1785 - 1859

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• Birth	1785	Tinmouth, VT
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Nov 1859	Newburgh, Cuyahoga, Ohio
  Person ID	I111097	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Charles MILES, b. 9 Feb 1746/1747, Wallingford, CT
  Mother	Ruth THOMPSON, b. 10 Oct 1760, Goshen,, Connecticut
  Family ID	F35695	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Lydia CLARK
  Children	> 1. Eben MILES
  Family ID	F35677	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Ann Buel HAWLEY, b. Abt 1784, OH
  Children	1. Livinia MILES   2. Anson A. MILES, b. Abt 1820
  Family ID	F35675	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Theodore and Erastus - better known as the "MILES Brothers," - are closely connected with Newburgh history both having held public offices. Theodore MILES was a man of public spirit. He gave Miles Park to the village and Miles Avenue, the longest street in Newburgh was given the family name. 1840 Census Name: Miles, Theodore Township: Newburg County: Cuyahoga State: Ohio Year: 1840 Roll: M704_389 Page: 102 Image: 29 1850 Census Name: Theodore Miles Age: 69 Estimated Birth Year: 1780 Birth Place: Vermont Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Newburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio Page: 327 Roll: M432_672 Occupation - Merchant Property- $1000 OBIT: Name: Miles, Theodore Date: Nov. 12, 1859 Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #057. Notes: Miles-On the 11th inst., at his residence, in Newburgh Ohio. Theodore Miles, aged 80 years, His funeral will be attended at his late residence, Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock. 1859. Harvard Grove Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.