afterwards Rutland township. He bought a share in the Ohio
Company's Purchase for ninety-six pounds, sterling, and
settled on the farm where he died on November 10th, 1847,
aged eighty years. Chloe Jarvis Miles died September 21st,
1844. They had seven children. Benjamin Lanson Miles
went to Arkansas, had a cotton plantation, some slaves; lived
and died there in 1839. He was twice married, but left one
son, James B. Miles.
Mary Miles was never married. She died in Rutland, April
9th, 1857, aged sixty-four years.
Barzillai Hosmer Miles was a preacher of the Christian
denomination. He married Amy Guthrie, who died leaving
two daughters. As a preacher he was successful, traveled
some and died of cholera in 1832, while on his way home from
Louisiana.
John B. Miles married Mary Johnson and owned a farm in
Rutland township, where they lived many years. They had
a family of sons and daughters. He died in Racine in 1864,
aged sixty-eight years. Mrs. Mary Miles died in Racine, Ohio.
Columbus Miles, son of John and Mary Miles, married
Elizabeth Hopkins; was in the marble business at Gallipolis
and died there.
Benjamin Harrison Miles, a preacher, and a soldier in the
Civil war, but died later. John Wesley Miles, a marble dealer
in Gallipolis. Adaline Miles was married to Waid Cross, a
merchant in Racine, Ohio. They had a family of sons and
daughters. Mrs. Cross died in 1905.
Sally C. Miles was born November 5th, 1803, being the
first female born in the township, afterwards Rutland. She was
married to Russell Cook, lived on a farm in Rutland. They
had a large family of sons and daughters. She died in 1857,
aged fifty-four years.
Joseph Jarvis Miles was born October 19th, 1807. He mar-
ried Sarah Cutler Larkin in 1841. They had children but all
died in infancy. He was a tanner by trade, carried on the
