Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Jefferson Co. SHACKELFORD MILLER was born near Springfield, Mo., February 29, 1856, and is a son of John A. and Barbara (Neville) Miller, the former a native of Jefferson County, Ky., the latter of Montgomery County, Tenn. His maternal grandfather, Solomon C. Neville, was born near Chapel Hill, in North Carolina, but came early to Kentucky, and was one of the first tobacco merchants in the State; he died in 1882. His grandfather, Robert Miller, came from King and Queen's County, Va., to Kentucky, in 1796. The subject of this sketch was educated in the schools of Louisville, and graduated from the Male High School in 1877. He studied law under Hon. Isaac Caldwell, and graduated from the law department of the University of Louisville in 1879. He was assistant presidential elector in 1884, on the Democratic ticket, and is elector for the same district in 1888. For eight years he was associated with Judge Pirtle in the practice of law; is a member of the Filson Club, and devotes considerable attention to historical research. He is a good writer, a fine speaker, and making a good record at the bar as a lawyer. His paper prepared for the Filson Club on the "Life and Times of Governor Garrard" received the most flattering commendation from the Club. Miller Neville Caldwell Pirtle = Montgomery-TN King_Queen-VA NC MO http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/jefferson/miller.s.txt