Samuel Miles Jr. (1826-1910)
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Hannah Miranda Colborn (1830-1911)
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Samuel Miles Jr. (1826-1910)
Samuel Miles Jr.
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 1
Miles, Samuel, a High Councilor in the St. George Stake of Zion, is the son of Samuel Miles and Prudence Marks, and was born in Attica, Genesee county, New York, April 8, 1826. In the winter of 1833-34 Elders Orson Pratt and John Murdock preached the gospel in Cattaraugus county. N. Y., and the Miles family were among those who heard and believed. Brother Miles writes in a life sketch: "In the fall of 1835, together with my father's family, I started for the gathering place of the Saints in Missouri. We passed through Kirtland, Ohio, and camped for the winter at New Portage. There I was baptized by Solomon Warner, in April, 1836. We continued our journey in May, 1836, and arrived at Caldwell county, Missouri, where we settled near Far West. Many times have I rejoiced in listening to the Prophet's preaching in the public assemblies of the Saints. I was present July, 1838, when the cornerstones of the Temple were laid at Far West. The acts of the mob militia, ordered out by Gov. Boggs, in devastating our fields, destroying our crops, and abusing peaceful-minded and aged citizens, their hideous yells and cries, when they had the Prophet Joseph Smith and other brethren as prisoners in their camp near our house, are all indelibly impressed upon my mind; this, with the subsequent expulsion of the Saints from Missouri, together with the suffering endured before we reached Illinois, forms a chapter in my life never to be forgotten. Our family lived in Lima, Adams county, Ill., till the fall of 1839, when we settled in Commerce, (later Nauvoo). I had the privilege of attending the University of Nauvoo and receiving instruction from Prof. Orson Pratt, Lorin Farr and others. At the age of fifteen I taught a primary school in Nauvoo, and later taught school in the eastern part of Hancock county. After the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, I rode 50 miles to attend the funeral, passing through Carthage on the way. I also took an active part in defending the city of Nauvoo against the mobs. In June, 1846, I left Nauvoo for the west, and on reaching Council Bluffs, Iowa, I enlisted in the famous Mormon Battalion. My experiences from July 16, 1846, to July 16, 1847, when I was discharged at Los Angeles, Cal., forms a notable year in my life. I kept a daily journal, detailing the hardships and trials endured. Together with other discharged soldiers, I started for Salt Lake City, but we received instructions from Pres. Brigham Young to remain in California for a while longer. I finally arrived in Great Salt Lake valley, Sept. 6, 1848, and located in Salt Lake City. I married Hannah M. Colborn, Sept. 6, 1849, and the same year I sent east for my mother to come to the Valley, my father had died during my absence. I was ordained a Seventy Jan. 18, 1851, and in 1857 I filled a mission to California, laboring mostly in the city of Stockton and vicinity. In October, 1862, I went south and settled in St. George, Washington county, where I followed school [p.537] teaching. May 12, 1867, I was ordained a High Priest by Apostle Erastus Snow and set apart as a High Councilor in the St. George Stake, and also as Stake superintendent of Sunday schools. In the same year (1867) I moved my family to Price (formerly Heberville), five miles from St. George, where I have followed farming for a livelihood. I have had the privilege of performing considerable Temple work for my relatives who have passed beyond the veil."
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4
Miles, Samuel, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company B, was born April 8, 1826, in Attica, Genesee Co., N.Y., a son of Samuel Miles and Prudence Marks. He was baptized in April, 1836, by Salmon Warner, while traveling with the saints to Missouri. Bro. Miles was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Temple at Far West, July 4, 1838, and remembered the acts of mob violence in devastating the saints' fields, destroying their stock, abusing aged men and women, and the subsequent expulsion of the saints from the state. He joined the Battalion, and the hardships of the long march of two thousand miles, the manifest interposition of Providence in delivering them from armed foes, and the numerous vicissitudes incident to a march through a wild and often desert country, formed a notable year in the life of Elder Miller. He arrived in the "Valley" in 1848; was married in 1849, ordained a Seventy Jan. 18, 1851, filled a mission to California in 1857, and another mission to settle Dixie in 1862. He was ordained a High Priest and set apart as a High Councilor at St. George Aug. 18, 1857, moved to Heberville (later called Price), and died May 22, 1910, at St. George, Utah.
