Miles, Benjamin Franklin^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1814 - 1841  (27 years)

• Name	Miles, Benjamin Franklin
  Born	14 Feb 1814	Salibury, Fallia County, Ohio USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Apr 1841	Bear Creek (Basco), Hancock, Illinois, USA   [5]
  Buried	Mendon Cemetery, Mendon, Adams, Illinois, USA
  Person ID	I121282	Early Latter-day Saints
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Miles, Thomas,   b. 29 Apr 1782, Bennington County, Vermont, USA ,   d. 29 Sep 1842, Mendon, Adams, Illinois, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Seager, Sarah,   b. 5 Mar 1783, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 14 Aug 1870, Everett, Cass, Missouri, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	Abt 1807
  Family ID	F31017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sumner, Irena Renee,   b. 18 Oct 1826, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 14 May 1885, Pennington, South Dakota, USA  (Age 58 years)  [6]
  Married	13 May 1840	Adams County, Illinois   [7, 8]
  Children	1. Miles, Benjamin Franklin Jr,   b. 24 Mar 1841, , Adams, Illinois, USA ,   d. 13 Dec 1909, Salem, Richardson, Nebraska, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F25641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Died - 29 Apr 1841 - Bear Creek (Basco), Hancock, Illinois, USA Buried - - Mendon Cemetery, Mendon, Adams, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  NAUVOO RECORDS: Nauvoo Marriages, p 49 Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 30, p 886 Nauvoo Death Records NAME VAR: Benjamin Franklin MILES NAUVOO RECORDS: Nauvoo Marriages, p 49,71 Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 30, p 886 Nauvoo Death Records Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds OTHER SOURCES: Internet Research: Rootsweb.com: World Connect Died: Obituary in Times and Seasons Newspaper, Vol.ll, p. 437 On 29 April 1841, Albert?s brother Benjamin Franklin Miles drowned in Bear Creek, Adams County, Illinois. His obituary was printed in the Times and Seasons Newspaper Vol. II, p. 437. He was buried in the Mendon, Illinois Cemetery. ?DROWNED, in Bear Creek, Adams Co., on the 29th ult., Mr. Benjamin Franklin Miles. He was engaged at work on the mill dam, and , while reaching for something, his feet slipped, and he fell into the water, and was carried away by the current. His body was not found until the following day.?

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] LDS - Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:1830-1848, 50 vols., Black, Susan Easton, Compiler, (LDS Church, Salt Lake City, 1990), 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 30, p 886. [S145] LDS - Nauvoo Death Records. [S28] LDS - Nauvoo Marriage Record, Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated, es, p 49. [S12557] . [S544] LDS - Times and Seasons, 6 vols., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Early LDS Periodical published in Nauvoo, Illinois, 1839-1846), Vol. ll, p. 437. Benjamin Franklin Miles obituary [S28] LDS - Nauvoo Marriage Record, Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated, es; Lyndon Cook p. 89. [S127] Book - Nauvoo Deaths and Marriages, 1839-1845, Cook, Lyndon W., (Grandin Book Company, Orem, Utah, 1994), p. 89. by Solomon Hancock [S544] LDS - Times and Seasons, 6 vols., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Early LDS Periodical published in Nauvoo, Illinois, 1839-1846). As referenced in Nauvoo Marriages; Lyndon Cook p. 89