Lanscum George Miller (1902 - 1993)

Born 25 May 1902 in Cushing, Knox, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Feb 1993 at age 90 in Rockport, Knox, Maine, United States

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Biography

Lanscum was born in Cushing, Maine in 1902, the son of Dana Miller and Effie Stone. In 1910, he lived with his family in Cushing.^[1]

In 1950, Lanscum received $1000 from the estate of Mrs. Emma Bird, for whom he had been a chauffeur for many years.

"The Rockland Home for Aged Women will receive $5000 under the will of Mrs. Emma S. Bird, widow of Elmer Bird, who died here Jan. 23. The will is scheduled for presentation at the Probate Court session Tuesday before judge Harry E. Wilbur. Lanscum Miller of Thomaston, for many years chauffeur for Mrs. Bird, is left $1000, and the residue of the estate, which is estimated may inventory between $75,000 and $100,000, will be divided as follows:"

The Portland Press Herald, 21 Feb 1950, p.4

Research Notes

Birth record not found.

Death record/burial

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3H-QNJ : accessed 26 May 2023), ?Anscom Miller in household of Dana Miller, Cushing, Knox, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 141, sheet 8A, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 542; FHL microfilm 1,374,555.