#3202 J. Walter "Lefty" Miller ( John Lewis MillerSalome Jane KnepperJohn Jacob "Jacob" KnepperHans Peter KnepperHans Peter KnepperHans Peter KnepperTilmann Knepper )

Lefty was born 28 Feb 1898 in Licking Co., Ohio. He died 20 Aug 1975 in Florida.

From 16 Oct 1918 to 12 Dec 1918 he served in the Students' Army Training Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio until he was discharge as a private. He graduated from Ohio State and played major league baseball for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox from 1922-1933. When Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in 1928, two of them were pitched by Lefty.

Lefty married first #5199 Samantha Graham.

Marriage notes

They married 6 Oct 1928.

 

Samantha was born 26 Jun 1902. She died 29 Apr 1959 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio.

She is the daughter of John & Iva Ithamore (Porter) Graham.

Children of this relationship:

#5200FiSamantha Ann Miller 
#5201MiiJohn Frederick Miller 

Lefty married second #5202 Marie Maxwell.

Marriage notes

They married 22 Feb 1962.

 

Marie was born 2 Mar 1898. She died 27 Jan 1971.


Clifford T. Wig & Dorothy H. Wig, The Knepper Family Tree, (unpublished, Apr 1997). Ref. as [Wig].


Line Generation: 8

Relationship: Fifth Cousins Three Times Removed through Hans Peter Knepper