Miller, Warren (Judge)

Passed: 1920-12-29

Age: 72

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Death Notice: 1920-12-30

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Information: JUDGE MILLER STRICKEN - Judge Warren Miller, Jackson county's most honored and widely known citizen, died at six o'clock Wednesday morning, December 29, at his home here after two hours of illness with heart failure.  Mr. Miller was born April 2, 1848 in Meigs County, Ohio, being a son of Lewis M. and Elizabeth Shinn Miller.  The Miller family moved to a farm in Union district, near Millwood, in 1850.  He received his education in the common schools and at the Ohio University at Athens, Ohio, and came to Ripley in 1870 as a school teacher.  Having studied law,he was admitted to the bar in January, 1871, and soon built up a large practice in this and adjoining counties.  He held a prominent place in the history of the county, state and national affairs.  He served as prosecuting attorney of this county from 1881 to 1889; delegate at large from this state to the Republican National convention at Chicago in 1884; member of the House of Delegates in 1891; elected to Congress in 1894 and again in 1896; appointed judge of the circuit court in 1900; elected to the same position in 1902; appointed a judge of the Supreme Court in 1903; member of the House of Delegates in 1911; elected to the State Senate in 1914; and during the World War served as president of appeal board of the Southern district of West Virginia.  In all of the abover positions he was honest, honorable and faithful in the discharge of the duties and no man ever had a higher regard for the law than he.  Faithful to every trust, honest in the strictest sense of the word, industrious, kind and considerate, he will now be remembered by all who chanced ---------and careful investing, he accumulated a large amount of property and perhaps was by far the wealthiest man in Jackson county.  He owned a large farm near Millwood which was known as the ""Big Woods"" farm, consisting of several hundred acres, and in the last few years he gave a great deal of attention to the management of it and last week he was at the farm making the annual settlements with his several tenants.  All day Tuesday was spent in the law office at work on some important cases which had been entrusted to him.  About nine o'clock, his usual time, he went to bed and at four in the morning members of the family were awakened by a noise in his room, and rushing to his aid found him in a serious condition, his pulse almost gone.  Drs. T. E. Rymer, Ray Kessel and T.I.C. Parsons were called and used every effort to restore life, but he breathed his last two hours later, retaining consciousness until the end. He was a member of the Masonic order of a high rank and also a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge.  Years ago he united with the Episcopalian church at Ripley and was faithful in his attendance at the church services.  He is survived by two brothers, Columbus and Leander Miller, both of Millwood, and a half brother, Hampton Miller, of Cottageville.  The funeral services will be held at the M.E. Church at Cottageville at 2 p.m. Friday.  A special train will leave Ripley at 1 o'clock and return after the services.  A short service will be held at the Miller home here at 12 o'clock Friday.