Col. Samuel Miles and Catharine Wister

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Husband Col. Samuel Miles ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 11 Mar 1740 - Montgomery Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Dec 1805 2 4
         Buried:  - Valley Forge, PA

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         Father: James Miles (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Catharine Wister ³

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         Father: John Wister (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Catharine Rubenkam (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Col. William Wistar Miles ⁵

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1808 5
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         Spouse: Ann Boggs (1779-      ) 6
           Marr: 22 Jun 1799 7

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2 M John Miles ^{8 9}

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           Born: 9 Sep 1778 8
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           Died: 29 Oct 1829 8
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         Spouse: Mary [Unk] (      -      ) 9

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3 M Gen. Joseph Miles ^{2 8}

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           Born: 3 Apr 1780 10
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           Died: 27 Aug 1840 10
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         Spouse: Susan Miles (Abt 1779-1840) 2 8

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4 F Hannah Miles ³

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           Born: 12 Dec 1764 3
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           Died: 2 Mar 1845 - Philadelphia, PA 3
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         Spouse: Joseph Borden McKean (1764-1826) 11 12
           Marr: 13 Apr 1786 - First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA 3

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General Notes: Husband - Col. Samuel Miles

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He served as a lieutenant in the expedition to Fort Duquesne; was wounded at Ligonia in an attack made by the French and Indians; commanded a regiment in 1760, and at the end of the campaign was left in command of the forces at Presque Isle (now Erie), Pennsylvania. He commanded a regiment in the Revolutionary War under Gen. Washington. While leading his regiment at the battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776, he was captured, was imprisoned for fifteen months, and while a prisoner was made a brigadier-general for distinguished service. He later became judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals, and mayor of Philadelphia.
He owned the land on which the town of Milesburg is situated, Centre Furnace and all of Brush Valley in Centre County, Pennsylvania.

In 1791-2 Col. Samuel Miles and Col. John Patton, two officers of the Revolutionary war, erected Centre furnace, in what is now Boggs township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, which, with a store at that point, was in operation under the name of Miles, Patton & Miles as early as May 2, 1792-the first blast furnace erected in Centre County. Col. Patton died in 1802, and Col. Miles, who was a resident of Montgomery County, and whose interests were represented by his sons, Joseph and John, residents of Centre County, died in 1805. The furnace was blown out in 1809, and laid idle until about 1825, when Joseph Green, Sr., and Joseph Miles started it again. Col. Miles had, in 1792, purchased large tracts of land on Spring and Bald Eagle creeks, and he, with his sons, laid out Milesburg and established the Milesburg Iron Works in 1797, which, for a time, were carried on in connection with the Centre furnace. After Joseph Green, Sr., came in 1825, the firm name was Joseph Miles & Co. John Miles died in 1829. In 1832 Joseph Miles sold his interest to Gen. James Irvin, and until 1836 James Irvin & Co. conducted the business. Joseph Green, Sr., then retired, and was succeeded by Gen. Huston.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 180, 452.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1036.

3 Roberdeau Buchanan, Genealogy of the McKean Family of Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: Inquirer Printing Co., 1890), Pg 126.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 452.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 180.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 179.

7 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 181.

8 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 214.

9 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 572.

10 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 215.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1185.

12 Roberdeau Buchanan, Genealogy of the McKean Family of Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: Inquirer Printing Co., 1890), Pg 124.