Volume 1
Miles, Samuel, a High Councilor in the St. George Stake of Zion, is the son of Samuel Miles and Prudence Marks, and was born in Attica, Genesee county, New York, April 8, 1826. In the winter of 1833-34 Elders Orson Pratt and John Murdock preached the gospel in Cattaraugus county. N. Y., and the Miles family were among those who heard and believed. Brother Miles writes in a life sketch: "In the fall of 1835, together with my father's family, I started for the gathering place of the Saints in Missouri. We passed through Kirtland, Ohio, and camped for the winter at New Portage. There I was baptized by Solomon Warner, in April, 1836. We continued our journey in May, 1836, and arrived at Caldwell county, Missouri, where we settled near Far West. Many times have I rejoiced in listening to the Prophet's preaching in the public assemblies of the Saints. I was present July, 1838, when the cornerstones of the Temple were laid at Far West. The acts of the mob militia, ordered out by Gov. Boggs, in devastating our fields, destroying our crops, and abusing peaceful-minded and aged citizens, their hideous yells and cries, when they had the Prophet Joseph Smith and other brethren as prisoners in their camp near our house, are all indelibly impressed upon my mind; this, with the subsequent expulsion of the Saints from Missouri, together with the suffering endured before we reached Illinois, forms a chapter in my life never to be forgotten. Our family lived in Lima, Adams county, Ill., till the fall of 1839, when we settled in Commerce, (later Nauvoo). I had the privilege of attending the University of Nauvoo and receiving instruction from Prof. Orson Pratt, Lorin Farr and others. At the age of fifteen I taught a primary school in Nauvoo, and later taught school in the eastern part of Hancock county. After the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, I rode 50 miles to attend the funeral, passing through Carthage on the way. I also took an active part in defending the city of Nauvoo against the mobs. In June, 1846, I left Nauvoo for the west, and on reaching Council Bluffs, Iowa, I enlisted in the famous Mormon Battalion. My experiences from July 16, 1846, to July 16, 1847, when I was discharged at Los Angeles, Cal., forms a notable year in my life. I kept a daily journal, detailing the hardships and trials endured. Together with other discharged soldiers, I started for Salt Lake City, but we received instructions from Pres. Brigham Young to remain in California for a while longer. I finally arrived in Great Salt Lake valley, Sept. 6, 1848, and located in Salt Lake City. I married Hannah M. Colborn, Sept. 6, 1849, and the same year I sent east for my mother to come to the Valley, my father had died during my absence. I was ordained a Seventy Jan. 18, 1851, and in 1857 I filled a mission to California, laboring mostly in the city of Stockton and vicinity. In October, 1862, I went south and settled in St. George, Washington county, where I followed school [p.537] teaching. May 12, 1867, I was ordained a High Priest by Apostle Erastus Snow and set apart as a High Councilor in the St. George Stake, and also as Stake superintendent of Sunday schools. In the same year (1867) I moved my family to Price (formerly Heberville), five miles from St. George, where I have followed farming for a livelihood. I have had the privilege of performing considerable Temple work for my relatives who have passed beyond the veil."
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4
Miles, Samuel, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company B, was born April 8, 1826, in Attica, Genesee Co., N.Y., a son of Samuel Miles and Prudence Marks. He was baptized in April, 1836, by Salmon Warner, while traveling with the saints to Missouri. Bro. Miles was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the Temple at Far West, July 4, 1838, and remembered the acts of mob violence in devastating the saints' fields, destroying their stock, abusing aged men and women, and the subsequent expulsion of the saints from the state. He joined the Battalion, and the hardships of the long march of two thousand miles, the manifest interposition of Providence in delivering them from armed foes, and the numerous vicissitudes incident to a march through a wild and often desert country, formed a notable year in the life of Elder Miller. He arrived in the "Valley" in 1848; was married in 1849, ordained a Seventy Jan. 18, 1851, filled a mission to California in 1857, and another mission to settle Dixie in 1862. He was ordained a High Priest and set apart as a High Councilor at St. George Aug. 18, 1857, moved to Heberville (later called Price), and died May 22, 1910, at St. George, Utah.
Hannah Miranda Colborn (1830-1911)
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