Ira Miles

  • Born March 2, 1779 in Winchester Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
  • Parents were HENRY LEE MILES and SUSANNA WILSON.
  • Married PHOEBE SOPER in December, 1804. Phoebe was born December 11, 1788; and died October 23, 1878.
  • Occupation - Farmer.
  • Died August 30, 1842 in Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont.





CHILDREN

  1. IRA ISHAM MILES, born in 1805; died in 1829. He never married.
  2. GILBERT MILES, born February 9, 1807; died July 23, 1849. Married LAURA PRATT on October 7, 1830.
  3. MARTHA MILES, born March 10, 1809. Married JAMES M. WEATHERBEE on December 4, 1828 in Catlin, Chumung County, New York.
  4. CURTIS MILES, born September 15, 1811. Married POLLY ROCKWELL.
  5. SUSANNAH MILES, born August 7, 1814; died in 1882. Married DAVIS C. MALLORY.
  6. PHOEBE MILES, born September 22, 1817; died November 16, 1887 in Surprise, Butler County, Nebraska. Married SILAS BUCK.
  7. HENRY MILES, born July 12, 1824; died October 6, 1871 in Pine Valley, Chemung County, New York.

Sources:

Miles Genealogy : John Miles of Concord, Massachusetts and his descendants by Jonas M. Miles, C.E. Goodspeed & Co., Boston, 1920. Page 17