Bio: Thomas A. Miller,  Caddo Parish La
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890
Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker




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     Thomas A. Miller, planter, of Ward 7, Caddo Parish, La., was born near
Spring Ridge in 1851, being the son of John Isaac and Susan (Blakely)
Miller, who were married in Caddo Parish.  He is the eldest of the six
children born to his parents, and passed his youth on his father's
plantation, receiving in the meantime a moderately good education.  When
only fourteen years of age he commenced a business career for himself, and
first took charge of the home place.  In 1874 he married Miss Sallie Burke,
daughter of William and Sarah Burke, and born in DeSoto Parish.  To this
union have been born three sons and one daughter.  Mr. Miller, after
marriage, settled on his present farm, which is situated near Keithville,
and contains about 280 acres of land.  He has accumulated a comfortable
fortune by his own exertion and energy, and is a gentleman of most
courteous and agreeable manners.  He served one year as constable, and now
holds a contract for carrying the mail between Keithville and Springfield.
He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller are
closely identified with the Methodist Church.  The Miller family is an old
and honored one through the South, many of the ancestors being famous for
bravery in defending their country.  George Miller came to this parish many
years ago, and served as a soldier in the Confederate army.  He was of
Irish descent.  Grandfather Blakely came to Caddo Parish about 1839, and
was killed by a horse, when the subject of this sketch was a small boy.
The South has at all times been noted for the kindness of her people, and
Mr. Miller is a worthy representative of the Southern gentleman, and he
merits great praise for having taken up the scattered threads of his life
and weaving them into a pleasing whole.