James Miles was born the son of Robert Miles and Ann Watts. They are buried in ______. He served in the military during the Civil War. He was married to Jane E______ Vernard on September 19, 1863 in Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois. They moved to Iowa in 1866. She is buried in this cemetery. The were parents of Frank B____ Miles, Minnie L____ Miles.

~0bit~James Miles, a well known pioneer of Spring Grove, Township and a man who was greatly loved and admired by those who knew him intimately, passed away Friday, February 11, at Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he had gone some weeks ago to join his daughter for the winter in hopes that the change of climate might prove beneficial to his health.
For the past year Mr. Miles condition had been such as to cause his friends much worry, but toward winter he decided to try the Colorado climate for the winter, and encouraging reports were received from him after his arrival there. The improvement however was but temporary. Last week when it became apparent that the end was near, the son, Frank Miles was summoned to Colorado Springs to join his sister at the bed side. The remains were brought to this place Monday and funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday after noon from the home near Troy Mills, being conducted by C.G. Francis Post, G.A.R., of which Mr. Miles was a honored member. The sermon was by the Rev. G.G. Booken of the Free Methodist Church. Internment was made in the Troy Mills Cemetery. Mr. Miles was a native of Cambridgeshire, England where he was born January 31, 1838. He came to America in 1853, landing in New York City, and remained in the Empire state about nine months employed as an assistant on a farm.
He then decided to go west and proceeded to Illinois, going into D.W. Page County, where he engaged in working on a farm, remaining there four years. He then returned to New York state, where he stayed four years. He then returned to New York state, when he stayed fifteen months, he went to Illinois, where he resided until after the breaking out of the Civil War. Though foreign born, he was loyal to his adopted country and promptly offered his services for the war, enlisting August 24, 1862, in the 105th Illinois Infantry, for three years or during the war, being mustered in at Dixon, Illinois. The regiment proceeded to Chicago, remaining then some three weeks and was then ordered to Frankfort, Kentucky, thence to Bowling Green, and then to gallatin, Tennessee. Mr. Miles was soon taken seriously ill and as there seemed little prospect of his recovering while in the army, he received an honorable discharge January 3, 1863. He was united in marriage with Miss Jane E. Venard, September. Through years, three years later, they came to Iowa, and in 1876 Mr. Miles purchased the farm which contined to be his home until death. Mrs. Miles died some years ago. They were blessed with two children, both of whom survive, Frank Miles, and Miss Minnie Miles, the latter of whom is at Colorado Springs, ill health preventing her returning for the funeral services.