James Steen Miles ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Another name for James was James M. Miles.^{7 8 12}

  General Notes:

James' age was reported as 5 on the 1850 census, 13 on 1860 census, 18 on the 1870 census and as 31 on the 1880 census.

In 1870, he was shown to be a farm laborer. By the time of the 1880 census, James had married and moved to Colorado County, Texas. His sister Evaline, and widowed sister Margaret and her children lived with him. He was a farmer. At the time of the 1900 census, James was married to Lillie and had 2 infants with her. He was farming in Mills County, Texas. His brother in law James Nichols was living with them. At the time of the 1910 census, James was farming in Mills County. He owned his farm free of mortgage. His widowed mother in law Mahaley Nichols was living with them. Son, Artclar (or R. Teckler) was living right beside them.

  Additional Information:

• FindAGrave: Memorial# 30684708.

James married Sallie Stewart. (Sallie Stewart was born about 1856 in Mississippi.)

James next married Lillie Catherine Nichols, daughter of Barney Nichols and Lucille Mahaley, on 11 Nov 1893 in , Mills County, Texas.¹ (Lillie Catherine Nichols was born on 19 Jun 1865 in Texas,¹³ died on 20 Sep 1952 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas ¹³ and was buried in Center City Cemetery, Center City, Mills County, Texas ^{13 14}.). The cause of her death was perforation of ileum with peritonitis, mesenteric thrombosis.

  Marriage Notes:

James Miles's nephew, Rev. Charles Harvey Miles, performed the marriage ceremony.