The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-04-23
Married To Miss Morehcad.

salary, more detrimental than bene-
fetal to his practice.
Married To Miss Morehcad.
Mr.. Miller was married to Miss
Maggie Morehead at Hawesville, on
November 80. 1891. Miss More
head resided with her uncle. w. S.
Thomas. the present veteran cashier
of the Hancock Deposit Bank Be
sides the great popularity of the
contracting parties, the wedding was
notable in the town of Hawesville.
and is often talked of yet. because
of the fact that it brought there the
most distinguished guest. the late
Gen Simon Boliver Buckner, veteran
of the civil war and the Mexican
war.
Gen. Buckner's Foster Daughter.
In the latter war Miss More
heads father. Joseph Morehead. was
a captain in Buckners division of
the Confederate army. and was kill
ed in the battle of Bowling Green.
The little Miss MOrehead was left
an orphan and Gen. Buckner at once
became q foster father to her. He
never ceased to feel deep interest
in her and gladly attended the we'd
ding. The union was a very happy
one until the death of Mrs. Miller
three years ago. To them was born
one daughter. Mrs. +. c. Malin and
three sons. Eugene. Reuben, Jr., and
Wilbur. AN OF whom live in Owens
boro. and one child which died i'm in
fancy
Seconded 1uckncr's E1minatiun.
IN May, 1887, the Democratic
state convention met at Louisville
and Mr.. Miller was one of those who
seconded the nomination of Simon
Bolivar Buckner in a speech that
made him famous all over the state.
as he had been in Hancock and
neighforing counties before, Buck
ner was triumphantiy elected, and
when soon after. the legislature
created the Office OF state inspector
and examiner, the governor ap-
pointed Mr.. Miller to the place. This
office was created because Of the de-
falcation OF Honest Dick Tate who
had been state treasurer for thirty
years. Mr.. Miller soon found this
place wholly unsuited to his tastes
and he resigned and came to Owens
boro to practice law in 1883.
il the Democratic state conven-
tion OF 1891, although just out of
sick bed, he placed in nomination
for governor his neighbor, John
Young Brown, in a speech that was
so eloquent that he fairly electrified
the audience.
He became associated with Owens
boro in the practice of law with Col.
y. d. Powers, the firm being Powers
& Miller. Later Judge j. ID. AtchisOn
joined the firm. Mr.. Miller withdrew
and for a time he and the late Will
fred Carico were law partners. In
later years he and the late Robert
S. Todd became associated together,
dissolving when Mr.. Todd retired
from the practice.
About three years ago firm COM
posed of Mr.. Miller, Judge w. p.
Sandige, who resigned as circuit
Judge in the Russelville district,
and removed to greensboro, and Mr..
Frank Malin, son-in-law of Mr.. Mil
Ter, who moved here from Ashland,
Ky, was formed. Mr.. Malin but re-
Gently retired from the firm.
General Council for l.. II. and st. Il.
Mr.. Miller was in 1910 appointed
general council of the Louisville,
Henderson and st. Louis railroad.
succeeding the late James p. Helm.
of Louisville Within the past year
he resigned this position because of
failing health.
During his residence in Owens
boro he was engaged in the most
important litigation that was tried
at the local bar in twenty-five years.
He also was called upon to take part
in big litigation in Louisville and
many other points. His clients num-
bered not only the three railroad
corporations that enter greensboro,
but a number of other big corpora
lions doing business here. He came
here a very poor man, but from his
large practice built up quite a COM
potency.
Notwithstanding his large prac-
tice he consented to serve for many
years as a member and president
of the city school board. However.
he steadily refused all overtures
that were made to him to become
a candidate for political or judicial
offices.
He literally worked himself to
death in the practice of his profess