Young Men’s Democratic League of Muscogee County in the spring of 1894, and took an active part in securing the registration of the voters of that county. He secured the actual best piece of political strategy ever enacted there. Mr. Miller was selected as a delegate to the convention, which nominated William Yates Atkinson as Governor of Georgia, and took a very active part in the campaign for Atkinson prior to the convention. He was also a delegate to the congressional convention, at Warm Springs, Ga., in August 1894. Mr. Miller has never sought political preferment; he was urged to be a candidate for the legislature in 1894, but sacrificed his own opportunities in favor of a friend. He is unmarried, a member of the Improved Order of Red Men and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.9 Kb