Miller Line.
A line through the family tree, starting with John Miller in the
18th century and ending with our father.
Van Dorn Line.
A line through the family tree, starting with
Pieter Van Doorn of Holland, ending with Emily
Donelson Van Dorn Miller.
Donelson Line.
A line through the family tree, starting with Capt. John
Donelson, Sr. (1696-1736) and ending with Emily Van Dorn Miller.
Dabney Line.
A path through the family tree, starting with
Ivar Oplaendige of Norway in the eighth century
and ending with Anna Letitia Dabney 1852-1946.
TMM with Arnold Palmer, abt 1967.
TMM became friends with golfer
Arnold Palmer
during a period when Arnie was in dicussions with Delta for
promotional work. TMM had dinner with Arnie and Winnie at their
home in Pennsylvania. TMM once said that Palmer is only the
second nicest person in the world, Winnie being number one.
TMM and EMM at Atlanta Convention Bureau, abt 1965.
TMM Official Delta Portrait, abt 1965.
TMM with Delta founder C.E. Woolman, 1963.
The inscription reads "Congratulations Tom on the first 20 years
with Delta and looking forward to the next 20 as fine as
the first." TMM started with
Chicago and Southern Air Lines
in 1943; C&S merged with Delta in 1953.
TMM with actress Jayne Mansfield, 1962.
Hollywood star
Jayne Mansfield was in Atlanta to do promotional
work for Delta. EMM and TMM were invited to have dinner
with the blonde bombshell but EMM refused. Jayne's
daughter
Mariska Hargitay is today a successful TV actress.
EMM and TMM, 1939.
EMM and TMM in the oldest photo I know of.
TMM at age 21.
He said the photo was taken with a pinhole camera.
Van Dorn Miller.
Our grandfather, born in 1882. He looks to be about 40 years old here so we guess this to be from about 1922.
He died August 18, 1945 in Dallas.
The Boston Club in New Orleans.
The Boston Club was where Thomas
Marshall Miller (1847-1920) routinely lost much of what he had, playing poker,
around the turn of the last century. His grandson said the gambling was so bad that
one year his father had to drop out of Tulane law school because TMM had lost
so much money.
A New World through Old Eyes.
New World was one of three books written by Mary Ware,
the sister of Letitia Dabney Miller.
Thomas Marshall Miller, 1847-1920.
This is Daddy's grandfather and husband of Letitia.
Born in Port Gibson, Mississippi,
he attended University of Virginia Law School and was Attorney
General of Mississippi, 1886-1891. The link has references to
a more detailed biography.
Thomas Gregory Dabney, 1844-1929.
Thomas is Letitia's brother. This page has a link to Thomas'
autobiography, where he describes growing up
in Raymond, Mississippi.
Letitia Dabney Miller and Son Thomas Marshall.
1878 photo from Mary Ware's book "Mexico to Russia", showing Letitia
Dabney Miller (wife of Thomas Marshall Miller and daughter of Philip Augustine
Lee Dabney) and child. The book describes the picture as the author's sister
with her second child. We now know the child to be Thomas Marshall Miller,
Jr., born in 1877, lived only to the age of 25.
Letitia Dabney Miller's Recollections.
Letitia is our great-grandmother and husband of
Thomas Marshall Miller.
Emily Van Dorn Miller 1827-1912.
This is our great-great-grandmother, daughter of Judge Peter Aaron Van Dorn
and Sophia Donelson Caffery. Emily wrote the book
A Soldier's Honor about her brother Earl Van Dorn.
She holds a 1883 patent for a cotton-picking tool.
William Trigg Miller, about 1871.
Born 1814 in Kentucky, William was a lawyer, cotton broker, and riverboat
gambler. He is the father of Thomas Marshall Miller (b1847) and is our
great-great-grandfather. We don't know when he died but he was alive during
the Civil War. This picture belongs to Laurean Reynolds of New Orleans,
great-grandaughter of Earl Van Dorn Miller.
Sarah (Smith) Dabney, 1775-1851.
Our great-great-great grandmother.
Octavia Van Dorn Sulivane.
Sister of Earl Van Dorn, daughter of Peter Van Dorn.
This page includes a fascinating (and comprehensively-annotated)
letter written by Octavia to sister Jane during the Civil War.
Major General Earl Van Dorn, 1820-1863.
Major General Earl Van Dorn of the Confederate Army, son of Peter Van Dorn.
Judge Peter Van Dorn, 1773-1837.
Follow the link for details on the 19th century judge and his son, the Confederate general.