BackGround: Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Electa the last child of Er CHAMBERLAIN and Mary (Berey) FOWLER and was born 8 November 1784, and her mother died a short time afterwards as her father married his first cousin Mercy WRIGHT on 10 March 1785, Electa was baptized in to the local church in Newbury 6 November 1786. She married 30 September 1813, in either Vermont or New Hampshire, Daniel Sanborn MILES, the son of Josiah MILES and Sarah SANBORN. He was born 23 July 1772 in Sanbornton, Belknap, New Hampshire, and died 12 October 1845 in Hancock County, Illinois. Electa died 6 March 1867, in Centerville, Davis, Utah.
Given Middle Rank - Rank - Roll Roll Roll
Surname Name Initial Company Unit Induction Discharge Misc Box Exct Rec
MILES DANIEL S 2 REG'T (FIELD'S) ---- CORPORAL CORPORAL ---- 144 602 ----
VERMONT MILITIA.
1787 CHAMBERLIN, Err Norwich, Windsor, Vermont 354
VT Early Census Index
1790 Census Sanborntown, Stafford, New Hampshire Page 98
Josiah MILES
Males: 16 & Up; Under 16; Females:
2 4 3
1790 Census CHAMBERLIN, Err Newbury Twp. Orange, State: Vermont, Page: 32
Err Chamberlin
Males: 16 & Up; Under 16; Females:
2 3 5
1800 Census Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont, Page 283
MILES Josiah
Under 10; 10 to 16; 16 to 26; 26 to 45; 45 & Up
Males: 1 1 3 -------- 1
Females: 1 -------- 1 -------- 1
1800 Census Newbury, Orange, Vermont Page 451
CHAMBERLIN Er
Under 10; 10 to 16; 16 to 26; 26 to 45; 45 & Up
Males: 2 -------- 2 -------- 1
Females: 3 2 -------- -------- 1
1810 Census Wheellock, Caledonia, Vermont, Page 371
Josiah MILES Sen
Under 10; 10 to 16; 16 to 26; 26 to 45; 45 & Up
Males: -------- 1 -------- -------- 1
Females: -------- -------- 1 -------- 1
1810 Census Ryegate, Caledonia, Vermont 161
Err CHAMBERLAIN 1st
Under 10; 10 to 16; 16 to 26; 26 to 45; 45 & Up
Males: 1 1 -------- -------- 1
Females: -------- -------- 3 -------- 1
1820 Census Lancaster, Coos, New Hampahire, Page 526
Daniel MILES
Under 10; 10 to 16; 16 to 18; 16 to 26; 26 to 45; 45 & Up
Males: 2 -------- 1 2 -------- 1
Females: 2 1 XXXXXXXX -------- 1 -------
1830 Census Barnet, Caledonia, Vermont, Page 395
Daniel S. MILES
Under 5; 5 to 10; 10 to 15; 15 to 20; 40 to 50;
Males: ------- 1 1 1 1
Females: ------- ------- 1 1 1
1840 MILES Daniel living in, Montrose, Lee, Iowa and
, Hancock, Illinois, but cannot find him specifically in census.
