James Weston Miller
| James Weston Miller | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 15, 1815 Erie County, Pennsylvania |
| Died | April 29, 1888 (aged 72) Gay Hill, Washington County, Texas, Texas |
| Education | Waterford Academy Jefferson College Presbyterian Western Theological Seminary |
| Occupation | Clergyman, educator |
| Title | Reverend |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth McKennan Elizabeth Scott Stuart |
| Children | 4 sons, 3 daughters |
| Parent(s) | Jeremiah Miller Elizabeth (Weston) Miller |
James Weston Miller (1815-1888) was an American Presbyterian minister, educator and Confederate chaplain in Texas during the American Civil War. He helped establish the First Presbyterian church in Houston and many Baptist and Methodist churches and schools for blacks. He also taught many daughters of the Southern aristocracy at the Live Oak Female Seminary in Gay Hill, Texas.
James Weston Miller was born on November 15, 1815 in Erie County, Pennsylvania. His father was Jeremiah Miller and his mother, Elizabeth (Weston) Miller. He had eight siblings. His family was Methodist.
He graduated from Waterford Academy in 1835 and graduated from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania in 1840. He then graduated from the Presbyterian Western Theological Seminary in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
He served as assistant to Matthew Brown, the President of Jefferson College, his alma mater, in 1841. He then became a Principal at the Grove Academy in Steubenville, Ohio, where he became friends with Dr Charles Clinton Beatty, the President of Steubenville Female Seminary, until 1843.
He moved to Houston, Texas in 1844. He gave sermons in the Texas Capitol, sometimes attended by Sam Houston, the President of the Texas Republic. A year later, in 1845, he oversaw the construction of the First Presbyterian Church of Houston. He served as Presbyterian minister there from 1847. Theologically, he believed that salvation was for the living, and that one could not repent just before death. He also became a delegate to the Presbyterian General Assembly that same year. He was a member of the Texas Literary Institute. In 1849, he helped decide on Huntsville, Texas as the location of the Presbyterian Texas College. He also helped charter Austin College in Austin, Texas, where he served on the Board of Trustees from 1849 to 1878.
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