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Miless Henry Amerine
Miless Henry Amerine, merchant and mineral land
salesman, was born April 21, 1847, at Camp Hill, Tallapoosa County, died February
15, 1914, in Montgomery, and is buried at Greenville; son of John Porter Warner
and Lucy Ann White (Meadows) Amerine, the former a native of Tennessee, probably
Paris, removed to Troy where he practised medicine prior to 1861, was colonel of
the 57th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Confederate States Army, having risen to that
rank through successive promotions from a captaincy; grandson of Henry H. and
Jane (Porter) Amerine, who lived at White Plains, and of Miless Robley and Susan
(Parker) Meadows of Upson County, Georgia. The Amerine family were originally
from Pennsylvania, whence descendants migrated to Tennessee and later to Alabama.
The first American ancestor was John Henry Amerine coming upon the ship "Halifax,"
from Rotterdam, last from Cowes. His descendant, Abraham Amerine, served in the
"Rangers on the frontiers," 1778-83, in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Other
descendants fought in the Revolutionary Army. Family tradition preserved the
statement that the family was originally from one of the German speaking cantons
of Switzerland.
Captain Amerine received his education in the schools of Pike County, including a
course in the Troy High School. He was for many years a prosperous merchant in
Greenville, later removing to Montgomery, where in 1884 he became a member of the
firm, J. R. Warren and Company, wholesale grocers. Seven years later he entered
the land business, specializing in the sale of mineral lands.
He was captain of the "Greenville Light Guards", 2nd Infantry Regiment, Alabama
State troops, from 1876 to 1883; Lieutenant-Colonel of that regiment, 1883-84;
Captain "Montgomery Greys," of that regiment, 1884-88. During his command of the
latter the company became nationally famous for excellence in drill, receiving
competitive awards of handsome swords and medals. He was elected to honorary
membership in some of the oldest military organizations in the nation. This
celebrated old company at various times, while he was captain, was called upon
to serve against rioters and strikers in the Birmingham district, including the
famous Hawes Riot, and also served to restore order during a negro uprising at
Sandy Ridge. During the reconstruction disorders Captain Amerine was wounded while
aiding in the restoration of white supremacy. He was a Democrat and an Odd Fellow.
Married:
May 21, 1867, in Elba, to Cynthia Selena, daughter of Charles Stephen and Mary
Elizabeth (Broughton) Lee, of that place, the former a native of Virginia,
soldier of the Indian Wars, and whose sons were officers in the Confederate Army,
related to the distinguished Lee family of Virginia, the latter a native of
Georgia, descended from a celebrated English line; granddaughter of Stephen D.
Lee, of Virginia.
Children:
1. Edward Porter, secretary (Georgia Casualty Company, m. Zadie Brown, Macon,
Georgia;
2. Mary Elizabeth, m. William Henry Seymour;
3. William Henry;
4. John Lee, deceased;
5. Elizabeth, deceased.
Last residence:
Montgomery.
Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, By Thomas McAdory Owen, LL.D., Volume III,
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Compnay, Chicago, 1921
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