1850 Census Farmington, Davis, Utah, Page 12
R Estate Where
Name Age Sex Race Occupation Value Born
Electa MILES 67 F W ---------- -------- Vermont
Josiah " 30 M W Farmer $ 0,400 New Hampshire
Calvin " 28 M W ---------- -------- New Hampshire
Peter M DAVISON 14 M W ---------- -------- Ohio
Susan E. " 6 F W ---------- -------- Illinois
Hiram C. MOUNT 42 M W Farmer -------- New York
1860 Census Centerville, Davis, Utah, Page 34
R Estate Personal Where
Name Age Sex Race Occupation Value Value Born
Calvin MILES 37 M ---- Farmer $ 2,500 $ 1,300 New Hampshire
Electa " 72 F ---- ---------- -------- -------- Vermont
Susan DAVISON 15 F ---- ---------- -------- -------- Missouri
Peter " 21 M ---- Servan/t -------- -------- Ohio
Wm KINNEY 24 M ---- ---------- -------- -------- New York
1860 Census Centerville, Davis, Utah, Page 34
R Estate Personal Where
Name Age Sex Race Occupation Value Value Born
Josiah MILES 38 M ---- Farmer $ 0,640 $ 2,000 New Hampshire
Lea " 30 F ---- ---------- -------- -------- Tennessee
Marietta " 6 F ---- ---------- -------- -------- Utah
Abigail " 4 F ---- ---------- -------- -------- Utah
Hyram " 2 M ---- ---------- -------- -------- Utah
Lewis " 5m M ---- ---------- -------- -------- Utah
Name: Daniel Sanborn Miles Parents: Josiah Miles, Marah Sanborn Birth Place: Belknap, Sanbornton, New Hampshire Birth Date: 23 Jul 1772
Coltrin, Zebedee, one of the First Seven Presidents of Seventies from 1835 to 1837, was a son of John and Sarah Coltrin and was born Sept. 7, 1804, at Ovid, Seneca county, N.Y. He was baptized soon after the organization of the Church, and is mentioned as an Elder as early as June, 1831; subsequently he was ordained to the office of a High Priest, in which capacity he served occasionally as an alternate member of the High Council at Kirtland. He enjoyed the spiritual gifts of the gospel in a great degree, and as early as Jan. 24, 1834, he is mentioned in Church history as one of those who spoke in tongues at Kirtland, Ohio. Later in that year he went to Missouri as a member of Zion's Camp, but returned to Kirtland in the fall. At the organization of the first quorum of Seventy, Feb. 28, 1835, he was ordained a Seventy under the hands of Joseph the Prophet and others, and when the quorum was more fully organized he was chosen as one of its seven presidents. At a meeting held at Kirtland, Ohio, Jan. 28, 1836, he had a vision of "the Savior extended before him, as upon a cross, and a little after, crowned with glory upon his head, above the brightness of the sun." A few days later he saw the "Lord's hosts" in another glorious vision. Having been ordained a High Priest prior to his identification with the Seventies, he was advised to join the High Priests' quorum, which he did; and the vacancy caused thereby in the Council of Seventies was filled April 6, 1837, when Daniel S. Miles was chosen to succeed him. After passing through the Missouri persecutions Elder Coltran located in Illinois; but subsequently returned to Kirtland, where he was chosen second counselor to Almon W. Babbitt in the presidency of that Stake, May 22, 1841; but later he is found among the Saints in Illinois. When an attempt was made to kidnap Joseph the Prophet in 1843, Elder Coltrin rendered efficient service to save his beloved leader, and he afterwards traveled in the State of Illinois to allay the excitement caused by Joseph's arrest and deliverance. In 1844 he was called on a mission to Michigan. After suffering during the persecutions in Illinois, we find Bro. Coltrin a Pioneer of 1847, traveling to Great Salt Lake valley under the leadership of Pres. Brigham Young. He returned to the East, but came back to the valley at an early day, and was for many years a resident of Spanish Fork, Utah county, where he died July 21, 1887. At the time of his death the "Deseret News" said editorially: "This respected and venerable man was one of the oldest members of the Church and was identified with many of its earliest incidents in the days of Kirtland. He was closely associated with the Prophet Joseph and has often testified to having been a witness of and participant in many marvelous spiritual manifestations. Father Coltrin has for many years past officiated as a Patriarch, and has left an excellent record for faithfulness."
MILES, Daniel S. was one of the First Seven Presidents of the Seventies from 1837 to 1845. he was baptized at an early day and is first mentioned in the history of Joseph Smith in connection with a Priesthood meeting held in the Kirtland Temple, February 24, 1836, At which Daniel Miles was considered worthy to be ordained to the Priesthood. He was set apart as one of the Seven Presidents under the hands of Sidney Rigdon and Hyrum Smith. He was duly sustained at a conference held at Kirtland, Ohio, September 3, 1837. Early in 1838 he removed to Missouri, arriving at Far West, March 14, 1838. Here he represented the Seventies at a solemn meeting held April 6, 1838, and subsequently passed through the persecutions which terminated in the expulsion of the Saints from Missouri. He was among the first Mormon settlers at Commerce, Illinois, and is mentioned in a revelation given through the Prophet Joseph, January 19. 1841 (D&C 124:138). Elder Miles died as a faithful member of the Church in the early part of 1845, in Hancock County, Illinois. The vacancy created by his death was filled by Benjamin L. Clapp in April 1845. President Joseph Young describes Elder Miles as "A man of good faith consistant in his attendance at the meetings of the council, until the time of his death, which occured at quite an advanced stage of his life."
