Dr. Joseph W. Miles

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Husband Dr. Joseph W. Miles ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Father: Jonah Miles (1806-1891) 1 2
         Mother: Sarah Jones (      -1885) 1 2

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Joseph W. Miles

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He received a common school education in Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and later graduated at Duff's College, Pittsburgh. In 1867 he united with the Methodist Episcopal church in Irwin, and in the spring of 1869 was admitted to the Pittsburgh Conference. He then preached two years as a junior, spending one year at Adamsville, Ohio, and the other at Deersville, Ohio, later accepting a nominal appointment and entering Allegheny College for the purpose of completing his education. After graduating with the class of 1874 he spent some time in Drew Seminary, Madison, New Jersey, and then resumed work in the Pittsburgh conference, filling several of its leading appointments. He was successively stationed in the West End, Pittsburgh, at Blairsville, Pennsylvania, Sewickley and the Pittsburgh district, of which he was presiding elder. Later he was sent to Braddock and ministered to the South Avenue Church, Wilkinsburg, subsequently going to McKeesport and then officiating successively as pastor of the First Church, Greensburg, and the Union Church, Allegheny. He later became treasurer of Allegheny College. Mr. Miles received from that institution the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Doctor of Divinity and Master of Arts, and for over twenty-five years he was a member of its board of trustees. In 1892 he was a delegate to the General Conference at Omaha, Nebraska.
Dr. Miles was past master of Guyasuta Lodge, No. 513, Free and Accepted Masons, of Pittsburgh, and also belonged to Chapter, No. 282, and Commandery, No. 86, of McKeesport. He was a member of Council, Greensburg, and Consistory, Pittsburgh, and an honorary member of Supreme Council. He attained to the thirty-third degree. Dr. Miles was also one of the grand chaplains of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 531.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 284.