Joseph Lyon Miller was a medical doctor from Thomas, West Virginia, who collected and wrote on his family's genealogy, particularly that of the Fielding and Davis families.
A rancher, John Howard Hampton was the nephew of Dr. Miller and was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 17, 1898. He began ranching near Clarksville, Texas, later working on the 6666 Ranch and directing ranch operations near Slaton, Texas and Tucumcari, New Mexico. From 1956-1958, he served as president of West Texas Museum Association. Hampton donated extensive Indian and western collections to area museums before his death in Tucumcari in 1967.
From the guide to the Howard Hampton Papers, S 401. 1., 1659-1957 and undated, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University)