Duncan, Homer, senior president of the Third Quorum of Seventy and a veteran Elder of the Eleventh Ward, Salt Lake City, is the son of John Duncan and Betsy Taylor Putnam, (a granddaughter of General Israel Putnam, of Revolutionary war renown), and was born at Barnet, Vermont, Jan. 19, 1815. Elder Duncan writes: "When I was fifteen years of age, I first heard a portion of the Book of Mormon read, and also the testimony of the witnesses. I was at once convinced of its truthfulness. In the later part of July, 1831, I had a vision. Between twelve and one o'clock, noon, while in my bedroom, my eyes were opened so that I could see far away to the west. As I looked, I saw two Elders coming to our place, who, when they arrived, said, 'We have new manna from heaven, just sent down.' They further said that they were sowing it broadcast over the earth, and every person who partook of it, and who continued to do so, would be saved, while those that rejected it would be damned. Many partook of it, some liking it and others turning away from it. Of those that partook were my father, who was a Congregationalist deacon, Hazen Aldrich, a Methodist class leader, Daniel S. Miles, a Universalist, and Orson Johnson, an atheist. I saw them baptized on the 15th day of May, 1832, and I saw that I would be plowing in the field that day. I also saw that Hazen Aldrich would apostatize, and that I would join the Church after that. I likewise saw my brother Chapman go to the western States to be baptized. This was the end of the vision. The Elders that I saw were Orson Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson, and they did baptize the four men on the 15th day of May, 1832, and I was also ploughing in the fields on that day, as I had seen in the vision. My brother was baptized in 1832, in Jackson county, Missouri. Hazen Aldrich apostatized during the winter of 1837-38, and I was baptized in Grand river, at Adam-Ondi-Ahman, Missouri, in 1838. In 1839 I was ordained a Seventy in Far West, Mo., under the hands of Heber C. Kimball and Amasa M. Lyman, Heber C. Kimball [p.623] being mouth. Before I left Quincy, Ill., the Prophet Joseph Smith's father, who was then Patriarch to the Church, gave me a patriarchal blessing. Among other things he told me in that blessing that I was a descendant of Ephraim and one of the hundred and forty-four thousand spoken of in the Bible, and that I should have visions both by day and by night until I should say: 'Oh Lord, God, Almighty, I am satisfied with Thy goodness.' The Patriarch's words have been fulfilled to the very letter. In the spring of 1839 I left Quincy. Ill., on my first mission. I traveled through Illinois, Indiana and Ohio to Buffalo, N.Y.; thence I went to Toronto, Canada, where I was arrested on the charge of being a spy. I was acquitted, however, and received a pass which was good throughout Canada. After this I preached as I journeyed along, until I reached Coburg, Canada, where I remained a short time, and then traveled back into the country. There I met a man by the name of Luntz, who had joined the Church and who welcomed us to his house. My traveling companion was Elder Amos Hodges, and we agreed to hold a meeting on the following day, which was Sunday. I had a dream that Saturday night, in which it was shown me that we would baptize three people after our next meeting. All this happened just as I had seen it. After attending to the confirmation, we went home with Jonathan Newman and his wife, two of the parties who had just been baptized. After talking about the gifts of the gospel, they wished us to administer to their ten-year-old daughter who was covered with scabs from head to foot. We did so and in three days the scabs began to fall off, and in six days she was entirely well, her skin having become perfectly smooth. In the fall of 1839 we went east, crossing the Trent river, neither of us having purse or scrip. We came to a farmer's house, whose name was Jehiel Hoard, where we asked for something to eat and a place to sleep. Our request was granted, and we stayed in that neighborhood about ten days, holding meetings which were well attended. The night before leaving for Coburg, I asked Mrs. Hoard if we might bless her. She answered in the affirmative, after which I asked her husband, if he had any objection; he said he had none. Then we laid our hands on her head and blessed her, promising her perfect health, in the name of Jesus Christ, even to the renovating of her whole system. She had a very large neck which protruded beyond her chin—a disease commonly known as goitre. In the morning she was entirely well, all signs of the goitre having disappeared. We left that morning and had gone four miles on our way when we were overtaken by a messenger, and asked to return, as Mrs. Hoard desired to be baptized; so we returned. After holding a meeting, we went to a place where there was water and baptized