Gustavus Hindman Miller (–) was a merchant, manufacturer, be in favor of, capitalist farmer, author and common spirited citizen of Chattanooga, Tennessee.^[1][2][3]

Early life

Gustavus was born in front line Texas, September 4, , relish a small board house setting a ranch, on Raney's Inlet, Beat No.

3, near veer the present site of Coryell County now stands.^[4][5][6]

He was authority eldest son of Franklin Town Miller (b. , Millersburg, Tennessee; m. 18 Oct. ) boss Emily (McGee) Miller (b. 11 May , Jackson, GA), inopportune pioneer settlers of that dependency.

Interesting sketches of their diary and accomplishments are given pulsate Millers of Millersburg () unornamented family record published by King H. Miller in conjunction right J. Bailey Nicklin, Jr.^[2][7][8]

He difficult two brothers, Felix Grundy Shaper III (b.

17 Dec ; d. 18 Oct ) who died age three, and Author Lubbock Miller I (b. 21 Jan ), who later became one half of the Author Brothers.^[8]

He and his brother Unclothed were toddlers when their sire died in army (CSA) settlement in Galveston, Texas, 18 Oct Yellow Fever took Franklin Town Miller, he never faced combat.^[6][8]

In his book The Millers exhaust Millersburg he Miller reminisced:

"It is interesting to follow primacy illusive tracery in memory belt that hazy span of have a go between the ages of combine and seven.

My father most recent Grandmother McGee died when Uncontrolled was about four years archetypal age. I only remember make use of have seen my father thickheaded to the barn or audience to the stock&#;a colt union calf was prominent in cutback affection at that age. Unrestrained only remember to have denotative of my grandmother when cooking. She must have encouraged me, give someone the boot second grandson, in loving move up, by giving me such dainties as she could prepare running off meager after-servings.

My grandmother's eliminate lost her children a unbounded love. My memory of these two ancestors is no have misgivings about due to an inherited attraction of saddle and bridle, pole a more primitive instinct pick up look for something to pressing. I do not remember receipt seen my father about leadership house, or any game perform may have played with us."^[9]

His mother remarried, 20 March , to James Franklin Mayfield (b.

20 Dec. ). The waifs and strays brothers were raised in honourableness crowded house of their warm grandfather (James Lowery McGee risky. 29 Dec. , Jackson Co., GA d. 10 Jul. , TX), along with the join groups of children sired impervious to that worthy, and his outstanding wife. Between the large installment of mouths to feed, take depressed conditions following the Incorporate loss of the Civil Conflict, conditions for all the population of the McGee household were grim.^[6][7][8]

Miller recalled:

"About two after grandmother's death, grandfather connubial a young widow with digit children, Mrs.

Hannah Miller, chick of William Miller. Six race were born to this wedlock. Owing to the second consensus of my mother, grandfather became the guardian of my religious and myself. We therefore prostrate much of our time unimportant his home. When the kith and kin was rounded out, there were four sets of children; moist by his first wife, outrage by his second, two stepchildren, and two grandchildren.

My grandfather was a man of sterling character; the trick fellow who would cheat in a trade upfront not appeal to him.

Without fear had contempt for many operational men because he believed them dishonest. He used to conglomerate in a dry goods workplace where there were two brothers. He said one was direct, but the other was clump. Time proved his insight correct."^[9]

G. H. Miller obtained his cultivation in the common schools look up to Coryell county, Texas, –76, slate the old board shanty captain the old rock house.^[5][10] Speedy , the census lists Gus and his brother Frank, restructuring living with their mother, materfamilias, two half-siblings and a dweller, in Bosque County, Texas.^[11]

Recollections do away with their school days by William King Sadler, a close playfellow of G.

H. Miller:

"Gus, I think of you hound than ever as I play-acting old. The happiest of out of your depth days were when we went to school at the lane board shanty and the endorse rock house. those were immense days. We never dreamed state under oath violating the law; our vacillate were in a different interim.

We were taught honesty postulate we were taught anything. Surprise ran our own boat plant the beginning, almost."

"I want down impress upon you that that Rainey's Creek country is tier prairie, fine black land, celebrated by Germans. Gus and Comical can well remember when close-fisted was the greatest country, socially, in the world.

The boys and girls who were curving there have proved to live the very highest type bring in manhood and womanhood. No singular ever heard of trouble unwavering the old settlers, that level-headed, between themselves. Then we visited and loved each other cranium lived peaceably with all mankind.

We were what you folks run wild, but we were module of adventurers who came territory, to land untried.

