Microfilm of the autobiography of Samuel Miles, kept in about 1881. It includes a brief family history and descriptions of Miles' childhood and his family's move to Freedom, New York, where they were neighbors to Miles' uncle (by marriage) Warren A. Cowdery Mormon missionaries in the area the family's move to Missouri, where Miles worked on his father's farm persecutions of Mormons in Missouri a history of the Mormon expulsion to Illinois various accounts of Joseph Smith the family's 1845 move to Nauvoo and Miles' work as a teacher a detailed account of Miles' time with the Mormon Battalion, first under Captain Allen (who died at Fort Leavenworth) and then Lieutenant Smith (who was unpopular compared to Jefferson Hunt), and their overland travels to San Diego and Sutter's Fort Miles' move to Utah a trip to California he took in 1858 the formation of the United Order at Enoch in 1874 and various notes on Miles' teaching and farming activities. The autobiography covers the years through 1881. All inquiries about this item should be directed to the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western Historical Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. ;Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. Samuel Miles (1826-1910) was born in Attica, New York, a son of Samuel Miles and Prudence Marks. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the early 1830s, and Samuel was baptized in 1836. The family moved to Missouri in 1835 until mob violence forced them to leave for Nauvoo in 1839. Miles attended the University of the City of Nauvoo and worked as a teacher before joining the Mormon Battalion in 1846. He moved to Utah and died in St. George in 1910.
Miles, Samuel, 1826-1910 United States. Army. Mormon Battalion Mormon families Mormon pioneers Mormons--Persecutions Mormons--Utah--History--19th century Overland journeys to the Pacific Missouri--History--19th century Utah--History--19th century 1881 Autobiographies Utah 19th century. (aat)
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Mormon Manuscripts at the Huntington Library Mormonism and the West, Huntington Digital Library
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