Rebecca Miles (1839 - 1921)

Born 20 Jul 1839 in Preble County, Ohio

Ancestors

Wife of James E Robinson — married 20 Mar 1890 in Appanoose, Iowa, USA

Wife of Jesse Armstrong Harmston — married 1 Mar 1899 in Mystic, Appanoose, Iowa, USA

Died 30 Aug 1921 at age 82 in Appanoose, Appanoose, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Rebecca Miles was born in Ohio in 1838 and married William Davis in 1859, but by 1860 she is living with a Buskirk family. By 1870, she is in Iowa with her brother-in-law Samuel Hixson, his family and her sister Catherine. According to findagrave, she married three times - William Davis, James Robinson and Jesse Harmston She had one child, a daughter, Claretta Elizabeth Davis 1864-1939, whose grave is also referenced on FAG.

Sources

• 1850 census - "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQ1-RJ5 : 12 April 2016), Rebecca Miles in household of John Miles, Gratis, Preble, Ohio, United States; citing family 1465, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1860 census - "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2P-PB7 : 13 December 2017), Rebecca Davis in entry for Geo Buskirk, 1860.

• 1870 census - "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJF-TFR : 8 June 2019), Rebecca Davis in entry for Samuel Hixson, 1870.

• 2nd marriage - "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJPT-V5F : 10 February 2018), Jesse Harmston and Rebecca Robinson, 01 Mar 1899; citing Mystic, reference 2:3L18JDR; FHL microfilm 1,007,178.

• Findagrave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51887514?search=true

Note: info below is from previously orphaned profile:

• Rebecca Miles. Record for Rebecca Davis File @M2@ Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=IAMarriageRec&h=903476243&indiv=try

Born - 20 JUL 1838. Preble County, Ohio. Source: #S3 Record for Rebecca Davis File @M2@ Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=IAMarriageRec&h=903476243&indiv=try

Marriage- Husband James E Robinson. Wife Rebecca Miles. 20 MAR 1890. Appanoose, Iowa, USA. Source: #S3 Record for Rebecca Davis File @M2@ Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=IAMarriageRec&h=903476243&indiv=try

• Source: S3 Ancestry.com Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014; Repository: #R1 NOTE

  Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922. Textual Records. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.

  Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–37. Microfilm. Record Group 048. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.

• Repository: R1 Ancestry.com