Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Miles, Moses Kelly July 29, 1829 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Glapha Cox rcoxfam@earthlink.net January 23, 2006, 10:06 am Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884) New Garden Township p. 662 Moses Kelly Miles, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Miami County, Ohio, July 29, 1829, a son Samuel and Annie (Kelly) Miles, who were natives of South Carolina, the former being of English and the latter of Irish descent. They were the parents of five children, of whom three survive. Mrs. Miles died in 1837, and our subject's father was again married, to Elizabeth Neal, by whom he had one child---Rachel E., and in 1864, he moved to Wayne County, Ind., where he spent the rest of his life. He and his family were members of the Society of Friends. Our subject resided at home till his marriage, Sept. 23, 1852, with Julia Ann, daughter of Jesse and Mary (Johnson) Coate, who were natives of South Carolina. Mr. Miles lived on a farm in Marion County, Ohio, till his remova1 to Wayne County, Ind., in 1864, where he purchased his present farm in New Garden Township. To Mr. Miles and wife have been born seven children, three still living---Elizabeth, Horace S. and Frances W. Anna, Mary, Martha S., Lydia and Leroy G. are deceased. Mr. Miles and family are members of the Society of Friends, and his wife is a minister in that society. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/wayne/bios/miles209gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb