Morris Longstreet Miller

Birth: 3/21/1891, Bay City, Michigan 

Address: 1871 E. 81st St., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: age 26 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Newspaper Artist at Central Press Association, Frederick Building, Cleveland, OH [The Central Press Association was an American newspaper syndication based in Cleveland, OH from 1910-1971 which supplied features, columns, comic strips, and photographs to more than 400 newspapers.]  

Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes grey, Hair brown 

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/28/1918; Private 

Service Number: 2431007

Deployment: 6/6/1918 from Brooklyn, NY aboard SS Port Dennison

Action: Co 2 1 Bn 158 Dep Brig to May 2/18; Co D ? Inf to death. Pvt. St Mihiel. AEF June 6/18 to death

Death: October 1, 1918 at age 27 [~6 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918]; cause of death Epilepsy

Burial: 10/2/1918 buried locally in Meuse, France; 5/12/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France; 5/13/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. with arrival Antwerp, Belgium 5/20/1921; remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard USAT Wheaton arriving Hoboken 7/2/1921; 7/13/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cincinnati, OH arriving 7/15/1921 to the care of Mr. Dunkman, undertaker, 910 Clark St., Cincinnati, OH; final burial 7/16/1921 at Spring Grove Cemetery, 4521 Spring Grove Ave., Cincinnati, OH, Section 115, Lot 29, the same gravesite as that of his parents 

Next of Kin: Ada G. Miller, mother, 8433 Wiswell Ave., Cincinnati, OH

Additional Information: 

Private Morris Longstreet Miller appears to have been an only child.

Father: Reverend William Portus Miller (1860-1905), born Bovina Center, NY, a long biography of his life is posted on his findagrave.com site outlining his extensive education at Hamilton College, Wooster University, and a theological seminary and his career as a Presbyterian minister at various pastorates in several states, died at age 44 and was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH alongside his wife and son; Mother: Ada Gertrude Chipman Miller (1859-1940), born Cincinnati, OH, appeared to have had one child, buried Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH alongside her husband and son; no information found about Siblings.