H. P. MILES, general produce dealer in butter, eggs and poultry. Mr. Miles is a native of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and until nineteen years of age was associated at farming and milling. He then went to California, where he passed four yers engaged in mining. He then became a member of a company of Massachusetts soldiers, enlisting at San Francisco, Cal. Upon their arrival in Massachusetts they were assigned to the Second Massachusetts Cavalry, and for two years served upon severe and active duty, participating in thirty-four battles, among which we briefly name Gettysburg, Cedar Creek, Winchester, the Shenandoah campaign, the seige and capture of Richmond, and was a witness of the surrender of Lee. The severity of his service is most forcibly illustrated when from 500 men who enlisted with him in California, only seventy-five returned. Returning to Ohio, he engaged at the carpenter trade, which, together with milling, occupied his attention until 1870, when he went to Cleveland and engaged in selling produce there for three years. In November, 1873m he came to Kendallville, where he has since continued to reside. His business has been in the produce line, shipping extensively to New York. He represents the typical business man, being honorable, attentive and progressive. He is a member of the Masonic order, nd is a valuable addition to the business interests of the city. Mr. Miles married, in 1862, Miss Eliza J. Manuel, of California; they have four children--Emma, William, Lottie and Archibald.
Counties of La Grange and Noble, Indiana, Historical and Biographical, Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, © 1882, Part 2, p. 310-311.
Transcribed by Denise Wells, May 2013.