Mrs. Hoard. Her husband's brother wished to be baptized also; but he had cut his foot with an ax and was compelled to walk on crutches. He disliked going in the watch, for fear it would injure his foot. I told him that the Lord did not institute ordinances in his Church that would injure anyone, so he walked into the water on his crutches and was be baptized. He came out of the water and walked about half a mile to his home without his crutches, and his foot troubled him no more. By this time certain sectarian ministers began to say that these miracles were done by the power of the devil, etc. In the meantime, another Elder arrived, whom we left to finish the work in that neighborhood, and I, with my companion, returned to Coburg. We remained in that vicinity until the spring of 1840, when we crossed over the line to the state of New York. After holding a few meetings there, we went east through northern New York by way of Canton, Potsdam and Waterlows, holding meetings all along the road, and it was with tired and blistered feet that we reached Chautauqua. Here we asked a Catholic by the name of John McArthur, if we might stay in his house that night, telling him our business. He refused us, but he said that Samuel Smith, a man living one mile away, might take us in. We reached Mr. Smith's house at dusk, and he said we might stay with him as long as we desired. A similar offer was made me once before at Vincennes, Indiana, but I did not accept it. I decided, however, not to decline such an offer the next time. We stayed in [p.624] that vicinity a long time, holding meetings much to the annoyance of every sectarian minister in the place. A spirit of opposition filled them, and one minister by the name of Miles sent word to all his congregation to be sure and come to meeting, as they were going to blow the "Mormons" sky high; but the people did not think their minister manifested a Christianlike disposition m making such a remark. We continued holding well-attended meetings in that place for about two months but so far none had come forward to be baptized. Consequently we began to feel quite discouraged and thought of leaving the place. I said to my companion. 'Let us ask the Lord.' We did so and retired for the night. We had not been in bed an hour when the answer came in the shape of a figure which we both understood to mean that we were to remain there. A few Sundays later a woman asked to be baptized; and from that time requests of that kind came frequently until we had baptized seventy-six persons. One morning in 1841, I had a vision in which I saw Plait N. Banker, who was then four miles away, riding his horse to water and carrying his 22-month-old son in his arms. He returned to the stable, left his son outside, while he tied the horse and fed the animals. The child who followed his father unnoticed into the stable, went close up to one of the horses, who kicked him in the forehead and broke his skull. I saw a party come where I was and notify his daughter who was teaching school in that place. In the vision I also saw myself go to Mr. Banker's and stay with the child while it lived. I saw myself preach its funeral sermon and go to the grave and there thank the neighbors for the kindness and sympathy for and in behalf of the bereaved The vision was all fulfilled to the very letter. A Baptist woman living in that neighborhood offered to furnish the feathers, if the neighbors would tar and feather us. This woman was in the room a few hours before the child died. The father asked me, if anything could be done for the child, to which I answered, 'No,' but I said that I would pray for and bless the child that it might have no more pain. I did so, in the presence of Mrs. Smith, the woman who had offered to furnish the feathers, after which the child had no more pain. When Mrs. Smith left the house, she stated that she had seen the power of God made manifest through me, and that she would never say anything ill against any one of the 'Mormon' Elders again. She kept her word, but never joined the Church. The next time I was blessed with the miraculous display of the power of the Highest was in a night vision. I saw, four miles away, a man by the name of Armstrong waylay one of our 'Mormon" sisters, and assault her; she fought desperately; he knocked her down, giving her a black eye, but she raised up again, and, clearing herself from him, ran away, so that he did not accomplish his hellish purpose. The vision continuing, I saw that George Grover would come for me the next day to go and administer to that sister: that I would be standing in a certain place and see him coming; that Platte N. Banker would be with me, and that I would ask him who that man was coming; that I would tell him that it was George Groper coming for me to go and see Henrietta, the name of the young lady in question, who was very sick, etc. All this was literally