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William Marks Miles


Birth22 May 1828Attica, Wyoming County, New York, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William Marks Miles (1828-1897), memorial #19023519.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Marks Miles, ID: KWJD-N8T.

    Various Idaho Newspapers, Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007 (Idaho Falls, Idaho: Idaho Falls Regional Family History Center), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for William Marks Miles (7 July 1897); citing Idaho Falls Regional Family History Center, Idaho Falls image 489; FHL film number 100464685.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for William Miles, folder "Third 100, first 50, returns, 1847 June" (#42), image 3, line 8; entry for William Miles, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 3, line 15; entry for William Miles, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 8, line 110; entry for William Miles, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 16, line 20.
Death7 July 1897Moreland, Bingham, Idaho, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Marks Miles, ID: KWJD-N8T.

    Various Idaho Newspapers, Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007 (Idaho Falls, Idaho: Idaho Falls Regional Family History Center), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for William Marks Miles (7 July 1897); citing Idaho Falls Regional Family History Center, Idaho Falls image 489, FHL film number 100464685.
BurialJuly 1897Moreland Cemetery, Moreland, Bingham, Idaho, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Marks Miles, ID: KWJD-N8T.
FatherSamuel Miles Sr
MotherPrudence Marks
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   • Orpha Ann Alexander
Married16 May 1853Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Marks Miles and Orpha Ann Alexander, ID: KWJD-N8T and ID: KWVS-84F.
          Children:
               William Alexander Miles
               Orson Miles
               Orpha Ann Miles


   • Martha Jane Curtis
Married9 March 1859Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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    Brigham Young University-Idaho, Western States Marriage Index (Rexburg, Idaho: Brigham Young University-Idaho Special Collections, 2005), 23 February 1859; citing Springville, Utah, Utah Territory.

    Judith Woolstenhulme Hansen, Marriages in Utah Territory, 1850-1884 : from the Deseret News, 1850-1872, and the Elias Smith journals, 1850-1884 (Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States: Utah Genealogical Association, 1998), p. 31.
          Children:
                Miles
               Prudence Jane Miles
               Emmeline Amelia Miles
               William Franklin Miles
               Lorenzo Lachoneus Miles
               Martha Eveline Miles
               Samuel Gustavus Miles
               Lillie Miles
               Mercie Miles
               Harriet Mae Miles

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• 1828Geneseo, Livingston, New York, United States
• 1840Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States
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Census Records Label
• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusManti, Sanpete, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusFountain Green, Sanpete, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusFountain Green Precinct, Sanpete, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Jedediah M. Grant/Joseph B. Noble CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure19 Jun 1847
       Arrival2 Oct 1847
• Ezra T. Benson CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure15 Jul 1849
       Arrival25-29 Oct 1849

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