City: Memphis
MILLER, Charles Robert, concrete contractor; born Logansport, Ind., Sept. 4, 1869; Scotch-Irish and Puritan descent; son of Robert Scott and Nancy Ann (Taylor) MILLER; father’s occupation, contractor and pioneer in cement work; grandfather John Denman MILLER; maternal grandfather Elijah TAYLOR; educated Des Moines (Ia.) Public Schools; graduated from Des Moines (Ia.) High School, June 7, 1886; early business occupation, grocery business, baseball player, traveling salesman; married Mary Elizabeth LANE, April 20, 1898; member K.P., B.P.O.E., former Esquire of Lodge No. 27, B.P.O.E., Memphis, Tenn., six years previous to 1898; Republican (National) Democrat (Locally); member of Memphis Merchants Exchange; B.M.C.; Builders’ Exchange (member of committee in same), National Association of Cement Users; has been identified with the paving and contracting interests of Memphis, and has made the name Miller-Maker-Memphis, famous in paving contracts from Va. to Ark. and Wis. to La.; member of Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tenn.
