Puffer Genealogy
MILES, Elizabeth Helen
1912 - 1975 (63 years)
1. MILES, Elizabeth Helen was born on 11 Feb 1912 in MT (daughter of MILES, Jason Daniel and CABLE, Mildred Jewett); died on 17 Apr 1975 in Bozeman, MT; was buried in Bozeman, MT. Other Events and Attributes:
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2. MILES, Jason Daniel was born on 11 Mar 1882 in MT (son of MILES, George Melville and STREVELL, Helen Louise); died on 25 Jul 1930 in Park County, MT. Other Events and Attributes:
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Student of Blair Presbyterial Academy in 1900. Graduate of Princeton. Resided in Livingston, MT, as a farmer and banker.
Jason married CABLE, Mildred Jewett on 1 Nov 1906 in Covington, OH. Mildred (daughter of CABLE, Alva Curtis and SHUMAN, Elizabeth E.) was born on 20 Mar 1880 in Covington, OH; died on 26 Nov 1957 in OH; was buried in Covington, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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CABLE, Mildred Jewett was born on 20 Mar 1880 in Covington, OH (daughter of CABLE, Alva Curtis and SHUMAN, Elizabeth E.); died on 26 Nov 1957 in OH; was buried in Covington, OH. Other Events and Attributes:
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GRID=39414957Children:
- MILES, George Cable was born on 9 Sep 1907; died on 9 Jul 1952 in Billings, MT; was buried in Covington, OH.
- 1. MILES, Elizabeth Helen was born on 11 Feb 1912 in MT; died on 17 Apr 1975 in Bozeman, MT; was buried in Bozeman, MT.
Generation: 3
4. MILES, George Melville was born on 25 Oct 1854 in Westminster, MA (son of MILES, Daniel Curtis and PUFFER, Lucy Ann); died on 15 Jan 1935 in Portland, OR; was buried in Chicago, IL. Other Events and Attributes:
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He graduated from the Mass. Agriculture College, Amherst, in 1875. Aft r the Custer Massacre, we went west with his uncle, Gen. Nelson A. Miles, as clerk of the quartermaster in the army in the Indian war, 1876. After the war, Mr. Miles took up a homestead of 160 acres in the center of what is now Miles City and has lived there since. He is president of the First National Bank and of the YMCA. For 35 years or more he has been superintendent of the Sunday School of the First Presbyterian Church . He owns many business buildings and is head of the Miles & Ulmer Hardware Co.
George married STREVELL, Helen Louise on 22 Dec 1880 in Miles City, MT. Helen was born about 1862 in IL; died on 11 Jul 1887 in Miles City, MT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. STREVELL, Helen Louise was born about 1862 in IL; died on 11 Jul 1887 in Miles City, MT. Other Events and Attributes:
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Children:
- 2. MILES, Jason Daniel was born on 11 Mar 1882 in MT; died on 25 Jul 1930 in Park County, MT.
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CABLE, Alva Curtis was born in Mar 1849 in Covington, OH; died on 1 Nov 1908 in OH; was buried in Covington, OH. Other Events and Attributes:
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GRID=39415144Alva married SHUMAN, Elizabeth E.. Elizabeth was born on 15 Sep 1857 in Covington, OH; died in 1927 in OH; was buried in Covington, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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SHUMAN, Elizabeth E. was born on 15 Sep 1857 in Covington, OH; died in 1927 in OH; was buried in Covington, OH. Other Events and Attributes:
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GRID=39415127Children:
- 3. CABLE, Mildred Jewett was born on 20 Mar 1880 in Covington, OH; died on 26 Nov 1957 in OH; was buried in Covington, OH.
Generation: 4
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MILES, Daniel Curtis was born on 21 Jun 1827 in Westminster, MA (son of MILES, Daniel C. and CURTIS, Mary); died on 23 Feb 1912 in Washington, DC; was buried in Westminster, MA. Other Events and Attributes:
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For many years a national bank examiner, brother of General Nelson A. Miles. He engaged in the lumber business and manufacture of chairs. He was president of the Westminster National Bank; selectman, assessor, overseer of the poor, auditor of the town; served on the school committee. He was for 20 years superintendent of the Sunday School of the Baptist Church.
When his brother-in-law, Edward James Puffer, fell in battle at Gettysburg, he returned to that battle sight to retrieve his body which had lain in a battlefield grave. Be brought the body back on the first train that left Gettysburg after the battle to be reinterred in MA. (Biographical Review of Worcester County, MA, Volume XXX, 1899)Daniel married PUFFER, Lucy Ann on 2 May 1851 in Westminster, MA. Lucy (daughter of PUFFER, James and JONES, Lucy) was born on 25 Aug 1828 in Ashburnham, MA; died on 9 Feb 1869; was buried in Westminster, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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PUFFER, Lucy Ann was born on 25 Aug 1828 in Ashburnham, MA (daughter of PUFFER, James and JONES, Lucy); died on 9 Feb 1869; was buried in Westminster, MA. Other Events and Attributes:
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"Much beloved in life, she was greatly lamented. *** a woman of estimab le qualities of mind, heart and character."
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GRID=122733517Children:
- MILES, Mary Josephine was born on 11 Dec 1852 in Westminster, MA; died on 12 Dec 1934 in Pasadena, CA; was buried in Altadena, CA.
- 4. MILES, George Melville was born on 25 Oct 1854 in Westminster, MA; died on 15 Jan 1935 in Portland, OR; was buried in Chicago, IL.
- MILES, Herbert Judson was born on 5 Jun 1856 in Westminster, MA; died on 27 Jul 1929 in Park, MT; was buried in Hollywood, CA.
- MILES, Arthur Wellington was born on 20 Jun 1859 in Westminster, MA; died in 1933 in Los Angeles, CA; was buried in Hollywood, CA.
- MILES, Martha Gertrude was born on 23 Apr 1865 in Westminster, MA; died on 23 May 1880; was buried in Westminster, MA.