fulfilled. Mr. Grover came as I had seen in the vision; and as soon as he had delivered his message I saddled my horse and went to her house, four miles away. When I arrived there, I found her in a precarious condition from the effects of the previous night's encounter. I blessed her; the pain left her, and in a few days she was all right again. I counseled her not to commence legal proceedings, as 'Mormons' did not have any friends near by, except God and his son Jesus Christ. I also told her that I saw the whole encounter with Armstrong in a vision the night before. The next miraculous manifestation of the power of God through me was upon Allison Grover, a young man (not then a member of the Church), who lived in Chautauqua, in 1842. He was taken sick with the measles, and his parents sent for a doctor. The lad got along fairly well for a while; but after a few days he contracted a severe cold and had a relapse. The doctor, who again was sent for, said that the young man could not live, and, speaking jeeringly of the Saints, he said 'If your Mormon Elders [p.625] can cure him, I shall believe they have some power.' They sent for us. When we arrived the lad could only whisper, and was actually dying. I asked him, if he would join the Church, if the Lord would heal him, and make a covenant to that effect; he whispered, 'Yes.' Then we administered the holy ordinance to him in the name of Jesus Christ. In less than five minutes he called to his mother, who was in the third room from us, and she came running in to see what was the matter. She was astonished to hear him speak and asked him what he wanted. He answered, speaking in a full, round voice, 'I want something to eat; I am hungry' His mother, much surprised, asked me, if it would do to give him something to eat, I answered 'Yes; it will not hurt him; he is made whole, and in a few days, as soon as he gains a little strength, he will be about again.' The lad kept his promise, and in a few days he was baptized. His father and mother already belonged to the Church. At this place (Chautauqua, New York) we built up a branch of seventy-six members. In the spring of 1843 I left that place for Nauvoo, Ill., with my wife Asenath Melvina Banker, whom I had married in Chautauqua in the fall of 1841. We reached Nauvoo in the early part of July, 1843. I crossed over the Mississippi river to Montrose, Iowa, where there was much sickness, and I was often called upon to visit the sick. Among others I visited Abraham Hunsaker, who was very sick with a billious fever, and after praying, I laid my hands on his head and rebuked the fever in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. He said, 'I am healed;' and he wanted to get up and dress; but his friends prevailed upon him not to do so. The next day, however, he was up and out of doors. I saw him afterwards in Keokuk, twelve miles from Montrose, on a certain occasion, when he was in great pain from inflammation of the bowels. I administered to him, and he was healed instantly. A brother Vanausdale and his wife had been sick with bilious fever for some time, and my father and I were called upon to administer to them. I desired my father to be mouth in the administration, but he told me to attend to that part, which I did, and I blessed them in the name of Jesus Christ. After we went out of the house, I asked my father, if they would live or die. He told me that he had no testimony in that regard. I told him that Bro. Vanausdale would be out soon, but that his wife would die. After this I baptized my brother's child for her health, she having a high fever, and I blessed her; she was made whole, and lived to come to the Valley. At the special meeting held at Nauvoo, after Joseph Smith's death—at the time that the mantle of the Prophet of the Lord fell upon Brigham Young—I sat listening to someone speaking, with my head down, my face hid in the palms of my hands and my elbows resting on my knees. While in this position Brigham Young came to the stand and commenced to speak with the voice of Joseph the Prophet. Being so well acquainted with the Prophet's voice, I nearly sprang from my seat, through astonishment; but I sat and heard the Prophet Joseph's voice as long as Brigham Young was speaking. Not only did the voice of Brigham sound like that of Joseph, but the very gestures of his right hand, when he was saying anything very positive, reminded me of Joseph. My decision was then made as to who should lead the Church; for surely the mantle of Joseph had fallen upon Brigham. In the spring of 1848 I was taken sick. I wrote to my brother, Chapman Duncan, who was then at Council Bluffs, to come and attend to my business, and help me to move, so that I could start in May for the mountains. He came with an ox-team, and attended to the necessary work for me. He loaded three wagons; the first one was driven by Chapman Duncan; I, my wife and three children were