Leroy D. Miles Biography


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	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	LEROY D. MILES, who is associated with his brother, J. A., in the 
ownership and conducting of the Spink County Stock Farm, is a native of 
the state of Michigan, having been born on a farm in Barry county, on 
the 14th of October, 1856, and being a son of James L. and Susan 
(Cooper) Miles, both natives of Ohio. The father of the subject was 
numbered among the pioneers of Michigan, whither he removed with his 
parents in the year 1832, several years prior to the admission of the 
state to the Union. They made the journey through from Ohio with teams 
and located in the midst of the virgin forest of Barry county, where 
they developed a valuable farm. The father of the subject there 
continued to be actively engaged in farming and stock raising for many 
years, having been associated with, his brother, Alonzo, in the stock 
business and having been among the first to drive cattle from Michigan 
to the Ohio markets in the early days. He continued to reside in 
Michigan until 1883. when he came to South Dakota, and soon afterward 
turned over his fanning and live-stock business to his sons. He died 
April 4, 1899, in his seventy-seventh year. The mother died in 1900, 
aged sixty-three years.

	Leroy D. Miles was reared on the homestead farm and secured his 
education in the common schools of his native county. He early became 
familiar with the stock business, in which his father was prominently 
engaged, and thus is an authority as to values and handling of live 
stock.

	Mr. Miles came to South Dakota in 1883, and has been from the 
start associated with his brother James A. in farming and stock 
raising. They secured government land in Spink county, and their landed 
estate here now comprises three sections of valuable land in the 
northeastern part of the county, and two miles south of the village of 
Conde, which is the postoffice address for the great stock farm, which 
attracts many visitors and buyers each season. The Spink County Stock 
Farm is specially devoted to the breeding of Hambletonian and Percheron 
horses, Galloway cattle and Rambouillet sheep, and the hest types of 
each are raised, while the firm have for sale the best of breeding 
stock at all times. The farm is finely improved and is one of the show 
places of the county, while the Messrs. Miles are known as progressive 
and reliable business men, commanding the confidence and esteem of all 
with whom they come in contact.

	The subject of this review is a staunch Republican in his 
political proclivities and has been a zealous worker in its cause. In 
November, 1902, he was elected to the office of county treasurer, 
receiving a gratifying majority, and assumed the active discharge of 
his official duties in January, 1903. He is identified with the Masonic 
fraternity and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

	On the 14th of October, 1888, Mr. Miles was united in marriage to 
Miss Carrie E. Curran, a daughter of J. M. and Carrie Curran, who came 
to South Dakota in 1885 and located in Spink county, being numbered 
among the prominent pioneers of this section of the state. Mr. and Mrs. 
Miles have six children, namely: Ruth, Hazel, Lynn, Lena and Mabel and 
an infant.