58. About my father's father, William Gustavus Miles
I mentioned on Sunday Dec. 9th, 2013, in blog # 29 that I would write about my grandfather, William Gustavus Miles, who was 11 years old when his family moved down to be pioneers in 1862, in St. George. (They were called 1 year after the original settlers came -- as a support group. His wife Paralee's family were in the 1861 group who first came, -- when she was 4 years old.) I'll include some of his history here from his history written by his daughter Sarah, my father Pratt's sister: INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF WILLIAM GUSTAVUS MILES WRITTEN BY HIS DAUGHTER, SARAH MILES WALLACE. William Gustavis Miles was born at Salt Lake City, Utah, the first child of Samuel Miles Jr. And Hannah Colborn Miles. He was born of goodly parents, his grandparents on both sides being faithful Latter-day Saints until the day of their death, as was his parents. His father Samuel, was only seven years of age at the time the family joined the Church and when ten years of age Samuel had rea