Claire Merritt pulled up her deep Northeast Georgia roots in the early 1920s, went to New York and married legendary baseball star Babe Ruth. She became a celebrity herself as the wife of the most famous New York Yankee, but kinfolk back home always had some questions about some of the stories they’d heard about her. Northeast Georgia relatives, some of them Banks County Rylees, cleared up much of that mystery recently with a reunion of sorts with Claire’s grandson, Tom Stevens.
Relatives of sluggers wife Claire Ruth clear up myths
