"James "Jim" Brown Miller, aka: "Deacon" Miller, "Killer Miller (1861-1909) – One of the worst of the many violent men of the Old West, James B. Miller was seemingly one of those "bad seeds" from an early age. Often impeccably dressed with good manners, he didn't smoke or drink and often attended church, earning him the nickname "Deacon Miller." But, he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Miller was born on October 25, 1861 (some sources list October 24, 1866) in Van Buren, Arkansas to Jacob and Chynthia Basham Miller. When he was just a year old, he and his family moved to Texas in 1862. Jim's father, Jacob, who was a stonemason, helped build the first capitol building in Austin, Texas. However, somewhere along the line Jacob died as his mother was listed as a widow in census reports.
When the boy was just eight, some accounts said that he killed his own grandparents. However, this has never proven to be true…"
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