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JOHN HENRY MILEY
Vol. 3, p. 1337

High on the roll of Oklahoma lawyers is found the name of John Henry
Miley. A native of the Southwest, he has passed his entire career in
this part of the country, having been a resident of Oklahoma since
1909, and since March, 1913, has been the incumbent of several
important positions, being at this time assistant attorney general of
his adopted state. Miley was born at Bastrop, Texas, February 23,
1878, and is a son of Rev. Andrew B. and Avarilla (DOLLAHITE) Miley.

Andrew B. Miley was born in the State of South Carolina in 1818, and
as a young man was ordained as member of the ministry of the Baptist
Church. When Civil War broke out, he enlisted in an Alabama volunteer
regiment in the Confederate service, he having removed to that state
some years before, and early in the war was wounded. When he
recovered from his injuries, he rendered further service to the
Confederacy as a lieutenant colonel in the recruiting branch, and
continued thus engaged until the close of hostilities. When the war
closed, like many of his fellow Southerners, Reverend Miley made his
way to Texas to escape the hardships and indignities of the
Reconstruction period and settled at Bastrop. He became widely known
and greatly beloved by the members of his congregation, and when he
died, in 1896, the ministry lost one of its most zealous members.
Mrs. Miley, who was a native of Tennessee, died at Bastrop, Texas, in
1895. She was a direct descendant of the Lords Haliburton and Robert
Bruce of Scotland.

The early education of John Henry Miley was secured in the public
schools of Rockdale, Texas, following which he entered the
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, from which he was
graduated in June, 1896, with the degree of Bachelor of Science,
having taken a full course in civil engineering. After his graduation
for about one year he was a bookkeeper for the firm of SCARBOROUGH &
Hicks, of Austin, Texas, then returning to Bastrop, where he was
elected county surveyor of Bastrop County. It was while serving in
this capacity that he decided to take up the study of law, and
accordingly began to read in the office of Orgain & Garwood, of
Bastrop, of which firm Judge GARWOOD is now general attorney of the
Sunset-Central Lines. Admitted to the bar June 19, 1899, Mr. Miley
began practice at Bastrop, and shortly thereafter entered into a
partnership with Judge Paul D. PAGE, under the firm style of Page &
Miley, with offices at Bastrop and Smithville, Texas. This
association continued as one of the strong combinations of Bastrop
County, until July, 1909, when it was mutually dissolved, Mr. Miley
at that time removing to Shawnee, Oklahoma, where he continued in the
general practice of the law until his appointment, March 15, 1913 to
the office of special assistant to the attorney general of the United
States. He was placed in charge of the litigation affecting the title
to the Seminole Indian Allotted Lands, and continued as assistant
United States attorney general until January 11, 1915, when he was
appointed by Atty. Gen. S. P. FREELING, to the position of assistant
attorney general of Oklahoma, a capacity in which he has charge of
much of the more important litigation of the department, particularly
that pertaining to the regulation of corporation, taxation and the
public and school lands. Mr. Miley has won his present position
fairly and has brought to his duties a profound knowledge of law and
jurisprudence and a conscientious regard of the responsibilities of
public service that are, a part of his inheritance from his sturdy
Scotch-Irish ancestors who emigrated to South Carolina among the
first colonists. He belongs to the various organizations of his
profession and is well known in club and fraternal life, while in
politics he wields a distinct influence. With his wife and children
he is a communicant of the Episcopal Church.

On October 13, 1901, Mr. Miley was married to Miss Stella B. WARNER,
daughter of Capt. John T. Warner and Jennie Warner, of Baseville
(sic), Arkansas. She died December 6, 1905, leaving one daughter,
Cora Avarilla. On June 12, 1907, Mr. Miley was again married, being
united with Miss Cora May BROWN, daughter of Mrs. Emma G. Brown, of
Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and they have one son, William Harvey. The
family home is at No. 510 East 10th Street, Oklahoma City.

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