W.G. Miller

William Goodloe Miller

Full Name: William Goodloe Miller
Date of birth: January 1821
Date of death: October 13, 1888

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 26 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th   Democrat Bastrop / Bastrop   Bastrop, Fayette

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House District 26
Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
Legislatures: 14th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bastrop / Bastrop
Counties in district: Bastrop, Fayette

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • MILLER, WILLIAM G. (1821-1888). Born January 1821, death date 10/13/1888. Also served as a state representative in Alabama Legislature. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • William G. Miller, "member of the Legislature of both Alabama and Texas, and was a member of the convention that carried this State into secession." Death date 10/13/1888. Included in biographical sketch of son William G. Miller. Lewis Publishing Company. History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties, 1893, pp. 733-734. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Military Service Notes

Other Resources

  • W.G. Miller, death date 10/13/1888, age 67 years, burial in Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop, Bastrop County. Includes death notice of Elizabeth Cordelia Sanders, "wife of Wm. Goodloe Miller," from Fayetteville Observer, 9/30/1851. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary, 10/22/1888. Hon. G.W. Miller, born in Madison County, Alabama, died at farm in Bastrop County on Saturday, 10/11/1888. Miller "served one term in the house of representatives of his native state . . . was a member of the secession convention held in Austin in 1861, and served two years in the legislature in Texas." Galveston Daily News.
  • Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

Photographs

  • Photograph. W.G. Miller, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

14th R.S. - 1874
Agriculture and Stock Raising (Chair) 
Commerce and Manufactures  
Internal Improvements  

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