Iowa Family Group Sheet for the Miles B. Friend Family Submitted by: Jennifer LaneHUSBAND: 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. ************************************************** Copyright © 2007 by Jennifer Lane. All rights reserved. http://www.iagenweb.org/state/disclaim.htm **************************************************