Iowa Family Group Sheet for the Miles B. Friend Family

Submitted by: Jennifer Lane 


HUSBAND: Miles B. Friend
Birth date: ca 1837
Birthplace: probably (now Brown Co) Schuyler Co., IL
Death date: 4 Feb 1863
Place of death: Union Army Regimental Hospital, Helena, Phillips Co., AR
Burial date: 
Burial place: 
Other Spouse: 
Father: Charles Friend
Mother: Elenor Tucker

Marriage date: 5 Sep 1860
Marriage place: Adair Co., IL

WIFE: Nancy Ann Roberts
Birth date: 7 Jan 1843
Birthplace: IN
Death date: 3 Nov 1866
Place of death: (probably) Adair Co., IA
Burial date: 
Burial place: Roberts Cemetery, Harrison Twp., Adair Co., IA
Other Spouse: 
Father: James Roberts
Mother: ??


CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Douglas Miles Friend
Sex: M
Birth date: ca March 1861
Birthplace: Adair Co., IA
Death date: ca Oct 1923
Place of death: 
Burial date: 
Burial place: 
Spouse's name: Margaret Ann Tyler
Marriage date: 25 Feb 1895
Marriage place: Adair Co., IA


Documentation and Sources:

After Miles died during the Civil War, Nancy applied for a widow's pension
and listed her father as guardian.  

----------  Military Service Record
   Name: Miles B. Friend
   Residence: Fontanelle, IA
   Distinguished Service -Union Army
   Unit Numbers: 203 203
   Service Record: Enlisted as a private on 15 Aug 1862 at the age of 25; 
   enlisted in Company D, 29th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 1 Sept 1862
   Died of disease Company D, 29th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 4 Feb 1863 
   in Helena, AR Regimental Hospital

----------  CENSUS RECORDS
**  1856 State Census: Harrison Twp, Adair Co., IA; enum 25 Jul 1856 J.R. Shields 
[HQ# 221-7, FHL# 1021290] 

D#8 / F#9 - Page 66 
ROBERTS:  James (68 KY, widowed, voter, owns land)
          John (20 IA farmer, mil)
          Mary A (19 IA)
          Martha J (16 IA)
          Nancy A (13 IA)
          Mina (11 IA)
          Thomas (9 IA)
          Sarah (9 IA)
          James A (3 Iowa)
JLSNote:  I believe that the abbreviation IA indicates Indiana, not Iowa.

- D#10 / F#11 - Page 66 
FRIEND: Charles (55 KY farmer, voter, owns land, res 17)
        Elenor (47 VA, res 17)
        Brice (23 IL farmer, voter, mil, res 17)
        Ephraim (20 IL farmer, mil, res 17)
        Miles (17 IL farmer, res 17)
        Rachel (12 IA)
        Wm. K (10 IA)
        Marshal B (4 IA)

**  1880 US Census: Bolton twp, Cowley Co., KS
KAY: Alexander (68 KY, cooper)
     Rachel (60 KY)
     Isaac (20 IN)
LOCKWOOD: George (24 AR, farmer, boarder)
FRIEND: Douglas (18 IA, attending school, boarder)

**  1900 US Census: Webster, Madison Co., IA
TYLER: David
FRIEND: Douglas (39 IA, Mar 1861, painter)
        Margret (27 IA)
        Merrieta M. (4 IA, Jul 1895)
        Carrie M (3 ?, IA)

**  1910 US Census: Webster, Madison Co., IA
FRIEND: D (47 IA IA MO, carpenter)  -married 15 yrs
        Maggie (36 IA NY NY)   - 5 ch / 5 living
        ?Creo (7 IA)
        Vera (5 IA)
        Budy/Rudy (4 IA)
        Mary (14 IA)

The Obituary of Douglas Miles Friend was published 1 Nov 1923 in the Adair County 
Free Press (Greenfield, IA) per the index at Adair Co., IA website. I have not seen 
the actual copy. Would love to contact descendants of this family.



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