In Memorium
Died, at Austin, Mississippi, on Monday the 13th January 1868, the Honorable Austin MILLER of Bolivar, Hardeman county, Tennessee. Judge MILLER was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, August, 1800; after which his father emigrated to Virginia, thence to Rutherford county, Tennessee, where the subject of this notice was raised to manhood, and studied law as a profession. He was admitted to the bar in 1822, at Hardinsville, then the county site of Hardin county. In 1824 he removed to Bolivar, where he resided till the day of his death. Austin MILLER was a successful barrister, was elected Judge of the Circuit Court by the Legislature of the State, which position he filled with great ability and credit until he retired from the bench of his own free will and accord; he was repeatedly elected to the Legislature, where he rendered valuable service to this State and county. His sound practical judgement and untiring industry enabled him to acquire a large fortune. His death was super-induced by exposure while on his way to his plantation near Austin, Miss. He was landed upon the banks of the Mississippi river at night, the weather was intensely cold, pneumonia in its rudest form seized upon his aged limbs, and after a short illness Austin Miller died in the arms of a devoted friend, Captain Ralph Wormely, of Memphis. On the following Thursday, all that was mortal of the lamented dead reached his grief stricken family. Friday evening, after the beautiful and expensive burial service of the Episcopal church had been pronounced by the Rev. W. C. GRAY, a massive metallic coffin was lowered to its final resting place in Polk Cemetery, then the cold, damp earth closed over the lifeless corpse of Austin MILLER forever.

The Bolivar Bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 25 Jan. 1868, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.