Admiral john w miller biography and family
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Lucky Bag
From the Lucky Bag:
John Walter Wilcox
Macon, Georgia
"Billie" "Bill Pecker"
Cheerful as a summer's day and is successful in everything except the Math. Department; especially the ladies who can not with stand his modesty, grace and his expert skating. Special champion of the Junior social set. So polite that he will laugh obligingly even at Tommy's bum jokes. Beloved alike by both young and old and can make a chaperon think he is a theological student in a ten-minute sitting. "I'll break your face if you call me a ladies' man!"
Three Stripes (1) Buzzard (2) Secretary of Athletic Association (2) Chairman Farewell Ball Committee (2) Hop Committee (3, 2, 1) Class Crest Committee, Class Baseball Team (2) Captain (3) Second Baseball Team (4) Hustlers (4, 3) Football Team (2, 1) Lightweight Wrestling (2) Gym Team (4) Rifle Team (2) Santee (2) Indiana (4) Tribunal.
Loss
John was lost on March 27, when he fell overboard from USS Washington (BB 56) while transiting the North Atlantic Ocean. He was the commanding officer of Task Force
Other Information
From researcher Kathy Franz:
In November , John told a reporter how he first fell in love with the sea. “As a youth he was visiting a friend in Charleston one day when a great Navy battlewagon steamed in. He
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John Franklin Miller (California politician)
American politician (–)
John Franklin Miller
In office
March 4, &#;– March 8,Preceded by Newton Booth Succeeded by George Hearst In office Succeeded by John Reynolds Born ()November 21,
South Bend, Indiana, U.S.Died March 8, () (aged&#;54)
Washington, D.C., U.S.Resting place Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Virginia, U.S.Nationality American Political party Republican Relations John Franklin Miller (nephew) Parent Signature Allegiance United States of America
UnionBranch/service United States Army
Union ArmyRank BrevetMajor General Battles/wars American Civil War John Franklin Miller (November 21, &#; March 8, ) was a lawyer, businessman, and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He represented California in the United States Senate from until his death. He was a proponent of several bills against Chinese immigrants.
Early life and career
[edit]Miller was born in South Bend, Indiana, to William Miller.[1] His nephew, also named John Franklin Miller, was later a congressman from Washington. Both sometimes went by John F. Miller. Miller was educated in South Bend, Chicago, and in Ballston