Oregon Republican League: History 104 Biographies

Oregon Republican League: History 104 Biographies

Every Wednesday, the Oregon Republican League will post the biographies of important figures, in the League's/State of Oregon's history. Feel free to comment or share stories of your family's Republican affiliation.

An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, (1902) by Western Historical Publishing Company of Chicago, page 234

PATRICK H. MILES

The son of James and Bridget (Doolen), natives of Ireland, our subject first saw the light in that famous little isle on December 29, 1841, and amid the rural scenes of his native land he passed the first six years of his life. 1847 was the year that the family tore themselves from the home land and sought their fortunes in America, settling first in Ontario county, New York, whence, two years later, they removed to Lockport, Illinois, where the father and mother passed to the other world, and at eighteen Patrick H. found himself on his own resources in this new land. He was possessed of strength and a dauntless spirit, coupled with consummate courage and pluck, and his energy at once caused him to try the west, his first venture being to Pike's Peak, where he mined and freighted for two years and then at the very beginning of the war enlisted in the Second Colorado Cavalry and did faithful military service for his chosen country in the army of the frontier in Missouri, Kansas, Colrado and New Mexico until the war closed. Soon after this time he was married to Miss Mary Crimmons, a native of Illinois, and together they migrated to Oregon, settling first in Union county, near the town of Union, and in 1869 he took land on Big creek in the same county, where he remained for twenty years, devoting his attention to the cultivation of the soil and stock raising. Following this period, he removed to his present place of one hundred and twenty acres in the Lower Powder river valley, fifteen miles from Baker City, where he is dividing his attention between agriculture and placer mining, which latter is prosecuted on Eagle creek. He is also interested in the recent oil finds in Malheur and Crook counties, this state, his son being the first discoverer of the same. In political matters he is a Republican and has frequently been called by his fellows to discharge the duties of public office, which has been done with faithfulness and the manifestation of ability.

To Mr. and Mrs. Miles have been born the following children: David A., James D., John D., Charles H., Ellen A., wife of W. Davis of Eagle valley, Roland G.

************
Descendants of Patrick Henry Miles

1 Patrick Henry Miles b: 29 Dec 1841 in Dublin?, County Cork, Ireland d: 18 Nov 1907 in Baker City, Baker County, Oregon
.. +Mary Ann Crimmin b: 22 Aug 1844 in Lockport, Will, Illinois m: 26 Dec 1866 in Aurora, Kane, Illinois d: 01 Mar 1928 in Baker City, Baker, Oregon
......... 2 Davis A. Miles b: 17 Nov 1867 in Union, Union, Oregon d: 30 Jul 1944 in Baker City, Baker, Oregon
............. +Lillian Justine Bartholamew
......... *2nd Wife of Davis A. Miles:
............. +Ida Emma Hilts Jones m: 07 Aug 1890
......... *3rd Wife of Davis A. Miles:
............. +Martha Jane Sams b: 24 Apr 1872 in Catherine Creek, Union, Oregon m: 31 Mar 1912 d: 29 May 1922 in Baker, Baker, Oregon
......... 2 James "Doolen" S. Miles b: 16 Dec 1868 in Union, Union, Oregon d: 21 Mar 1940 in Boise, Ada, Idaho
............. +Mertie E. Ricker m: 17 Nov 1891 d: 31 Mar 1901
......... 2 John "Dunham" Miles b: 17 Sep 1870 in Union, Union, Oregon d: 02 Mar 1940 in Baker City, Baker, Oregon
............. +Eulah Heffons m: 17 Aug 1934
.................... 3 Glenn Franklin Miles b: 11 Jul 1893
.................... 3 Herbert M. Miles b: 06 Aug 1896
.................... 3 Mertie E. Miles b: 10 Mar 1901
......... 2 Mary Ellen "Nellie" Miles b: 25 Feb 1872 in Medical Springs, Union, Oregon d: 11 May 1963 in Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon
............. +William Philip "Willie" Davis b: 04 Oct 1866 in Fort Benton, Chouteau, Montana m: 25 Dec 1888 in Weiser, Washington, Idaho d: 07 Jan 1958 in Baker City, Baker, Oregon
.................... 3 Living Davis
.................... 3 Living Davis
.................... 3 Furman C. Davis b: Nov 1893 in ,Baker, Oregon
.................... 3 Alma A. Davis b: Mar 1895 in ,Baker, Oregon
.................... 3 Crystal Davis b: Abt. 1896 in ,Baker, Oregon
.................... 3 Emma R. Davis b: Abt. 1901 in ,Baker, Oregon
.................... 3 Abbie Blanch Davis b: 1905 in Eagle Valley, Baker, Oregon d: 1992
........................ +John Melvin Hensley b: 04 Sep 1900 in Saint Joe, Searcy, Arkansas m: 02 Sep 1922 in ,Baker, Oregon d: 27 Sep 1960 in Halfway, Baker, Oregon
.................... 3 Bernice Madelyn Davis b: 08 Feb 1914 in Richland, Baker, Oregon d: 09 Jan 1993 in Baker City, Baker, Oregon
......... 2 Charles H. Miles b: 22 May 1874 in ,,Oregon d: 18 Jul 1958
............. +Lulu Wilsey
......... *2nd Wife of Charles H. Miles:
............. +Effie O. Brown b: 20 Mar 1879 m: 28 Oct 1903 d: 07 May 1906
......... 2 Roland G. "Lennard" Miles b: 21 Jan 1881 d: 25 Apr 1959
......... 2 Robert E. Miles b: 21 Oct 1883 d: 06 Mar 1888