Lewis D. Milhan was born on October 127, 1910 in Monroe County, Michigan. He was the second child of Henry Daniel and Stella (Godfred) Milhan

On June 26, 1937, he married Edythe Beatrice Knapp in Monroe. They had one child.

        1. Jeanie (Milhan) Dick

Lewis died on May 21, 2000 in Northville in Oakland County, Michigan. He was 89 years old. Edythe passed away at the age of 72 in Plymouth, Michigan.