John T. Milner
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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.
Milner was the oldest son of engineer Willis Justice Milner and his wife, the former Mary Ann Turner. He split time between school and the family farm, and later, his father's gold-mining operations in North Georgia.
Milner's surveying expedition 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