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'''John Turner Milner''' (born [[September 9]], [[1826]] in Pike County, Georgia; died [[August 18]], [[1898]] in [[Birmingham]]) was a surveyor and engineer. As a railroad engineer he determined the location where the [[South & North Railroad]] would cross the [[Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad]] and therefore the site of the future city of [[Birmingham]]. He also developed mining operations at [[Coalburg]] and [[New Castle]]. | '''John Turner Milner''' (born [[September 9]], [[1826]] in Pike County, Georgia; died [[August 18]], [[1898]] in [[Birmingham]]) was a surveyor and engineer. As a railroad engineer he determined the location where the [[South & North Railroad]] would cross the [[Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad]] and therefore the site of the future city of [[Birmingham]]. He also developed mining operations at [[Coalburg]] and [[New Castle]]. | ||
Milner was the oldest son of engineer [[Willis Justice Milner]] and his wife, the former [[Mary Ann Milner|Mary Ann Turner]]. He | Milner was the oldest son of engineer [[Willis Justice Milner]] and his wife, the former [[Mary Ann Milner|Mary Ann Turner]]. He attended public school sporadically, assisting his father with farming, railroad work and gold prospecting at Dahlonega. When he was seventeen he and his father uncovered a seam thought to have been payed out. The gold was an answer to the older Milner's prayers and he fulfilled his promise to use the profits to send John to the University of Georgia. | ||
Milner needed remedial study to qualify for enrollment, but soon surpassed his fellow students in the study of engineering. He was forced to withdraw after three years, however, suffering from debilitating illness. Upon his recovery he went to work for the railroad engineer George Hazlehurst as part of a survey crew for the Macon & Western Railroad. | |||
Milner's survey of the site of Birmingham is depicted on [[Eleanor Bridges]]' "[[Cyclorama of Birmingham History]]". | |||
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Revision as of 10:36, 22 July 2014
John Turner Milner (born September 9, 1826 in Pike County, Georgia; died August 18, 1898 in Birmingham) was a surveyor and engineer. As a railroad engineer he determined the location where the South & North Railroad would cross the Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad and therefore the site of the future city of Birmingham. He also developed mining operations at Coalburg and New Castle.
Milner was the oldest son of engineer Willis Justice Milner and his wife, the former Mary Ann Turner. He attended public school sporadically, assisting his father with farming, railroad work and gold prospecting at Dahlonega. When he was seventeen he and his father uncovered a seam thought to have been payed out. The gold was an answer to the older Milner's prayers and he fulfilled his promise to use the profits to send John to the University of Georgia.
Milner needed remedial study to qualify for enrollment, but soon surpassed his fellow students in the study of engineering. He was forced to withdraw after three years, however, suffering from debilitating illness. Upon his recovery he went to work for the railroad engineer George Hazlehurst as part of a survey crew for the Macon & Western Railroad.
Milner's survey of the site of Birmingham is depicted on Eleanor Bridges' "Cyclorama of Birmingham History".
References
- Dubose, John Witherspoon (1887) Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham: Teeple & Smith, Publishers; Caldwell Printing Works.
- Owen, Thomas McAdory and Marie Bankhead Owen (1921) History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. 4 volumes. Chicago, Illinois: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
External links
- John Turner Milner at Findagrave.com