in the second, and Henry Mecham occupied the third wagon, until we reached Council Bluffs. In crossing the Missouri river to Florence, Neb., being very thirsty, I drank all the muddy Missouri river water that I could, and from that time my health was good. We stopped at Florence about ten days, when we left for the Elkhorn, and remained there until July 7, 1848, when we started for the Valley, with Barney Adams as captain of fifty, and Chapman Duncan as captain of ten. Nothing of interest occurred until we reached Deer creek. Camping one night on the Platte river, we drove our cattle over the bluffs [p.626] eastward, on to Deer Creek, to feed. The next morning, when we went for our cattle, Sidney Tanner's little white cur dog followed me—a thing which he never had done before nor did afterwards. When we got to the timber, some one cried out, 'Bear.' I was alone, except for the dog. I soon saw a grizzly bear, which at once started for me. I ran as fast as I could, while the dog remained where he was. After running a few rods, I had to stoop in order to get under a leaning tree, and as I bent down, I looked back to see where the bear was. In doing so, I saw the little dog catch the grizzly by the ham, and run away in an opposite direction, followed by the bear. This was the last I knew for a long time, for when I attempted to pass under the leaning tree, I struck my head against it with great force, and fell to the ground, stunned. When I came too, I got up and went out of the timber, and met two negroes, who belonged to the company. I borrowed a gun from them and went back to the place where I first saw the bear. Here I found both the little dog and the bear standing about ten rods from me. I raised the gun, an old flint lock, waist high, leveled it at the grizzly and pressed the trigger, intending to run, if I did not hit the animal. The instant I shot, the bear jumped into the air, I think all of six feet, and then ran around in a circle about ten or fifteen rods till it fell dead. I have always considered this an act of Providence, as the bear certainly would have killed me, if the dog had not turned it in another direction. We reached Great Salt Lake valley through the mouth of Emigration canyon, Oct. 16, 1848. I brought with me one bushel of wheat from Iowa for seed. This I sowed in February, 1489, on a piece of land lying between Big and Little Cottonwood creeks—on what was then known as Amasa Lyman's survey, where I first settled. When the grain was up about six inches, the crickets came and ate it up so clean that not one stubble could be seen. Next, I witnessed flocks of gulls come from the lake and destroy the crickets. Now, what shall I do for bread next year? was my next thought, being one thousand mile from supplies. I watered the ground where the wheat had been eaten up by the crickets. Subsequently, I watered it twice. It grew, and I cut eighteen bushels of grain, and still the stool did not die. I watered it again, and cut twelve bushels. I watered it a third time and cut six bushels, and the stool did not die yet; but as the frost came, I turned my cows upon it to eat. I never saw the like before or since, and I have always acknowledged the hand of the Lord in thus giving me bread for myself and family. In the fall of 1850 I moved to Salt Lake City, and in 1855 I went to Texas on a mission, returning to the Valley in May, 1857, with a company of Saints of which I was captain. We brought with us over thirteen hundred head of cattle, besides the animals used for drawing wagons. A number of incidents happened on this journey which are of much interest. When we reached Fort Leavenworth, on the Missouri river, Mrs. Elizabeth Whitmore expressed a desire to return to Texas to sell her farm, gather up the remainder of her cattle, sell them and came on to Utah the next year. She had already sold the cattle she had brought with her to Fort Leavenworth, when she came to me and told me her desires. She also wanted the word of the Lord for her through me, as to whether she should go back or continue the journey. After talking over the matter with her, I finally told her that the word of the Lord had come to me as follows: 'Tell Elizabeth Whitmore, that she will arrive in Great Salt Lake valley the 15th day of September, and that she will get there before her captain.' She was much surprised and the first words she uttered were: 'You don't know that; you don't know that I shall live till tomorrow morning. Why, it is a guarantee of my life until that time.' I told her I did not know it of myself, but the Lord had made it known to me. Then she said, 'You cannot know that of yourself. I will go on, and if I land in Salt Lake City on the 15th of September, then I shall know that the word of the Lord to me is true; and shall also know that 'Mormonism,' is true, and you are God's servant.' She did land in Salt Lake City Sept. 15, 1857; and she