247. Short history of William Gustavus Miles, my grandfather, stone cutter, Patriarch.
This is a brief history of my own grandfather who died before I was born. He was 11 years old when they came to St. George as original pioneers. INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF WILLIAM GUSTAVUS MILES WRITTEN BY HIS DAUGHTER, SARAH MILES WALLACE, SISTER TO ORSON PRATT MILES (my father) 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, and so were his parents. His father was only seven years of age at the time the family joined the Church and when ten years of age he had read the Book of Mormon through. His parents and grandparents were real Pioneers and suffered many afflictions as most of the L.D.S. died in the early history of the Church. (Written by my Aunt Sarah) I remember hearing Grandfather Miles (Samuel) tell of how the mobs used to surround the houses of ou