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Family of Rufus Edward MILES and Mabel Veazie ARNOLD

Rufus Edward MILES b. 1876 Feb 13221 at Cambridge, MA4009. d. 1966 Mar 1592 at (res) Monclair, NJ92. bd. Hope Cemetery, Worcester, MA840.
Mabel Veazie ARNOLD b. 1878 Jun2707 at Massachusetts2706. d. bef 19404859.

Married4009 1907 Jun 14009 at First Parish Church, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA4861.

Mabel and Rufus were married4009 by Samuel McChord Crothers, minister, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge. The marriage was recorded June 10. Interestingly, their marriage was announced4861 in the New York Times on June 2, 1907. That announcement provides the church in which they were married.

"Family Histories"4862 has, regarding Rufus Edward Miles, son of Evelyn Luella (Makepeace) and E B Miles, he was born in Worcester, Mass. He graduated valedictorian from the Worcester, Mass., High School, and B.A., Amherst College, 1899. He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa society. At graduation, he received the Hitchcock fellowship, and spent a year in post-graduate study in history and political economy. He received an M. A., Amherst, 1902.

In the 1907 announcement4861 of his marriage to Mabel Arnold, it was mentioned that Mr Miles was an "Amherst man." An article in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Dec 30, 1908 (newspapers.com) mentions Rufus E Miles, class of '99, among those who attended the annual Christmas dinner of Amherst College alumni in Brooklyn at the University Club.

In 1910, Rufus was director of municipal research in Cincinnati. He was a member of Cincinnati's delegation to the Conference of Ohio Municipalities to be held in Columbus, OH, Jan 24, 1912 (Cincinnati OH Enguirer, Jan 23, 1912; newspaperarchive.com) In 1918, Rufus was Secretary221 of the Ohio Efficiency Institute, and, in 1920, Rufus was a director of public efficiency. In 1930, he was a director of research. In 1933, he was appointed4190 by President Roosevelt to a committee of three Ohioans to the President's public work progress in the state. Rufus had, at that time, been the secretary-director of the Ohio Institute for 19 years, but might not accept the appointment due to ill health. In fact, the same newspaper reported on Aug 1, 1933, that Rufus Miles had resigned from the Ohio Advisory Board for the Public Works, of which he had been a member, and former Governor Vic Donahey was named to replace him.

Rufus and his second wife, Jean Weidensall, are buried in Hope Cemetery, Worcester, MA.

Mabel's middle name is listed4009 in the record for her marriage to Rufus. Their marriage announcement4861 in the New York Times mentions that Mabel was a graduate of Radcliffe College, Class of 1900.

Mabel died sometime before the enumeration of the 1940 census for Columbus, Ohio, as Rufus is listed that year as widowed.

Child 5. Eliot

In the 1920 census4187, enumerated Jan 26, Eliot was 2 6/12 years old. In 1940, Eliot resided4859 with his father in Columbus. He was a forestry supervisor for a conservation project.

Children of Rufus Edward MILES and Mabel Veazie ARNOLD:

1. Arnold M MILES4187 b. 1908 May 253350 at Manhattan, NY3350. d. 1957 Apr 19840 at George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC4878. bd. Hazel Ridge Cem., Elkhorn, WI840.
md. Alice MORRISSY
2. Rufus Edward Jr MILES2709 b. 1910 Jun 144189 at Cincinnati, OH4189. d. 1996 Apr 94860 at Ithaca Hospital, Ithaca, NY4860.
md. Nelle (Millie) Mary PETROWSKI
3. Evelyn Makepeace MILES2709 b. 1911 Oct 34883 at Cincinnati, OH4883.
md. Frederick Davis HERBERT
4. Lawrence Curtis MILES2709 b. 1914 Oct 162777 at Ohio2709. d. 1999 Mar 2892 at (res) Cottonwood, AZ92.
md. Pearl Nellie KUHL
5. Eliot W MILES2709 b. 1917 Aug~4187 at Ohio2709.


92. Social Security Death Index
221. WW I Draft Registration Card; www.ancestry.com, familysearch.org
840. Gravestone inscriptions - www.findagrave.com
2706. 1880 Fed Census MA, Middlesex Co., Cambridge; www.ancestry.com
2707. 1900 Fed Census MA, Middlesex Co., Cambridge; www.ancestry.com
2709. 1930 Fed Census OH, Franklin Co., Columbus; www.ancestry.com
2777. Miles, John, Miles Genealogy; of Concord, Massachusetts, Jonas M Miles, C E Goodspeed & Company, Boston, 1920; books.google.com
3350. New York, New York City Births 1846-1909; familysearch.org
4009. Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915, 1840-1915; familysearch.org, www.ancestry.com
4187. 1920 Fed Census OH, Franklin Co., Columbus; www.ancestry.com
4189. Passenger List, S S President Roosevelt, from Southampton Jan 21 1932, to Port of New York Jan 30, 1932; familysearch.org
4190. Miles, Rufus, appointment to Ohio Public Work Progress Committee, Piqua (OH) Daily Call, Jul 27, 1933; newspaperarchive.com
4191. 1910 Fed Census OH, Hamilton Co., Cincinnati; www.ancestry.com
4859. 1940 Fed Census OH, Franklin Co., Columbus; www.ancestry.com
4860. Obit - Miles, Rufus Jr, 85, Aide to 3 Presidents; New York Times, Apr 15, 1996; www.nytimes.com
4861. Miles - Arnold Marriage, Miss Mabel V Arnold & Rufus E Miles, The New York Times, Jun 2, 1907; newspapers.com
4862. Miles, Rufus Edward, Children of Evelyn Luella (Makepeace) and E. B. Miles, Dunham Genealogy: Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, MA; Family Histories of North America, www.ancestry.com
4878. Obit - Miles, Arnold, Albuquerque (NM) Journal, Apr 20, 1957; newspaperarchive.com
4883. Miles, Evelyn Makepeace, and Frederick Davis Herbert married Nov 14 1934; Ohio County Marriages, 1774-1993; familysearch.org