Lester Crabill Miller
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Title
Lester Crabill Miller
Subject
Miller, Lester Crabill (1906-1975)
Description
Lester Crabill Miller as a toddler standing on a wicker chair.
Lester was the oldest of five children born to John William and Sarah Eunice (Wotring) Miller. His middle name was Crabill which was taken from his maternal grandmother's maiden name, Margaret Elizabeth Crabill Wotring.
The farm he grew up on near Maurertown was originally a part of his great grandfather, Jonathan Stribling Crabill's estate.
Lester married Flora Myrtle Combs in Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, in 1928. Myrtle was born in Kentucky, the daughter of Walker Combs and Margaret Estes "Maggie" Combs.
Initially, Lester and Myrtle lived in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio. However, they lived mostly in Winchester, Virginia, where their two daughters, Dorothy and Inez, grew up and went to school.
Lester worked for American Viscose Corporation in Front Royal, until his retirement.
He moved to Albin, just outside of Winchester, in his latter years.
Lester was the oldest of five children born to John William and Sarah Eunice (Wotring) Miller. His middle name was Crabill which was taken from his maternal grandmother's maiden name, Margaret Elizabeth Crabill Wotring.
The farm he grew up on near Maurertown was originally a part of his great grandfather, Jonathan Stribling Crabill's estate.
Lester married Flora Myrtle Combs in Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, in 1928. Myrtle was born in Kentucky, the daughter of Walker Combs and Margaret Estes "Maggie" Combs.
Initially, Lester and Myrtle lived in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio. However, they lived mostly in Winchester, Virginia, where their two daughters, Dorothy and Inez, grew up and went to school.
Lester worked for American Viscose Corporation in Front Royal, until his retirement.
He moved to Albin, just outside of Winchester, in his latter years.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Sep 1907".
Contributor
Identified in 2013 by Janice E. Miller, a niece of Lester Crabill Miller, who had the same picture at home.
Biographical information was compiled from the obituary posted on his Find-A-Grave record.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
027026
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Lester Crabill Miller,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 6, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/56703.
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