Miles, Fielding P. (Fielding Peery), 1860-1890
Biographical Note
Fielding Peery Miles was born to George W. and Rebecca A. Miles on October 27, 1860. He was a resident of Sullivan, Tennessee; Glade Spring, Virginia; and Blacksburg. He married Eleanor Annabel Smith (1855-1941) on December 23, 1886, at the Univeristy of Virginia Chapel. He graduated from the University of Virginia was a professor of chemistry and geology at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) from 1886 to until his death of typhoid fever on May 3, 1890.
External Sources:
U.S. Federal Census, 1870-1880.
University Catalogs, 1886-1890.
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"Eleanor Annbel Smith Kent", FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83054790/eleanor_annabel_kent, accessed April 30, 2024.
"Fielding P Miles" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853-1935, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1111:62154, accessed April 30, 2024.
"Blacksburg College. Professors Chosen to Fill the Chairs of the Institution." The News and Advance (Lynchburg, Virginia), May 29, 1886, p. 3, available online from Newspapers.com, https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/image/1015016113/?match=1&terms=fielding%20p.%20miles&pqsid=ptARU2unn684rRbLqre7EA%3A22923%3A15909612, accessed May 16, 2024.
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"Local and General News Briefs." Clinch Valley news (Jeffersonville, Va.), May 9, 2890, p. 4, available online at the Library of Congress's Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers at https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034357/1890-05-09/ed-1/seq-4/, accessed May 16, 2024.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
F. P. Miles Letter to Henry C. Wysor
The F. P. Miles Letter to Henry C. Wysor was a letter written by Miles in Blacksburg, Virginia, on July 18, 1889, to Wysor in Dublin, Virginia. The letter details an insurance payment to Wysor and is written on Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) letterhead. Miles (1860-1890) was a professor of chemistry and geology at the college, while Wysor (1847-1927) was an agent for the New-York Life Insurance Company.