David D. Miller,  Concordia Parish
Submitted by Mike Miller



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David D. Miller,  Concordia Parish, Louisiana
    Among the many estimable citizens of Tensas parish, who have become
prominent in their different callings, stands the name of David D.
Miller, Highland, La., who is one of the progressive and substantial
planters of his portion of the parish.  Born in Concordia parish, La.,
in 1843, he is the son of David F. and Mary (Batburst) Miller, the
father a native of Scott county, Ky., born in 1804.  In 1828 the latter
went to Natchez, Miss., with his brothers and was there engaged in
merchandising for some time.  Later he turned his attention exclusively
to planting and moved to his "Point Pleasant" plantation in Concordia
parish on the Mississippi river, in 1835.  In 1832 he married Miss Mary
Bathuret, who bore him these children:  Dr. W. T. Miller, Vidalia, Eliza
(wife of Dr. W. B. Ulrich), Mary (wife of S. W. Campbell), Julia (wife
of Dr. J. M. Craig), H. W. and David D.  After the death of his first
wife David F. Miller married Miss Anna Sellers, and to them were born
three children:  Agnes (wife of B. J. French), Louisa (wife of C. B.
Collins) and Maria Miller.  The father was levee inspector for many
years before the war and held many local offices of his parish although
he was no politician.  David D. Miller was educated at the West Liberty
academy, of Virginia, and left that institution before graduating to
enter the army.  He enlisted in Company F, Twenty-fifth Louisiana
regiment, under Colonel Fisk and served through the entire war in the
Army of Tennessee.  After returning from the war he embarked in
planting, and this he has continued to follow up to the present time.
He has risen to a more than ordinary degree of success in his calling as
a planter, and wherever known he is conceded to be an energetic and
progressive man, imbued with all those qualities of goaheadativeness
which have characterized his ancestors.  He is well respected by all
acquainted with him and is one of the public-spirited citizens of the
parish.  He is a member of the police jury of Tensas parish and has held
that office in a creditable manner for eight years.  He has also been a
member of the school board for the same length of time.  Mr. Miller was
married in 1867 to Miss Rachel Ulrich, daughter of Samuel and Catherine
Ulrich, of Chester, Penn.  The fruits of this union were six children,
five of whom are yet living:  Rachel, Annie, Mary H., John U. and David
F.  Mrs. Miller received her final summons in 1883.
 
 From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, p
257. 
Submitted by Mike Miller