Person:Miles Fields (1)

Worked as a carpenter.

Milo B. Field of Strafford, Orange County, VT served in the 3rd Regimen Company of Union Solders (in 1861+ ??)

His father possibly born in CT and mother in RI.

Wife Roxy either separated or died between 1860 and 1870.

His parents & family moved from Vermont to New York sometime before 1835, and to Michigan sometime after 1837.

Possible father name of Harvey?

1860 Census: Listed as (age 60) and living in Ashland Township, MI. ^[1]

1870 Census: Listed as (age 69, born in VT) and living in the household of Addison (age 43, born in Ohio) and Harriet (age 35, born in NY) Bates in Michigan. ^[2]

1880 Census: Listed as (age 80, born in VT, occupation carpenter) and living in the household of his daughter Elizabeth Shippy (age 43, born in NY) and her husband Samuel Shippy (age 32, born in MI) in Ashland Township, Newaygo, MI. ^[3]

1830 Census his family is in Potsdam-St Lawrence County, New York

1840 Census his family is in Not Stateed-St. Lawrence County, New York

1850 Census his family is in Clear Lake Township-Steuben County, Iniana

1860 Census he, his wife and one daugher are in Ashland Township-Newaygo County, Michigan.

1870 Census he is alone with his daughter's family in Cambria Township-Hillsdale County, Michigan

1880 Census he is living with another daughter and son-in-law in Ashland Township-Newaygo County, Michigan

1. ↑ United States Census, 1860.

   "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWDD-D6Q : accessed 09 Dec 2013), Mills Fields, , Newaygo, Michigan; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 26, family 171, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803555.

2. ↑ United States Census, 1870.

   "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHH2-821 : accessed 09 Dec 2013), Mills Field in household of Addison Bates, Michigan, United States; citing p. , family 124, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552172.

3. ↑ United States Census, 1880.

   "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW33-BM1 : accessed 09 Dec 2013), Miles Fields in household of Samuel Shippy, Ashland, Newaygo, Michigan, United States; citing sheet 423B, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T9-0598

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Michigan, Deaths, 1867-1897.

   "Michigan, Deaths, 1867-1897," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3JW-KHG : accessed 09 Dec 2013), Milo Field, 26 Oct 1881.

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