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Miner, James G. 1819-
military officer; born in New England in 1819; graduated at the University of Edinburgh; later removed to Texas.
During the Mexican War he served under General Taylor.
Prior to the Civil War he was a partner in the famous Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Va., and during that war was assistant Secretary of the Confederate Navy.
Later he invented a high-pressure engine, but it did not prove a financial success.
He died in Milford, O., May 28, 1901.