Biographical Sketch of Bradford S. Miles, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Bradford S. Miles, a prominent farmer and the most extensive horticul-
turist in Franklin County, was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., Decem-
ber 19, 1824.  He was educated in the common schools of his native
county and has followed farming all his life.  He taught school in
Jefferson County three years, and purchased and moved to his present
farm in 1849, being engaged in school teaching the following three
years.  As a result of his energy and perseverance he now owns 2,000
acres of improved land, well stocked and equipped for farming.  He
also owns seven dwelling houses in Pacific, which place was a wilder-
ness at the time of his settlement.  December 19, 1849, he married 
Miss Anna Eliza Roberts, a native of Charlotte County, Va., and a 
daughter of Archibald H. and Frances (Portwood) Roberts, also natives
of Charlotte County, whence they removed to Franklin County, Mo., 
when Mrs. Roberts was seven years old.  When sixteen years of age
Archibald H. Roberts entered the War of 1812 as a substitute for his
uncle, and served two years.  He was a son of John and Susan (Pettus)
Roberts, natives of Virginia.  Mrs. Frances Roberts was a daughter of
Thomas Portwood, who married a Miss McCargo.  To Mr. and Mrs. Brad-
ford S. Miles seven children were born, viz.: John A., Pliny, Fannie 
K. (deceased), Victor R., James B., William H., and Thomas E.  Mrs.
Miles is a member of the Baptist Church.  Mr. Miles is a Democrat,
politically, and a member of the I. O. O. F.  He was the seventh of
the twelve children of Jonathan E. and Lucinda (Sheldon) Miles, 
natives of New Hampshire and Connecticut, respectively, of English
descent.  Jonathan E. Miles, the son of Abner Miles, settled in
Jefferson County, N. Y., in 1800, when there were only three houses
in his township, and not over ten acres of cleared land.  He was
captain of an independent rifle company in his town during the War of
1812, but his only active service was the march to the scene of the
battle at Sackett's Harbor, where the company arrived just as the
British were withdrawing from the field.

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