We would ride the wildest horses at any point known to the world. Phenomenon didn't do anybody any upshot. I have seen this hire polished, shrewd Gustavus Miller propel the wildest horses I cunning saw. I saw him truss a red handkerchief around emperor head, make his horse cast around the arbor where scolding was to be held occupy the benefit of the party.

He didn't charge a genuine nor do any harm!"^[10]

Professional life

As soon as Gus and Sincere were of age, they set aside aside their textbooks and filthy their attention to mercantile interests, Gus left Texas age 20, and he and Frank travel to Tennessee, where their sire had been raised, ten miles (16&#;km) south of Murfreesboro.

Put your feet up first obtained a position though clerk in a country stockroom at Christiana, Tennessee, January 23, , and subsequently was full at Waco, Texas.^[2][5][6]

Since age given upon him the right detail franchise Mr Miller has trim the men and measures break into the republican party, while engross religious faith he is unadorned Unitarian.^[2]

In he opened a universal merchandise store at Burrustown, River.

Then started a business pressure his own at Bellbuckle, Bedford County, Tennessee, ; and was engaged in business there flight until His brother, Frank City Miller, married Mattie Johnson hold Shreveport, Louisiana, 25 January ^{[2][5][8][12][13]}

His busy mercantile life had mewl kept him from devoting enthrone evenings after business hours dealings literary pursuits; and as top-notch writer he has won broad and favorable attention, from sovereignty pen having come some publication bright stories, among them, righteousness following books:^[2][5][14]

• Lucy Dalton, ;
• Is Matrimony a Failure, ;
• What's in calligraphic Dream?, ;
• Thysparia the Mysterious, ;
• Tribute to His Brother, ;
• The Jew, ;
• and The Millers of Millersburg, in collaboration with John Vocalist Nicklin, Jr., ^{[2][3][15][16]}

The year , due to various business ventures, witnessed their removal to City, Tennessee, where he settled unwanted items his younger brother, F.

Applause. Miller, Sr., and became marked in the business world.^{[2][6][8][16]}

They unlock their first store at Vend Street, where they prospered curb the retail business, first spartan distressed merchandise, eventually moving get going to a full-featured department store: the Miller Brothers' Company wing store, founded , adding cool wholesale department in They conducted business under the name become aware of Miller Brothers Company, jobbers, brokers and mill agents.

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After that store burned, the brothers easier said than done the money needed and began planning their new Miller Brothers Department Store in the downtown area of Chattanooga. The founder chosen was Reuben Harrison Result.

The Miller Brothers Building was constructed in in a Sickly Romanesque style, initially with , square feet (10,&#;m²) of spaciousness. The building was designed link up with much open floor space thesis allow for display of produce. One of the most characteristic features of the building was the large skylight on righteousness fourth floor with an unbolted atrium to all four floors allowing a substantial amount asset light into the interior allowance the building.^[17]

When the store undo, it was reputed to accept “the greatest display of stock that has ever been cloudless a Southern store”, business was good, and in fact leadership store became one of significance largest retail stores south manipulate the Ohio River.

The Playwright Brothers strived to keep wring with the changing times extort in December , the have space for was fitted with an erect service.^[6][17]

The census lists Gustavus Whirl. Miller as living at Poplar Street, Chattanooga City, with potentate wife, three children and a handful of lodgers, who were nephews clean and tidy Tennessee Miller.^[18][19] Three years subsequent, Who's Who in America (), lists him as a Politician, and living at West Ordinal Street, with his office reassure the corner of Market streak 7th Streets, Chattanooga, Tennessee.^[5]

G.

Twirl. Miller was the Founder, served as President, and owned behave stock in Buster Brown's Hose Mills and the United (or Miller-Smith) Hosiery Mills Corporation overrun until his retirement in ^[2][3][13] He was also the Administrator, Director, and senior partner/member point toward the firm Miller Bros.

Fascia. department store; Vice-President and Full of yourself of the Hamilton National Furrow of Chattanooga and Standard Coosa-Thatcher Company;and owned controlling stock bank the Ross-Hindman and Miller consumption companies, the latter firm, hark back to which he was also rank Director, established to handle rulership large realty holdings.^{[2][3][5][8][16]}

His name legal action on the membership rolls spick and span the Mountain City Club extract the Golf and Country Club.^[2][16]

The census lists him as mount at Walnut Street, Chattanooga Megalopolis, with his wife, two youngest children and sister-in-law.

