Name: Wm./Myles
Sex: Male
Death Date: 16 Jan 1897
Death Place: Wheeling, West Virginia
Note: 2154 Main st., 5th ward
Age at Death: 61y 7m 6d
Burial Place: Ohio, West Virginia
Cemetery: Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Birth Place: Ireland
Marital Status: M
Occupation: Photographer
Residence: Ohio, West Virginia
Mother: Mary/
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Father: John/
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
DEATH OF WILL MYLES
A Well Known Citizen, whose Demise will be Mourned by Many
On Saturday morning there passed away one of Wheeling's oldest and most respected citizens, in the person of Mr. William Myles, at his residence, 2154 Main Street, after a lingering illness of five or six months. Though he had been ailing for some time, his condition was at no time critical until within the past few weeks, but despite all that medical aid could do, he came to his end at about 5 o'clock in the morning.
By the part he took in public affairs within recent years, and his success in his calling as a photographer, the deceased was prominently known, and universally esteemed by those who knew him. He was a splendid type of the self-made man, working up from the poor Irish boy, a stranger in a strange land at fifteen years of age, to an envied position as an expert in his chosen calling, and one in whom his fell citizens delighted to honor with the suffrages.
Mr. Myles emigrated to this country from his birth place to this country from his birth place in county Cork, Ireland where he was born June 10, 1835. He landed at New Orleans, empty of purse, but full of the perseverance and pluck, that later characterized him. He worked his way up the river and arriving in Wheeling found employment helping to build the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, which was then in construction at this point. After his connection ceased with the railroad company, he went to work in the mills as an ordinary laborer, but during all the time his artistic temperament was developing itself, and in his leisure hours he conducted many experiments in the arts of daguerreotyping and ambrotyping, the styles of taking pictures that were then vogue. A brief period followed while he engaged in the distillation of alcohol, but his love for photography impelled him to follow that art. It was his natural vocation, as was afterwards attested by his excellent work in that line.
His connection with public affairs was that of an active citizen, he serving his own ward in council twelve years, Centre district in the county board of county commissioners four years, the city as city collector two years, and his county in the state legislature for two years also. In politics, the deceased was a Democrat, but a man generous to all those differing politically. His public duties were faithfully and sincerely performed, and he gave them his best attention.
His death is a matter of sincere regret. The local photographers have passed resolutions of respect. The funeral takes place from his late residence this morning at 8 o'clock and will no doubt be largely attended. Services will be held at St. Joseph's Cathedral and interment at Mt. Calvary.
(Wheeling Daily Intelligencer ~ January 18, 1897)
Sex: Male
Death Date: 16 Jan 1897
Death Place: Wheeling, West Virginia
Note: 2154 Main st., 5th ward
Age at Death: 61y 7m 6d
Burial Place: Ohio, West Virginia
Cemetery: Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Birth Place: Ireland
Marital Status: M
Occupation: Photographer
Residence: Ohio, West Virginia
Mother: Mary/
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Father: John/
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
DEATH OF WILL MYLES
A Well Known Citizen, whose Demise will be Mourned by Many
On Saturday morning there passed away one of Wheeling's oldest and most respected citizens, in the person of Mr. William Myles, at his residence, 2154 Main Street, after a lingering illness of five or six months. Though he had been ailing for some time, his condition was at no time critical until within the past few weeks, but despite all that medical aid could do, he came to his end at about 5 o'clock in the morning.
By the part he took in public affairs within recent years, and his success in his calling as a photographer, the deceased was prominently known, and universally esteemed by those who knew him. He was a splendid type of the self-made man, working up from the poor Irish boy, a stranger in a strange land at fifteen years of age, to an envied position as an expert in his chosen calling, and one in whom his fell citizens delighted to honor with the suffrages.
Mr. Myles emigrated to this country from his birth place to this country from his birth place in county Cork, Ireland where he was born June 10, 1835. He landed at New Orleans, empty of purse, but full of the perseverance and pluck, that later characterized him. He worked his way up the river and arriving in Wheeling found employment helping to build the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, which was then in construction at this point. After his connection ceased with the railroad company, he went to work in the mills as an ordinary laborer, but during all the time his artistic temperament was developing itself, and in his leisure hours he conducted many experiments in the arts of daguerreotyping and ambrotyping, the styles of taking pictures that were then vogue. A brief period followed while he engaged in the distillation of alcohol, but his love for photography impelled him to follow that art. It was his natural vocation, as was afterwards attested by his excellent work in that line.
His connection with public affairs was that of an active citizen, he serving his own ward in council twelve years, Centre district in the county board of county commissioners four years, the city as city collector two years, and his county in the state legislature for two years also. In politics, the deceased was a Democrat, but a man generous to all those differing politically. His public duties were faithfully and sincerely performed, and he gave them his best attention.
His death is a matter of sincere regret. The local photographers have passed resolutions of respect. The funeral takes place from his late residence this morning at 8 o'clock and will no doubt be largely attended. Services will be held at St. Joseph's Cathedral and interment at Mt. Calvary.
