Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: Jesse MILES

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DEATH OF JESSE MILES

The End Comes After Eighty-One Well Spent Years

Jesse Miles died at half-past eleven o'clock this morning, aged 81 years.
His death was the result of dropsy, erysipelas and the infirmities of old
age.

Mr. Miles was a Rock County pioneer, and few men were better known. In
earlier years he held many positions of honor and trust, and won and held
the esteem and respect of his fellow men. For some years he was engaged in
buying stock, but did very little business the past two years. He was twice
married, his first wife leaving him one son and one daughter, Mrs. Alfred
Hubbell, of Fulton, and William Miles of Saratoga, Iowa, who with his
second wife and adopted son, Emmett Miles, survive. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed.

Wednesday, May 20, 1891, Janesville Gazette, Janesville, Wisconsin.

LAID DUST TO DUST Jessie Miles

The remains of Jesse Miles were laid in Oak Hill cemetery this afternoon,
funeral services being held at the family house, 57 Milwaukee Avenue, at
two o'clock, conducted by Rev. S. B. Loomis, of Monmouth, Illinois. The
song service was rendered by the choir of All Souls church. Many of the
early settlers of the city and county were present. The pall bearers were
J. C. Fredendall, O. F. Nowlan, S. B. Kenyon, S. Hutchinson, Ezra
Dillenbeck, L. M. Gilmore.

May 23, 1891, The Janesville Gazette, Janesville, Wisconsin