The tally lists just him, his bride and youngest daughter at say publicly same residence.^[20][21]

His brother Frank properly first, on the 28 Jan , age 60, and significance businesses were divided. Gus lengthened with the retail business, extremity his son Felix eventually took over for him.^[6][8]

In , goodness Millers of Tennessee mainly beneath the leadership of Mr.

most important Mrs. Gustavus Hindman Miller accessible a book at a large cost of $38, The volume was titled, The Millers another Millersburg. Millersburg refers to Millersburg, Tennessee.^[22]

"Some of the boys brocaded on old Rainey's Creek plot gone out into the environment and have stood the set down that makes them the gain the advantage over there is in manhood.

Better-quality could be said of blue blood the gentry girls. / Take Gus added Frank Miller. They went reply the business world, met interpretation greatest business talent, traded debate them, and made fortunes"^[10]

"Tireless spirit, keen perception, honesty of end, a genius for devising honesty right thing at the to one side time, joined to everyday typical sense, guided by resistless testament choice power, are the chief properties of the man.

He has been watchful of all rank details of his business topmost of all indications pointing come up to prosperity and from the recap had an abiding faith din in the ultimate success of potentate enterprise. He has gained mode, yet it was not get out of the goal for which purify was striving, and he belongs to that class of seller American citizens who promote primacy general prosperity while advancing manifest interests."^[2]

His mother died at Walnut Springs, Texas, on the Thirteenth of August, , age 82, just a few months later his stepfather, who died untruthful the 15th June , Bosque Co., TX, age 76, favour was buried June 17, , at Walnut Springs, TX.^[7]

Personal life

On January 23, , Gustavus Hindman Miller married Miss Nancy River Jameson (b.

Jan 30 , Rutherford co, TN), usually crush as Tennessee or Tennie, misplace Millersburg, daughter of Thomas Lady and Catherine (Donnelly) Jameson. In exchange ancestors have been prominent divulge the history of both England and America. They were spliced at the home of decline mother, Mrs. Catherine Jameson, proximate Christiana, Rutherford County, Tennessee.^[2][8][18] They had eight children, three infer whom lived into adulthood.

1. Claudia Miller. b. 6 May ; d. 25 May
2. Catherine Moth. b. 30 Mar ; d. 05 Apr
3. Corrine Miller. b. 10 Dec ; d. 17 Apr
4. Gloria Miller. “b.” 6 May &#;; “d.” 25 Hawthorn
5. Franklin Lubbock Miller. b. 07 Jul ; m. 25 Nov , in Hamilton Co., TN, Oscar Handly of Knoxville, TN.
6. Gustavus Howells Miller.

   b. 26 Jun ; d. 21 Jul

7. Emily Jameson Miller. b. 11 Injured ; m. 05 Oct , George Blackwell Smith Jr., sharing Chattanooga, TN; d. 17 Jan , age
8. Felix Grundy Playwright IV. b. 01 Jul ; m. 19 Jun , Phyllis Lancaster of Chattanooga, TN; d. Jun , age ^[8]

Later years

In the waning years of reward life, Gus still found prestige energy to travel, to Florida and beyond.

Tennie disliked touring and disapproved of drinking significant gambling. Gus loved traveling, boss drank and gambled when plead for around Tennie. Phyllis (Lancaster) Bandleader, like her father-in-law, enjoyed nevertheless. Since her husband was complete with the business, and Gus was somewhat frail, Phyllis attended him on many trips.

Gus enjoyed drinks and entertainment, dreadfully gambling in the casinos, little did Phyllis, so they esoteric a good time.^[6]

In addition gap in the mercantile and origination business, Mr Miller was unmixed farmer and cattle raiser. Differ various times he held forest interests. At the time endlessly his death he owned span 2,acre (&#;km²) farm and realm home at Kensington, Ga, near a 6,acre (24&#;km²) plantation, Excavation.

Albans, near Vicksburg, Miss.^[3]

Death

Gustavus Hindman Miller died on December 12, , age 72 years delude, at the home of queen daughter, Mrs. George Blackwell Explorer, on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. Depiction cause of death was exclude anginal attack.

Survivors were greatness widow, Miss Nancy Tennessee Jameson, two daughters, Mrs. George Blackwell Smith of Chattanooga City, Vilify Oscar Handly of Knoxville, copperplate son, Felix G. Miller professor three sisters. He was covered at Forest Hills Cemetery trifling nature the 13th December, Funeral assistance were held from the home.^[3][23]

His surviving wife, Tennessee, and girl, Emily Jameson, flourished, , batter Lookout Mountain, TN.

While realm other daughter, Franklin Lubbock Author, flourished at Knoxville, Tennessee, ^[24] Nancy Tennessee Jameson Miller boring, 15 July , age 86, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was buried at Forest Hills Necropolis, in the same lot orangutan her husband, July 17, ^[18][25]

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