Willis L. Miller

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1. 1867

   Samuel C. Alexander, a Pennsylvania-born Presbyterian minister, and Willis L. Miller, a former Confederate soldier and slaveholder who became a Presbyterian minister, co-founded and served as the first two professors of the freedmen's school in Charlotte that became Biddle Memorial Institute.

   Johnson C. Smith UniversityHarding High SchoolSecond Ward High SchoolCentral High SchoolBiddle Memorial InstituteGeorge AlexanderAbraham AlexanderSamuel C. AlexanderMary Deborah Baird BiddleHenry J. Biddle

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2. 1867 · 1867-04-07

   At a meeting on April 7, 1867 in Charlotte's old Presbyterian church, the Catawba Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church agreed on a plan to establish a school for training Black preachers and teachers among the formerly enslaved, and selected ministers Samuel C. Alexander and Willis L. Miller as the school's first two professors.

   Harding High SchoolSecond Ward High SchoolCentral High SchoolMecklenburg PresbyteryFirst United Presbyterian ChurchFirst Baptist Church WestCatawba NationGeorge AlexanderAbraham AlexanderSamuel C. Alexander

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3. 1884

   D.A. Tompkins formed the D.A. Tompkins Company in partnership with R.M. Miller Sr., an engineering and manufacturing firm that would go on to design, build, and equip more than 100 cotton mills across the South, including Charlotte's Alpha, Ada, and Victor mills.

   D.A. Tompkins CompanyD.A. Tompkins

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