30th Generation

179. Wilbur Joseph "Knobby" BOTELER Sr. (!) was born on 17 February 1922 in Washington, District of Columbia. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Washington, District of Columbia. He was living with his parents. He appeared in the census in 1940 in Washington, District of Columbia. He was living with his parents and his occupation was "Painter, Hotel." He registered for the Military Draft in 1942 in Washington, District of Columbia. According to his World War II draft card, he was 6'1" tall, weighed 230 pounds, had blue eyes and blonde hair. His employer was the Shoreham Hotel. Knobby died on 24 May 1990 at the age of 68 in La Plata, Charles County, MD. Obituary Notes: "He was the son of James M. Boteler and Annie Patten Boteler. On November 23, 1945 as Wilbur Joseph Boteler, he married Jean Rounald Mangum at the District of Columbia. They were the parents of 10 children.

Obituary Notes: "Wilbur A. Boteler Sr., 68, a retired painter who as a young man had been a champion softball pitcher, died May 24 at Physicians Memorial Hospital in La Plata, Maryland, after a stroke. Mr. Boteler, who lived in Mechanicsville, Maryland, was born in Washington. He served in the Navy during World War II.

He worked as a painter from 1946 to 1984, primarily in commercial and government office buildings. He had worked for Myers Christiansen Co. in Kensington and for the office of the Architect of the Capitol. From the mid-1940s until 1967, he was a standout in Washington's fast pitch softball leagues, winning city championships in 1960 and 1961 playing for a Holiday Inn team and in 1964 playing for Maxie's Lancers. He pitched 51 no-hit games and gained a place in the Washington area Softball Hall of Fame. In 1960 at Griffith Stadium, Mr. Boteler defeated "The King and His Court," a four-man exhibition team led by Eddie Feigner, which toured the country regularly beating local 10-man teams.

Survivors include his wife, Jean Boteler of Mechanicsville; 10 children, Jean Ann Parks, Margaret M. Boteler, Catherine V. Boteler, Wilbur A. Boteler Jr. and Joseph Ernest Boteler, all of Mechanicsville, Patricia A. Baiers of Hillcrest Heights, Mary E. Dixon of Waldorf, Maryland, Brian M. Boteler of Brandywine, Timothy D. Boteler of Prince Frederick, Maryland and Scott K. Boteler of Bel Alton, Maryland; 35 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild." He was buried in Clinton, Prince George's County, MD. in the Resurrection Cemetery. He later changed the spelling of his surname to "Biteler."

Wilbur Joseph "Knobby" BOTELER Sr. (!) and Jean Rounald MANGUM (!) were married on 23 November 1945 in Washington, District of Columbia. Jean Rounald MANGUM (!), daughter of Eugene Vernon MANGUM and Bessie V. TALBOT, was born on 13 October 1924. She died in June 1995 at the age of 70. She was buried in Clinton, Prince George's County, MD. in the Resurrection Cemetery (Section 126). (The cemetery records list her name as "Jean R. Gibson Boteler."

Wilbur Joseph "Knobby" BOTELER Sr. (!) and Jean Rounald MANGUM (!) had the following children:

+219	i.	Jean Ann BOTELER (!).
220	ii.	Catherine V. BOTELER was born (date unknown).
221	iii.	Wilbur A. BOTELER was born in 1953. He died in 2014 at the age of 61.
222	iv.	Joseph Ernest BOTELER was born (date unknown).
223	v.	Patricia A. BOTELER was born (date unknown).
224	vi.	Margaret M. BOTELER was born in 1955. She died in 2021 at the age of 66.
225	vii.	Mary E.. BOTELER was born (date unknown).
226	viii.	Brian M. BOTELER was born (date unknown).
227	ix.	Timothy D. BOTELER was born (date unknown).
228	x.	Scott Kevin BOTELER was born on 23 August 1962 in Washington, District of Columbia. He died on 9 July 2010 at the age of 47. He was buried in Port Tobacco, Charles County, MD. in the Saint Ignatius Cemetery.