George Macculloch Miller Explained

Birth Date:4 May 1832
Birth Place:Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
Death Place:Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Education:Burlington College
Alma Mater:Harvard Law School
Parents:Jacob W. Miller
Mary Louisa Macculloch
Spouse:Elizabeth Odgen Hoffman
Children:6
Signature:Signature of George Macculloch Miller.png

George Macculloch Miller (May 4, 1832 – November 14, 1917), was a prominent lawyer and secretary of Cathedral of St. John the Divine.[1]

Early life

George Macculloch Miller was born in 1832 in Morristown, New Jersey. He was a son of politician Jacob W. Miller and Mary Louisa Macculloch.[2] His father and J. Pierpont Morgan were directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.[3] He graduated from the Burlington College in New Jersey in 1850 and later Harvard Law School.[2]

Career

George Macculloch Miller and several others began a series of charitable collections among churches and business groups in as early as 1882.[4] In 1893, a committee was appointed "to take steps to have Hospital Saturday and Sunday observed throughout the United States." Members of the committee included Miller, Charles Lanier, Morris K.Jesup, Samuel D. Babcock, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jesse Seligman, Jacob H. Schiff, and Charles Stewart Smith.[5] The goal of this organization was to have a second collection in churches across the United States and have the money disbursed to hospitals for assistance to indigents. This developed into a larger organization eventually becoming the United Hospital Fund.

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Odgen Hoffman. She was the daughter of Lindley Murray Hoffman and Susan Ogden. Together they had:

He died on November 14, 1917, at his home, 270 Madison Avenue in Manhattan.[2]

Descendants

His grandson, George Macculloch Miller III (d. 1972)[10] married Flora Payne Whitney in Cairo, Egypt in 1927.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. 370 (footnote 14).
  2. News: George M. Miller Dead at 85 Years. Prominent Corporation Lawyer Was Secretary of Cathedral of St. John the Divine. . . November 15, 1917 . 2009-11-25 .
  3. "New-Haven and Hartford". The New York Times, October 20, 1892; October 19, 1893
  4. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1882/12/29/103432377.pdf "Co-operative Hospital work" The New York Times December 29, 1882
  5. "Hospital Saturday and Sunday". The New York Times, Nov. 21, 1893
  6. News: Mrs. W. B. McVicar . July 13, 2021 . . November 1, 1943.
  7. News: Port Chester A Bus Hub – Leverett S. Miller Tells of Plans to Supplant Trolleys. . July 13, 2021 . . 3 April 1927.
  8. News: Obituary 4 -- No Title . 13 July 2021 . . June 4, 1966.
  9. News: What Is Doing In Society. . 13 July 2021 . . 17 June 1902.
  10. News: George M. Miller, Artist, Dies at 85. 13 October 2016. The New York Times. September 12, 1972.
  11. News: Mrs. Tower to Wed in Cairo Today – Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney to Marry G. MacCulloch Miller.. 13 October 2016. The New York Times. February 24, 1927.
  12. Book: Biddle . Flora Miller . The Whitney Women and the Museum They Made: A Family Memoir . January 3, 2017 . Skyhorse . 978-1-62872-809-5 . July 12, 2021.