Individual Details

1870 Census. Rolling Prairie P.O>, Kankakee, LaPorte, IN, Hh 239
Wm C. Miller, 30, Farmer, b. MI
Phebe, 24, b. IN
Lettie, 1, b. IN
Chancy Chronister, 15, Farming, b. IN

1880 Census. Kansas City, Jackson, MO, Hh 133
W. C. Miller, 40, Livery man, b. IN
Phoeby, 34, wife, b. IN
Lillie, 11, dau (Lettie), b. IN
Wm J., 6, son, b. Kansas
Grace, 2, dau, b. MO


Found on Ancestry FamilyTree:
Grandmother Lettie & Mickey were just walking home after a trip downtown & had just left the streetcar, & walked towards home when Lettie stepped off a curb just ahead of Mickey,& was struck by a car. taken inside an apt.on the corner, where she died.There were no emergency vehicles at that time.

Missouri Death Certificate #34842
Lettie Miller McKim of 6046 McPherson St., 5th Ward, died 7 Nov 1927 from shock & Injuries (fracture of skull) - Struck by auto in St. Louis. Accident. Age about 53, no birth date given, born South Bend, Indiana. Married. Father, Wm C. Miller, b. South Bend; mother, Phoebe Poppinger, b. VA. H. G. McKim of 6046 McPherson wa the informant. Buried Kansas City, MO, Nov 9th.

The St Louis Star and Times, St Louis, MO, 8 Nov 1927, Tuesday, p.17
Death Notices
McKIM - Suddenly on Monday, November 7, 1927, Lettie Miller, beloved wife of Horace G. McKim, dear mother of H. W. and Grace McKim.
Services at the Alexander & Sons Chapel, 6175 Delmar Blvd, on Wed, Nov 9 at 8 PM. Interment, Kansas City, MO, Thursday, Nov. 10.

The Kansas City Times, Kansas City MO, 10 Nov 1927, Thursday, p.20
McKIM - Lettie Miller, age 55, passed away Monday, November 7, at her home in St. Louis. Survived by husband Horace G. McKim; a son, William H. McKim, and a daughter, Grace M. McKim, all of the home, and two brothers, W. R. B. Miller of 404 W. 63rd and A. W. Miller of 4024 Forest. Funeral services Thursday, November 10, at 2 pm from R. V. Lindsey & Sons Funeral Home. Burial in Forest Hill cemetery.

Her parents are also buried Forest Hill Cemetery:
William C. Miller, b. 5 May 1839, La Porte, La Porte County, IN; d. 7 Jan 1912, Kansas City
Phebe Miller, b. 7 Jun 1846, IN; d. 17 May 1925, Kansas City
and her brother
William R. B. Miller, b. 27 Feb 1874, Kansas; d. 2 Sep 1940, Kansas City.

Lettie had prepared a Will - [Missouri, Wills & Probate Records; Ancestry.com]
Dated 5 Oct 1916
Bequests:
To daughter Grace McKim, now about age four, all jewelry
To son William Henry McKim and my brother A. W. Miller, as trustee, ten shares of stock in the W. C. Miller Estate Company. They shall pay $100 per month out of dividends to my daughter Grace until she is eighteen. When she is eighteen they are to turn over to her five shares of said stock. Any payments to be free and clear of any future husband. All dividends on five of the shares to be paid to my son William Henry and five shares to be turned over to him when Grace reached age eighteen.
To my husband, Horace G. McKim, in lieu of all Curtesy rights any rights and interest in my estate, five shares of capital stock in the W. C. Miller Estate Company. Upon his death, his legacy to be divided equally between my son and daughter.
The remainder to be divided equally between my husband, daughter, and son.
Horace G. McKim, my husband, to be executor.
Signed: Lettie T. McKim
Wit: Walter A. Powell, Jno A. Kurtz, Elmer N. Powell

Jackson Co Probate Court, Kansas City, 10 Nov 1927 - to Dover, Kent Co, Delaware. To examine Walter A. Powell
14 Nov 1927, Kent, Delaware, Walter A. Powell testified to witnessing the will of Lettie T. McKim
18 Nov 1927. Jackson Co, MO. Elmer N. Powell also testified to signing the will. Recorded the same day.

Birth	27 Aug 1871
Marriage	15 Jan 1889	Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri - Horace Greeley McKim
Death	7 Nov 1927	Saint Louis, Missouri

Spouse	Horace Greeley McKim (1866 - 1946)
Child	William Henry McKim (1890 - 1970)
Child	Grace Miller "Mickey" McKim (1912 - 1998)

Father	William C Miller (1839 - 1912)
Mother	Phebe Pottenger (1846 - 1925)