(Wheeling Daily Intelligencer ~ January 18, 1897)
Name: Wm./Myles
Sex: Male
Death Date: 16 Jan 1897
Death Place: Wheeling, West Virginia
Note: 2154 Main st., 5th ward
Age at Death: 61y 7m 6d
Burial Place: Ohio, West Virginia
Cemetery: Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Birth Place: Ireland
Marital Status: M
Occupation: Photographer
Residence: Ohio, West Virginia
Mother: Mary/
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Father: John/
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
DEATH OF WILL MYLES
A Well Known Citizen, whose Demise will be Mourned by Many
On Saturday morning there passed away one of Wheeling's oldest and most respected citizens, in the person of Mr. William Myles, at his residence, 2154 Main Street, after a lingering illness of five or six months. Though he had been ailing for some time, his condition was at no time critical until within the past few weeks, but despite all that medical aid could do, he came to his end at about 5 o'clock in the morning.
By the part he took in public affairs within recent years, and his success in his calling as a photographer, the deceased was prominently known, and universally esteemed by those who knew him. He was a splendid type of the self-made man, working up from the poor Irish boy, a stranger in a strange land at fifteen years of age, to an envied position as an expert in his chosen calling, and one in whom his fell citizens delighted to honor with the suffrages.
Mr. Myles emigrated to this country from his birth place to this country from his birth place in county Cork, Ireland where he was born June 10, 1835. He landed at New Orleans, empty of purse, but full of the perseverance and pluck, that later characterized him. He worked his way up the river and arriving in Wheeling found employment helping to build the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, which was then in construction at this point. After his connection ceased with the railroad company, he went to work in the mills as an ordinary laborer, but during all the time his artistic temperament was developing itself, and in his leisure hours he conducted many experiments in the arts of daguerreotyping and ambrotyping, the styles of taking pictures that were then vogue. A brief period followed while he engaged in the distillation of alcohol, but his love for photography impelled him to follow that art. It was his natural vocation, as was afterwards attested by his excellent work in that line.
His connection with public affairs was that of an active citizen, he serving his own ward in council twelve years, Centre district in the county board of county commissioners four years, the city as city collector two years, and his county in the state legislature for two years also. In politics, the deceased was a Democrat, but a man generous to all those differing politically. His public duties were faithfully and sincerely performed, and he gave them his best attention.
His death is a matter of sincere regret. The local photographers have passed resolutions of respect. The funeral takes place from his late residence this morning at 8 o'clock and will no doubt be largely attended. Services will be held at St. Joseph's Cathedral and interment at Mt. Calvary.
(Wheeling Daily Intelligencer ~ January 18, 1897)
Sex: Male
Death Date: 16 Jan 1897
Death Place: Wheeling, West Virginia
Note: 2154 Main st., 5th ward
Age at Death: 61y 7m 6d
Burial Place: Ohio, West Virginia
Cemetery: Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Birth Place: Ireland
Marital Status: M
Occupation: Photographer
Residence: Ohio, West Virginia
Mother: Mary/
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Father: John/
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
DEATH OF WILL MYLES
A Well Known Citizen, whose Demise will be Mourned by Many
On Saturday morning there passed away one of Wheeling's oldest and most respected citizens, in the person of Mr. William Myles, at his residence, 2154 Main Street, after a lingering illness of five or six months. Though he had been ailing for some time, his condition was at no time critical until within the past few weeks, but despite all that medical aid could do, he came to his end at about 5 o'clock in the morning.
By the part he took in public affairs within recent years, and his success in his calling as a photographer, the deceased was prominently known, and universally esteemed by those who knew him. He was a splendid type of the self-made man, working up from the poor Irish boy, a stranger in a strange land at fifteen years of age, to an envied position as an expert in his chosen calling, and one in whom his fell citizens delighted to honor with the suffrages.
Mr. Myles emigrated to this country from his birth place to this country from his birth place in county Cork, Ireland where he was born June 10, 1835. He landed at New Orleans, empty of purse, but full of the perseverance and pluck, that later characterized him. He worked his way up the river and arriving in Wheeling found employment helping to build the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, which was then in construction at this point. After his connection ceased with the railroad company, he went to work in the mills as an ordinary laborer, but during all the time his artistic temperament was developing itself, and in his leisure hours he conducted many experiments in the arts of daguerreotyping and ambrotyping, the styles of taking pictures that were then vogue. A brief period followed while he engaged in the distillation of alcohol, but his love for photography impelled him to follow that art. It was his natural vocation, as was afterwards attested by his excellent work in that line.
His connection with public affairs was that of an active citizen, he serving his own ward in council twelve years, Centre district in the county board of county commissioners four years, the city as city collector two years, and his county in the state legislature for two years also. In politics, the deceased was a Democrat, but a man generous to all those differing politically. His public duties were faithfully and sincerely performed, and he gave them his best attention.
His death is a matter of sincere regret. The local photographers have passed resolutions of respect. The funeral takes place from his late residence this morning at 8 o'clock and will no doubt be largely attended. Services will be held at St. Joseph's Cathedral and interment at Mt. Calvary.
(Wheeling Daily Intelligencer ~ January 18, 1897)
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