| Daniel S. Miles | |||
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| First Seven Presidents of the Seventy | |||
| April 6, 1837 (1837-04-06) – October 12, 1845 (1845-10-12) | |||
| Called by | Joseph Smith, Jr. | ||
| Personal details | |||
| Born | Daniel Sanborn Miles (1772-07-23)July 23, 1772 Sanbornton, Province of New Hampshire | ||
| Died | October 12, 1845(1845-10-12) (aged 73) Hancock County, Illinois, United States | ||
| Resting place | Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds 40°32′12.12″N 91°21′2.16″W / 40.5367000°N 91.3506000°W / 40.5367000; -91.3506000 (Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds) | ||
| Spouse(s) | Electa Chamberlin | ||
| Parents | Josiah Miles Marah Sanborn | ||
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Daniel Sanborn Miles (July 23, 1772 – October 12, 1845) was an early Mormon leader and member of the Presidency of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Life
Miles was born in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, on July 23, 1772, to Josiah Miles and Marah Sanborn. In Ryegate, Vermont, on September 30, 1813, he married Electa Chamberlin, with whom he had one son. Miles was baptized by Orson Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson in April 1832 in Bath, New Hampshire. He joined the Latter Day Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, in 1836. On February 28, 1836, Miles was made an elder in the church. He was ordained one of the Seventy later that year on December 20 by Hazen Aldrich. Then, on April 6, 1837, he was called as "one of the First Seven Presidents of the Seventies", a role he held until his death.
Miles moved to Missouri in March 1838. While in Missouri, he attended an April 6, 1838, solemn assembly in Far West. He was among the first Mormons to settle in Nauvoo, Illinois, moving there in 1839. He is mentioned in a Doctrine and Covenants revelation, D&C 124:138, dated January 19, 1841. Miles died on October 12, 1845, at the home of Josiah Butterfield in Hancock County, Illinois. He was remembered as being "faithful and constant to his Seventy call".
References
- Manuscript History of the Church, LDS Church Archives, book A-1, p. 37; reproduced in Dean C. Jessee (comp.) (1989). The Papers of Joseph Smith: Autobiographical and Historical Writings (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book) 1:302–03.
- H. Michael Marquardt and Wesley P. Walters (1994). Inventing Mormonism: Tradition and the Historical Record (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books) p. 160.
- ^ McCune, George M. (1991). Personalities in the Doctrine and Covenants and Joseph Smith–History. Salt Lake City, Utah: Hawkes Publishing. p. 77. ISBN 9780890365182.
- ^ "Daniel Sanborn Miles – Biography". The Joseph Smith Papers. Archived from the original on 2015-05-06. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
External links
- J. W. Whitcomb letter to Daniel S. Miles, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
- Pliny Miles letter to Daniel S. Miles, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
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