Rebecca Elizabeth Miles, daughter of Wm. and Elizabeth Miles, was born Oct. 5, 1861, at West Branch, la., where she grew to womanhood. She was a birthright member of the Quaker church. Since 1915 she has been a devoted member of the Methodist church.
On May 27, 1882, she was married to Frank E. [rnest] Wilson, and to this union were born seven children. They are: Mabel Rupe, Bertha Maharry and Gerald Thomas, all of Lenox; Bert R., Shenandoah; Nelle Butler of Sharpsburg; Fred E., Lake Crystal, Minn.; and Thomas Richard who died in infancy. Seven grandchildren also survive: Laura and Carl Rupe, Genevieve Hughes, Kathleen Maharry, Hazel Butler, and Dorotha and Mildred Wilson; and one sister, Mrs. Della Hargrave.
Her early married life was spent on a farm in Johnson county, Iowa from which place they moved to Adair County and located on a farm near
Greenfield. They moved to Lenox in 1915 and have lived in or near here since that time.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 22, 1938
Rebecca Elizabeth Miles, daughter of Wm. and Elizabeth Miles, was born Oct. 5, 1861, at West Branch, la., where she grew to womanhood. She was a birthright member of the Quaker church. Since 1915 she has been a devoted member of the Methodist church.
On May 27, 1882, she was married to Frank E. [rnest] Wilson, and to this union were born seven children. They are: Mabel Rupe, Bertha Maharry and Gerald Thomas, all of Lenox; Bert R., Shenandoah; Nelle Butler of Sharpsburg; Fred E., Lake Crystal, Minn.; and Thomas Richard who died in infancy. Seven grandchildren also survive: Laura and Carl Rupe, Genevieve Hughes, Kathleen Maharry, Hazel Butler, and Dorotha and Mildred Wilson; and one sister, Mrs. Della Hargrave.
Her early married life was spent on a farm in Johnson county, Iowa from which place they moved to Adair County and located on a farm near
Greenfield. They moved to Lenox in 1915 and have lived in or near here since that time.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 22, 1938
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