Started Newburgh Library Society (Miles Library at East 93rd and Miles Park) Dec 14, 1827 with the donation of a number of books and a sum of money per his will.

Charles moved to Tinmouth, VT in 1783, where he purchased a large farm. In 1805 he purchased 160 acres in Hudson, OH, the following year aquiring a tract at Newburgh [ near Cleveland] where the family built their home. Miles Avenue in East Cleveland is named for the family.

MILES was an important name in Newburgh as early as 1806, Charles MILES, Sr., having owned many acres of land in this section at that time. Mrs. Charles MILES, Sr. (Ruth THOMPSON) was the daughter of Deacon Stephen THOMMPSON and Mary WALTERS THOMPSON of Goshen, Conn. Mr. MILES serving in the War of the Revolution was ordered home on account of illness. When able, he purchased land at Tinmouth, Vt. And moved his family there. Seven of their eight children were born in Tinmouth.

1. Mary Polly MILES d. at age 16.
2. Erastus MILES b. Sep 1783, Goshen, CT.
3. Theodore MILES b. 1785, Tinmouth, VT; d. 11 Nov 1859, Newburgh, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Charles MILES b. 1786, Tinmouth, VT.
5. Samuel MILES b. Jul 1788, Tinmouth, VT; d. 1851, Strongsville, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. 1. Daniel MILES b. 1791, Tinmouth, VT; d. Abt 1827, Newburgh, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. Susannah MILES b. 1795, Tinmouth, VT.
8. Thompson MILES b. 1798, Tinmouth, VT.

1. 2. Charles MILES b. 9 Feb 1746/1747, Wallingford, CT; d. Abt 1813, Newburgh, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 3. Ruth THOMPSON b. 10 Oct 1760, Goshen,, Connecticut.