Background
Miller, John Maffit was born on March 31, 1868 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Son of John Maffit and Mary Elizabeth (Norvell) Miller.
Miller, John Maffit was born on March 31, 1868 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Son of John Maffit and Mary Elizabeth (Norvell) Miller.
Educated grammar schools.
Began as clerk with Lynchburg National Bank, 1883. Cashier First National Bank, Buchanan, Virginia, 1890-1893. National bank examiner, 1893-1895.
Cashier Merchants & Farmers National Bank, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1895-1902.
Cashier, vice president, president and Chairman of the Board respectively First National Bank (now First and Merchants National Bank), Richmond, since 1902. President, director, First National Bank Building Сorporation.
Chairman board Dan River Mills, Incorporated., Danville, Virginia. Director and member Executive Committee Life Insurance Company of Virginia.
Director Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company.
Director R.F.&P.R.R. Company, Craddock-Terry Shoe Company, Indstl. Cotton Mills Company. Director 1st and Merch.
National Bk., Richmond Terminal Company, Tredegar Company Trustee Cripple Children’s Hospital, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia Cancer Foundation.
Club: Commonwealth.
Married Nannie Louis Otey, June 7, 1887 (died January 6, 1935). Children: Otey Norvell, Rush Floyd, Mallie Floyd (Mistress James Douglas Cook), Gertrude Kinckle (Mistress Guthrie Smith), Nannie Matthews, Peter Otey, Virginius Newton, Louis, Mary Elizabeth (Mistress Stuart L. Crenshaw).