h/o Margaret Overcash
Deputy Miller was shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant on a 60 year old man two miles east of Mooresville. The suspect shot him in the chest with a shotgun when he told him he had a warrant for his arrest. A posse captured the suspect the next day.
The suspect was convicted of Deputy Miller's murder and executed in the electric chair on September 25, 1917.
Deputy Miller was survived by his wife, six children, three brothers, and four sisters.
(data courtesy of Phil Hamilton)
h/o Margaret Overcash
Deputy Miller was shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant on a 60 year old man two miles east of Mooresville. The suspect shot him in the chest with a shotgun when he told him he had a warrant for his arrest. A posse captured the suspect the next day.
The suspect was convicted of Deputy Miller's murder and executed in the electric chair on September 25, 1917.
Deputy Miller was survived by his wife, six children, three brothers, and four sisters.
(data courtesy of Phil Hamilton)
Family Members
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Martha Ann Miller Horton
1871–1938
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Mary E. Miller
1874–1876
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Lillie Joretta Miller Sigman
1876–1965
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Joseph Wilson Miller
1878–1914
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William Marvin "Bill" Miller
1882–1973
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Nannie Matilda "Tillie" Miller Smith
1885–1965
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James Lee Miller
1888–1936
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Laura Augusta Miller Shumaker
1890–1982
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Lawrence Carrigan Miller
1893–1964
