Interim Content
Miles, Samuel
Biography
8 Apr. 1826–22 May 1910. Teacher, clerk, farmer. Born in Attica, Genesee Co., New York. Son of Samuel Miles and Prudence Marks. Moved to Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York, by June 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Solomon Warner, Apr. 1836, in New Portage, Medina Co., Ohio, en route to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri. Moved to Lima, Adams Co., Illinois, 1839. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, fall 1839. Served in Mormon Battalion, 1846. Served as justice of the peace, 1847, in California. Migrated to Salt Lake Valley, Sept. 1848. Married Hannah Marinda Colborn, 6 Sept. 1849. Ordained a seventy, 18 Jan. 1851. Served mission to California, 1857. Served colonizing mission to St. George, Washington Co., Utah Territory, Oct. 1862. Ordained a high priest by Erastus Snow, 12 May 1867. Moved to Bloomington, Washington Co., by 1 June 1900. Returned to St. George, ca. 1905. Served as a patriarch. Died in St. George.
Links
papers
- Affidavit, 20 January 1840
- Docket Entry, circa 16–17 December 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Anderson et al. ]
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- License Record Book
- License for Samuel Miles, 17 April 1841, Extract
- License for Samuel Miles, 21 May 1836
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Nauvoo Marriage Record, February 1842–January 1846
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843
- Petition from John Workman and Others, circa 11 March 1843
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book B
- Tithing Daybook B
- Gender
- Male