got there ten days before I did. From the time of my return from this mission until 1860 I attended to my cattle in Rush valley, Tooele county, Utah. In the spring of 1860 I left on a mission to England; during this mission I had many [p.627] manifestations of the power of the Lord. I returned home in 1861, as captain of an independent company with which I arrived in Salt Lake City Sept. 13, 1861. In 1862 I was captain of a train that went to Florence, Neb., to bring in, a company of emigrants. I returned with them to Salt Lake City Sept. 24, 1862. In the summer of 1866 I went to Pittsburg, Penn., to bring my father, John Duncan, to Utah. I also brought out my nephew, Louis Fisher. From 1866 to 1869 I was engaged in the cattle business. In the summer of 1869 I moved my family to Cedar City, Iron county, Utah. While out on my ranch, ten miles from Cedar City, I was taken one morning with a very severe pain in my left leg, which swelled up to an enormous size; nearly all of the blood in my body passed into that limb in eighteen hours, and gangrene set in. I sent to Cedar City for the Elders and some oil. They reached the ranch at 12 o'clock at night, bringing a doctor with them. I requested them to anoint my left leg, which by this time was so large that I could not move it; they anointed me from my hip to my foot; and they also poured some oil on my head, and then placed their hands on my head and confirmed the anointing. Before they took their hands off my head, I was free from all pain. By this time so much blood had gone into the leg that the doctor would not allow me to go to sleep, and watchers were kept by my side night and day for about ten days, until reaction took place. Dec. 18, 1895, as I was going down the back steps of a house in Salt Lake City, (whither I had removed from Iron county), I saw some ice at the foot of the steps, and so I took hold of a post that held up the porch, lest I should slip and fall; but when I stepped on the ice, my feet went high in the air, the jerk and my weight made my arm let go of the post, and I fell on the doorstep and broke some of my ribs. I sent for a doctor, who, after examining me, said that the ribs were broken off 1 1/2 inches from the spinal column. He bandaged me up and said that was all he could do for me. I suffered the most excruciating pain for three nights and three days; the bones were grating every time I coughed, (I had a very bad cough, too), and dropsy set in, until my body or chest was so full of water that the bandage had to be cut, in order to enable me to breathe. On the third day, at night, Bishop Robert Morris came in and said he wanted to bless me. I told him I needed a blessing very much, and could not live much longer in such a condition. The Bishop then knelt by my bed side, laid his hands on my head and said, 'Bones come together, cough stop, and you have a good sleep.' The pain stopped, the cough ceased, the bones came together, and I slept nearly 21 hours; the water all went away." Elder Duncan, who for several years, has been the senior president of the third quorum of Seventy, is now eighty-seven years old, and is a most remarkable man. His memory is excellent, his general intellect unusually bright, and his physical condition good for one of his years, and for one who has passed through so many of those hardships and trials which all to the lot of most mortals.
Stewart, Urban Van, a Utah pioneer of 1847, was born Nov. 9, 1817, in Overton county, Tennesee, the son of Wm. Stewart and Elizabeth Van Hooser. When five years of age he moved with his parents to Madison county, Illinois, where he lived till 1835, when he went to Missouri, where he, as a convert to "Mormonism," was baptized July 15, 1836, by Seymour Brunson in Log Creek, near Far West, Missouri. He was married in the same place to Lydia Gage Jacobs in 1837. At this time the mob was very hostile and by the advice of the Prophet Joseph Smith the family moved into Far West where Bro. Stewart stood guard during those troublous times. In the early spring of 1839 he moved to Quincy, Illinois, and in 1840 he located on Sugar Creek, Iowa, where his house and nearly everything he had was destroyed by fire. In the spring of 1841 he moved to Nauvoo, working much of the time on the Nauvoo Temple until 1843, when he and his brother Levi were called on a mission to southern Illinois, but were recalled shortly after on account of the death of their mother and Urban's little son Henry. He took part in the trials incident to those times in and around Nauvoo, and besides his labors on the public works he spent much time on guard duty. In 1845 he was ordained a Seventy by Daniel S. Miles and at the time of the exodus in 1846 he traveled west and located temporarily with his co-religionists at Winter Quarters on the west bank of the Missouri river. He went up the river to what was called "Brigham's Farm" and helped to put