Biography of Samuel Miles the son of Samuel and Prudence Marks. 1852-1881.

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Biography of Samuel Miles the son of Samuel and Prudence Marks. 1852-1881.

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Manuscript biography, with thirty-two pages of a handwritten life story by Samuel Miles. The story includes a life summary from 1826 to 1851, and short yearly summaries for each year between 1852 and 1881. The text includes information that is particularly familial and spiritual, but often references broader historical events that contextualize his life. He mentions several events in Mormon history including the violence in Missouri, his reaction to the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, and the settlement of the cotton mission in St. George, Utah. Also described is the contention between states on the verge of Civil War in 1860, and the Gold Rush at Sutter's Mill.

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Harold B. Lee Library

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