Laban J. Miles (March 10, 1844– April 12, 1931) was an American Indian agent at the Osage Agency for the Osage Nation and Kaw people.
Laban J. Miles | |
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| Born | March 10, 1844 Ludlow Falls, Ohio |
| Died | April 12, 1931 (aged 87) Pawhuska, Oklahoma |
Early life and family edit
Major Laban J. Miles was born at Ludlow Falls, Ohio, March 10, 1844, to Benjamin and Prudence (Jones) Miles. He was raised a Quaker and on April 27, 1870, in West Branch, Cedar County, Iowa he married Agnes Randall Minthorn and together they had six children, Maude, Harriet, Theodore, Blanche, Oakley and Laura.[1]
In 1882, Laban Miles' nephew Herbert Hoover came to stay for a year with his family at the Osage Agency.[2] Laban's wife, Agnes Randall (Minthorn) Miles was a sister of Huldah Randall (Minthorn) Hoover.
Laban's parents went to work at the Osage Agency for three years in 1873, Benjamin as Superintendent and Prudence as Matron of the Government School there. In 1878, they returned to their positions at the Osage Agency for another five years. In January 1883, Benjamin Miles established a Government Indian School at West Branch, Cedar county, Iowa. A year later he moved the school to Lee County, Iowa and transferred the school to the Trustees of White's Manual labor Institute.[3]
Indian agent edit
On June 24, 1878, Major Laban J. Miles was appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes as an Indian Agent for the Osage and Kaw Tribes replacing Cyrus Beede.[4][5] Major Laban J. Miles resigned on May 20, 1885,[6] but on April 19, 1889, Miles was reappointed Superintendent of the Osage Agency and held that office until July 4, 1893.[7][8][9]
Death edit
Laban J. Miles died at his home in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, on April 12, 1931.
Notes edit
"Wah'kon-tah: The Osage and the White Man's Road" by John Joseph Mathews, University of Oklahoma Press, 1932 was written using Major Laban J. Miles' journal as reference.
References edit
- ^ "Benjamin and Ester (Furnas) Pearson : their ancestors and descendants." by George M. Pearson, Times-Mirror Print and Binding House, 1941.
- ^ San Antonio Express, April 13, 1931
- ^ "Portrait and Biographical Album of Lee County, Iowa: Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Iowa, and of the Presidents of the United States" 1887
- ^ "A History of the Osage People" By Louis F. Burn, pg 358
- ^ Evening star, June 24, 1878, pg 1
- ^ Evening star, May 20, 1885, pg 1
- ^ San Antonio Express, April 13, 1931, pg 6
- ^ Nevada State Journal, April 13, 1931, pg 1
- ^ The Washington critic., April 19, 1889, pg 1