John Miles
From the Margaret Hartman files at the Campbell County
Historical Society
John Miles was born in Scotland and came to America about 1795 settling in
Frederick County Maryland. He was married there about 1820 to Matilda
Poole, daughter of Henry Poole. In the spring of 1828 he moved his family
to Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky. They went in a covered wagon,
crossing the Ohio River to Limestone, Ky. He died in Hopkinsville in 1835.
His wife was married a second time to a Mr. Boyd.
Children of John Miles and Matilda Poole
1. Charles-m _____, lived and died in Hopkinsville leaving
five your children orphaned
2. John H-m Frances Mary Griffey, daughter of William Griffey and Elizabeth
Baker, 29 Dec 1846 in Campbell County; had Lizzie who m-George Weaver
3. Samuel Thomas-born 28 Feb 1823 in Frederick Maryland; died 16 June 1912 in
Fredmond Ky. m-Mary Jeannette Beall, daughter of
Benjamin Duke
Beall and Maria Thomas, 11 Nov 1846 in Campbell County
4. Edward S
Will of Henry Poole of Christian County Oct 1835, Probated Aug 1837
"To my grandson William Henry Sassen, son of John P Sassen, and to my two daughters Sally Recketts and Matilda Boyd..."
Children of Charles Miles and ________
1. Josephine-m Samuel C Shaw, born 20 July 1845, the son of
Edward Shaw and Rosanna R Baker; had daughter Harriet
2. Lida Beall-m Wesley Wilson
3. Sallie-m ____ Harris of Independence Ky.
4. Beall
5. Samuel-m Dixie ___, lived in Elizabethtown Ky.
Samuel Thomas Miles left Hopkinsville in 1837 and worked his way on a steamboat up the Ohio River to Cincinnati. He then crossed the River to Newport and walked out to Alexandria, having no definite object in going there. He did any odd jobs available and finally worked up a good tailoring business.
He bought a farm two miles north of Alexandria on which he built a house. When he had finished paying for the land and the house he was married. Upon hearing that the children of his brother, Charles had become orphaned, he went down and got them, bringing them home to raise with his own six children. He wanted to have all of the children receive a good education and as the nearest "good" school available was the Pettit School at Cold Spring, he bought a bus to get them there and back home.
He secured a contract to carry the mail between Alexandria and Newport, also carrying passengers, express, etc. For a time he was a postmaster in Covington. He and his wife are buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.
Children of Samuel Thomas Miles and Mary Jeannette Beall
1. Maria V-28 Apr 1848-11 Sep 1856
2. Charles Poole-17 Sep 1850-26 Dec 1882
3. Sarah Beall-1 Apr 1853-29 Dec 1919 m-Henley Woodward Smith; son Miles
Woodward Smith born 23 Nov 1889 in Cincinnati who m-Elizabeth B Arnold 25 June
1913; had Dorothy Woodward, Hugh Arnold, Marjorie Kemper and Robert
4. Ben Duke-18 Feb 1856-7 Feb 1931 m-___Bach
5. Matilda Boyd-9 May 1859 m-H C Hinman; daughter Mary m-____Brett
6. Nellie V-10 July 1862-18 July 1862
7. Hugh Knox-31 Oct 1865-16 Apr 1949 Clearwater Florida; m-Anna Lehler 24 May
1887; both buried Spring Grove Cemetery
8. Lida Beall-m Wesley Wilson and lived in Covington
Children of Wesley Wilson and Lida Beall Miles
1. Grace-m Morris Galvin, brother of John G Galvin, mayor
of Cincinnati
2. Miles
3. Hance
4. Rawl-killed in football accident at Annapolis Naval Academy
5. L B-named after his mother who died the night he was born; owner of radio
station WCKY in Cincinnati, the L B Wilson Radio Station, until the time of his
death.