Bio: Miles, Charles C. (History - 1847)
Contact: Janet Schwarze
Surnames: MILES BURCH MILES LEATHERDALE ALLERTON
----Source: Biographical History of Clark
and Jackson Counties, Wisconsin, by The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891,
pg. 174-175:
CHARLES C. MILES is one of the industrious
and progressive farmers of Sherman Township, and ranks among the
most reliable men of the community. He was born in Dane County,
Wisconsin, June 23, 1847, and is a son of Samuel J. and Sarah
(Burch) Miles natives of Pennsylvania and New York respectively.
The parents were united in marriage in the State of Pennsylvania,
and emigrated to Dane County, Wisconsin, in the year 1846, where
they still reside. They have lived to see great changes in the
country, and are deserving of all the praise due the pioneers of
any section of the land. It is indeed no small undertaking to
convert a dense forest into a highly cultivated farm, and those
early settlers were brave and determined souls, else civilization
would never have attained the high state which it has reached.
Samuel J. Miles is identified with the Democratic Party, and is a
citizen of sterling merit.
Charles C. is the fourth child of the latter, and grew to manhood
on a farm in his native county. He received his education in the
common schools, and was trained to the best methods of agriculture.
He remained with his father, assisting him with his work, until he
was twenty-one years of age.
In February, 1864, he responded to the call fro men to come to the
defense of this beloved country of ours, enlisting as a private in
Company E, Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and serving until
September 5, 1865. He was honorably discharged at Demopolis,
Alabama, when he returned to the more peaceful pursuit of
agriculture. While in the service he was twice wounded.
It was not until the year 1869 that Mr. Miles removed to Clark
County. He homesteaded 120 acres on section 26, Sherman Township,
and now owns 160 acres, thirty of which are cleared and under
cultivation. Although he began life for himself without capital, he
has accumulated a good property. During the summer season he runs a
steam thresher, and finds it a profitable occupation. In the winter
time he devotes his time to logging. Politically he affiliates with
the Democratic party, and fraternally with the I.O.O.F.
Mr. Miles was joined in wedlock May 1, 1872, to Miss Gertrude
Leatherdale, of Clark County, Wisconsin. Mrs. Miles was born in
Adams County, Wisconsin, July 4, 1855, and is a daughter of Luke
and Frances (Allerton) Leatherdale. Four children have been born of
this Union: Herald C., Mabel G., Ray C. and Frances G.
l am a Civil War buff, living in Canada. l am researching Civil War Veterans buried in Western Canada from basically your North Dakota to Washington State.
Charles C. Miles comes up on my system. To add to your information. Charles, Gertrude and 3 of the 4 children moved to Bentley, Alberta, Canada in 1899 to farm 360 acres. They (as in Charles and Gertrude) moved into Bentley in 1913. By 1924, their were in the Chico, California area. Gertrude died in 1930 and is buried in the Chico Cemetery. He remarried a Sylvia L. Fenstenmaker, on June 28th, 1931 in Orville, California. Charles died in the Enloe Hospital, Chico on December 16th, 1936. He is buried in the Veterans Section of the Chico Cemetery. Sylvia out lived Charles and l am not really sure what happened to her, other than she applied for a Widow's pension after his death.
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