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Amanda Miles Wheeler

Birth
New York, USA
Death
9 Feb 1862 (aged 68–69)
Monroe County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Monroe County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Amanda was the sister of Stephen W. Miles, Sr. who built the mausoleum at Eagle Cliffs. Amanda leaves specific instructions in her will regarding her burial at Eagle Cliffs/Miles Cemetery, although her gravesite no longer can be found. "I desire that my Executor, as soon as practicable, procure and have set up over the grave of myself and deceased husband, a marble monument, similar in size and style of the monument erected over the grave of my brother Truemann Miles Dec'd. and that he also, have a good substantial board fence, to be of dressed pine plank, cedar posts and well painted, erected or build, so as to enclose the graves of myselfs and family, at Eagle Cliffs Burying Ground on the Bluff, the expense of both monument and fence to be paid out of my Estate."
Amanda was the sister of Stephen W. Miles, Sr. who built the mausoleum at Eagle Cliffs. Amanda leaves specific instructions in her will regarding her burial at Eagle Cliffs/Miles Cemetery, although her gravesite no longer can be found. "I desire that my Executor, as soon as practicable, procure and have set up over the grave of myself and deceased husband, a marble monument, similar in size and style of the monument erected over the grave of my brother Truemann Miles Dec'd. and that he also, have a good substantial board fence, to be of dressed pine plank, cedar posts and well painted, erected or build, so as to enclose the graves of myselfs and family, at Eagle Cliffs Burying Ground on the Bluff, the expense of both monument and fence to be paid out of my Estate."


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