Biographical Sketch of Capt. George H. Miller, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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P. O. Aullville.  Son of Major John and Susan Miller, of Buckingham
county, Virginia, was born in Fluvanna county, Virginia, January 2,
1836, where he was raised.  He taught school in Virginia until 1856,
when he came to this county, and in 1857 was employed by Gen. Joe
Shelby in selling goods at Berlin.  In 1858 he married Miss Mary A.
Corder, and engaged in teaching until the war broke out, when he then
visited Virginia and joined the confederate army as a private.  Was
adjutant of the Third Virginia Cavalry, state service; was promoted to
captain of Company A, Nineteenth confederate cavalry.  After the fall
of Richmond he was a prisoner, but escaped, and returned home to this
county.  He has eight children: John, Thomas J., Mary C., Elias C.,
Paulina B., George H., Jr., Ida L., and Louisa C.

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