Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Moor, Miles August 8, 1839 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

More, Miles, Russia, was born in Russia, August 8, 1839, a son of Orson and 
Thirza More. He was educated in the common schools, supplemented by several 
terms in the Fairfield and Fulton Academies. He married, in 1864, Sarah 
Beecher, a native of Russia, and the only daughter of Isaac Beecher. Mr. 
Beecher was born in Russia, in 1810, a son of Almond and Elizabeth Beecher, 
who were among the first settlers of the town. They came from Connecticut 
about 1805, and had three sons and one daughter. Mr. Beecher was a Whig, and 
for many years he was overseer of the poor. February 22, 1835, he married 
Orlina, daughter of Elisha Smith, of Russia. She died October 12, 1878, and 
Mr. Beecher is still living on the old homestead. For some time Mr. More
studied music in Rome, N. Y., under Prof. A. N. Johnson, of Boston, and for 
sixteen years he taught music in Herkimer county. He afterwards engaged in 
farming and in the manufacture of cheese, and for a number of years has bought 
and sold cheese. He is a Republican, and he and family are members of the 
Regular Baptist Church of Russia.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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