Sixth Generation


81. Miles Arthur VANDERVORT was born on 4 February 1914 in Monroe County, WI.59,136 He appeared in the census in 1920 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.30 He appeared in the census in 1930 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.46 Miles graduated in 1931 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.137 from Tomah High School. He died on 26 May 1984 at the age of 70 in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, WI.98,99,136,138 He had heart surgery at age 60. He was buried in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, WI. in the Aberdeen Cemetery.

Miles Arthur VANDERVORT and Elizabeth Jane NIGH were married on 5 September 1942 in Ozark, Dale County, AL.137

Newspaper Article (undated): "Miles A. Vandervort, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Vandervort, and Miss Jane Nigh of Racine, Wis., were married Sept. 5th at Ozark, Alabama. Miles was a graduate of Tomah high school in 1931. He is now stationed at Camp Rucker, Alabama and is in the medical corps as a laboratory technician. He is soon to leave for an unknown destination and Mrs. Vandervort will return to her home in Racine." Elizabeth Jane NIGH was born on 20 January 1917 in Indiana. She died on 28 February 1985 at the age of 68 in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, WI.

Miles Arthur VANDERVORT and Elizabeth Jane NIGH had the following children:

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Robert Clyde "Bob" VANDERVORT.

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Ronald Miles VANDERVORT.

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Edward Alan VANDERVORT.