She was the daughter of Charles Taylor Sherman and Eliza Williams Sherman.
They were the parents of two children.
She was the niece of Ohio Senator John Sherman and Lieutenant General William Tecumseh Sherman.
The New York Times August 7, 1904
Mrs. Miles' Body in National Cemetery
Washington, August 6. The body of Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, wife of the former Commanding General of the Army was placed today in the receiving vault of the National Cemetery at Arlington. The pall bearers were General James H. Wilson, General E.V. Sumner, General E.D. Huggins, General G.W. Baird, General R.M. O'Reilly, Colgate Hoyt, Frank Wiborg and Henry C. Rouse. Secretary Taft was present.
The Daily Palladium August 3, 1904
Richmond, Indiana
Death Of Mrs. Miles
Wife Of Former Head Of The Army
Succumbs To Heart Disease.
West Point, New York, August 3. Mrs. Nelson A. Miles is dead here of heart disease. She and General Miles had been visiting their son Sherman, who is a student at the military academy. Mrs. Miles was sixty-two years old. She was the daughter of Judge Charles Sherman and a niece of the late Senator John Sherman of Ohio and General William T. Sherman.
The death is the culmination of a series of attacks of heart trouble that had left her in an enfeebled condition during the last year and a half. The news of the death of Mrs. Miles was received with profound sorrow in military circles, where she was held in high esteem. General Miles' reservation in the national cemetery at Arlington, where Mrs. Miles will be buried, is a beautiful plot of ground resting on the crest of a sloping hill which rises from the Potomac and overlooks the city of Washington. President Roosevelt sent to Lieutenant General Miles a telegram expressive of the sympathy of himself and Mrs. Roosevelt in the general's bereavement.
They were the parents of two children.
She was the niece of Ohio Senator John Sherman and Lieutenant General William Tecumseh Sherman.
The New York Times August 7, 1904
Mrs. Miles' Body in National Cemetery
Washington, August 6. The body of Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, wife of the former Commanding General of the Army was placed today in the receiving vault of the National Cemetery at Arlington. The pall bearers were General James H. Wilson, General E.V. Sumner, General E.D. Huggins, General G.W. Baird, General R.M. O'Reilly, Colgate Hoyt, Frank Wiborg and Henry C. Rouse. Secretary Taft was present.
The Daily Palladium August 3, 1904
Richmond, Indiana
Death Of Mrs. Miles
Wife Of Former Head Of The Army
Succumbs To Heart Disease.
West Point, New York, August 3. Mrs. Nelson A. Miles is dead here of heart disease. She and General Miles had been visiting their son Sherman, who is a student at the military academy. Mrs. Miles was sixty-two years old. She was the daughter of Judge Charles Sherman and a niece of the late Senator John Sherman of Ohio and General William T. Sherman.
The death is the culmination of a series of attacks of heart trouble that had left her in an enfeebled condition during the last year and a half. The news of the death of Mrs. Miles was received with profound sorrow in military circles, where she was held in high esteem. General Miles' reservation in the national cemetery at Arlington, where Mrs. Miles will be buried, is a beautiful plot of ground resting on the crest of a sloping hill which rises from the Potomac and overlooks the city of Washington. President Roosevelt sent to Lieutenant General Miles a telegram expressive of the sympathy of himself and Mrs. Roosevelt in the general's bereavement.
She was the daughter of Charles Taylor Sherman and Eliza Williams Sherman.
They were the parents of two children.
She was the niece of Ohio Senator John Sherman and Lieutenant General William Tecumseh Sherman.
The New York Times August 7, 1904
Mrs. Miles' Body in National Cemetery
Washington, August 6. The body of Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, wife of the former Commanding General of the Army was placed today in the receiving vault of the National Cemetery at Arlington. The pall bearers were General James H. Wilson, General E.V. Sumner, General E.D. Huggins, General G.W. Baird, General R.M. O'Reilly, Colgate Hoyt, Frank Wiborg and Henry C. Rouse. Secretary Taft was present.
The Daily Palladium August 3, 1904
Richmond, Indiana
Death Of Mrs. Miles
Wife Of Former Head Of The Army
Succumbs To Heart Disease.
West Point, New York, August 3. Mrs. Nelson A. Miles is dead here of heart disease. She and General Miles had been visiting their son Sherman, who is a student at the military academy. Mrs. Miles was sixty-two years old. She was the daughter of Judge Charles Sherman and a niece of the late Senator John Sherman of Ohio and General William T. Sherman.
The death is the culmination of a series of attacks of heart trouble that had left her in an enfeebled condition during the last year and a half. The news of the death of Mrs. Miles was received with profound sorrow in military circles, where she was held in high esteem. General Miles' reservation in the national cemetery at Arlington, where Mrs. Miles will be buried, is a beautiful plot of ground resting on the crest of a sloping hill which rises from the Potomac and overlooks the city of Washington. President Roosevelt sent to Lieutenant General Miles a telegram expressive of the sympathy of himself and Mrs. Roosevelt in the general's bereavement.
They were the parents of two children.
She was the niece of Ohio Senator John Sherman and Lieutenant General William Tecumseh Sherman.
The New York Times August 7, 1904
Mrs. Miles' Body in National Cemetery
Washington, August 6. The body of Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, wife of the former Commanding General of the Army was placed today in the receiving vault of the National Cemetery at Arlington. The pall bearers were General James H. Wilson, General E.V. Sumner, General E.D. Huggins, General G.W. Baird, General R.M. O'Reilly, Colgate Hoyt, Frank Wiborg and Henry C. Rouse. Secretary Taft was present.
The Daily Palladium August 3, 1904
Richmond, Indiana
Death Of Mrs. Miles
Wife Of Former Head Of The Army
Succumbs To Heart Disease.
West Point, New York, August 3. Mrs. Nelson A. Miles is dead here of heart disease. She and General Miles had been visiting their son Sherman, who is a student at the military academy. Mrs. Miles was sixty-two years old. She was the daughter of Judge Charles Sherman and a niece of the late Senator John Sherman of Ohio and General William T. Sherman.
The death is the culmination of a series of attacks of heart trouble that had left her in an enfeebled condition during the last year and a half. The news of the death of Mrs. Miles was received with profound sorrow in military circles, where she was held in high esteem. General Miles' reservation in the national cemetery at Arlington, where Mrs. Miles will be buried, is a beautiful plot of ground resting on the crest of a sloping hill which rises from the Potomac and overlooks the city of Washington. President Roosevelt sent to Lieutenant General Miles a telegram expressive of the sympathy of himself and Mrs. Roosevelt in the general's bereavement.
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The Miles Mausoleum is one of only two mausolea located within Arlington National Cemetery.
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