Early brick building owned by the Miller family, Helena, Ark. [graphic]. [190-?]

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Arkansas History Commission. Early brick building owned by the Miller family, Helena, Ark. [graphic].

Early brick building owned by the Miller family, Helena, Ark. [graphic]. [190-?]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47111952

Negative taken of early brick building owned by the A.H. Miller family in Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas from the book "How I Succeeded In My Business" by Rev. A.H. Miller published in 1911. In February of 1851, Rev. Abraham H. Miller was born a slave in Saint Francis County, Arkansas. Miller moved with his mother to Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas following the Civil War. He then moved to Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri for two years, but returned to Helena. After attended Southland College in Helena, Miller went into business with a dray (delivery cart) and soon expanded into real estate. Miller was elected by the people of his county to serve as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1875-76. He was ordained a Baptist minister about 1900 and ministered at the Centennial Baptist Church in Helena. He was Treasurer of the Arkansas Baptist College Trustees and a member of the Home Mission Board of the National Baptist Convention. He built and was pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church at Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas. In 1887, he married Eliza Ann Ross with whom he had five children who lived to adulthood including Maria L., Lucian S., Katie May, George B. and Robert M. Miller died in July of 1913 in Helena at the age of 62.

1 copy negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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