Re: William Miles married to sybil? of phelps co,Mo
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William Miles married to sybil? of phelps co,Mo
maria campbell 7/25/05
William served as a sergeant in the Civil War in Co B, 11 WI infantry and filed for a CW invalid pension in Dec of 1887.Sybil filed for widow's benefits in Jun of 1897.William's pension file may give you more information.He is listed in the 1890 veteran's census for Dawson, Phelps, MO.He enlisted 12 Sep 1861 and discharged 12 Feb 1864.
My guess, though I can't prove it, is that William is the son of Warren and Nancy Miles who are also in Dane, WI in 1860.Their age is listed incorrectly in the index - they are in their 50's, not their 30's.Here's their census listing for 1850:
1850/NY/Chautauqua/Ripley/p.
Warren Miles49farmerNY
Nancy Miles48NY
William Miles16NY
Deborah Miles15NY
Loisa Miles9NY
Vroosian Miles7(female)NY
Sarah E Miles4NY
Since William and Sybil have a first born son named Warren in both 1860 and 1870 then this makes a good connection.
I haven't been able to find any more on Sybil, either in any marriage indexes or birth indexes.I checked for a Sybil in the 1850 census in Dane county but couldn't find a good match agewise, and found one close one in Chautauqua county but that is not very scientific.If you can afford the pension file you will probably find something in that.I have emailed someone who has some death notices in the 1890's for Phelps county and maybe she will have something.If so I will let you know.
Nancy
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Re: William Miles married to sybil? of phelps co,Mo
maria campbell 7/26/05