in crops, and in June, 1847, he left for Great Salt Lake Valley, where he arrived in September, 1847, bringing provisions for eighteen months, together with farming tools and other articles in one wagon. Bro. Stewart took part in the White Mountain Mission and helped to put in crops in Clover Valley, now in Nevada, which place afterwards was given up to the Indians. Bro. Stewart endured the hardships incident to the early settlement of Utah uncomplainingly and frequently subsisted on roots and whatever could be obtained to keep himself and family alive. He was one of the pioneers of Beaver, Utah, where he resided for a great many years, taking a most active part in establishing the institutions of that place. Subsequently he moved to Wayne county and became a resident of Grover, where he acted as presiding Elder and where he died Dec. 25, 1898, eighty-one years old. Bro. Stewart had five families and was the father of thirty-three children, twenty-four of whom survived him. At the time of his demise he also had seventy-four grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren and a number of great-great-grandchildren. By his first wife, Lydia Gates Jacobs, he had three children, namely, Edna, Henry and Urban Jacobs. By his second wife, Elizabeth Luck, whom he married May 21, 1854, he became the father of six children, namely, Van, Levi, Elizabeth, Rosanna E., Sarah V. and Eunice A. By his third wife, Mary Ann Jones (daughter of William E. and Mary Jones), whom he married March 11, 1860, he became the father of ten children, namely, Mary Jane, Liza Ann, Martha Ellen, William Urban, Daniel Jones, Margaret Caroline, Robert Charles, George Heber, Lewis Jenkins and Clara Bell. By his fourth wife, Ellen Adams (daughter of David R. Adams and Mary Cook), to whom he was married July 14, 1865, he became the father of ten children, namely, Mary Ellen, David James, Urban Van, John Riley, Lydia Catherine, Andrew Adams, Rosa May, Levi, Effie Elizabeth and Walter Ernest. By his fifth wife, Keziah Jones (daughter of William and Mary Jones), whom he married July 16, 1855, he became the father of three children, namely, Margaret, Edward and Susan. Bro. Stewart and his wife Elizabeth Luck also adopted one child, a boy, named Joseph Stewart. Bro. Stewart was a man of stirling qualities, a strict observer of the Word of Wisdom and a faithful Latter-day Saint.
MILES, Daniel S.
Baptized: 22 Apr 1830, in Bath, Grafton, New Hampshire, by Orson PRATT
and Lyman E. JOHNSON.
Priesthood Ordainnations:
An Elder: 28 Feb 1836, in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, by Reuben HADLOCK.
A Seventy: 20 Dec 1836, in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, by Hazen ALDRICH.
A membr of the Seven Presidents of the Seventy at a confrrence Held:
03 Sep 1837, in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio,
set apart by Sidney RIGDON & Hyrum SMITH.
Surname: MILES Given Name: DANIEL SANBORN Sources: PKO,47 Author: _____________________ Title: A Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio and Members of Zion's Camp. Surname: MILES Given Name: DANIEL S. Sources: CC,25; Author: Jensen, Andrew Title: Church Chronology HC 2:400,526; 3:15; 3:89 Author: Church of Jesus Christ Title: History of the Church, 6 volumes PKO,121 Author: _____________________ Title: A Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio and Members of Zion's Camp.
Surname: MILES Given Name: Electa Sources: FFU,8 Author: Burns, Annie Walker Title: First Families of Utah as taken from the 1850 census of Utah.
Surname: CHAMBERLIN Given Name: ELECTA Sources: PKO,47 Author: _____________________ Title: A Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio and Members of Zion's Camp.
Marriage
Name Spouse: Date:
Doty, Mary Ann Miles, Daniel S. 02 Feb 1840
A copy of her death record from Centerville, Davis, Utah records.
This shows both her correct birth date and her christening date which has some how been substituted for her birth date in the LDS Church records, from the TIB (Temple Index Bureau)
Note
This is what I am currently trying to track down and possibly find a record which definately states her mothers full name.
Robin Forrest
CHILDREN of Electa CHAMBERLAIN and Daniel Sanborn MILES:
+ 1. DANIEL SANBORN Jr. b: 13 Dec 1814; Rygate, Caledonia, Vermont.
md: 2 Feb 1840; Montrose, Lee, Iowa.
Mary Ann Doty. (5 Children)
d: 13 Nov 1903; Moundville, Vernon, Missouri.
2. ELECTA b: 8 Oct 1819; Bath, Grafton, New Hampshire.
d: 19 Jul 1889; , , .
3. SUSAN b: Abt 1820; Bath, Grafton, New Hampshire.
+ 4. JOSIAH b: Abt 1821; Bath, Grafton, New Hampshire.
md: 1862; Corinne, Box Elder, Utah.
Leah Frances, FAULK. (4 Children)
d: Oct 1867; Corinne, Box Elder, Utah.
+ 5. CALVIN DANIEL b: 24 Nov 1822; Bath, Grafton, New Hampshire.
md: 5 Sep 1863; Hooper, Weber, Utah.
Lucy Ann WATTS.
d: 28 Nov 1926; Hooper, Weber, Utah.
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