Miles Adams was working as a blacksmith when he enlisted in Co.A,3rd Michigan Infantry as a Sergeant on May 13,1861 at Grand Rapids.He was wounded in the right arm at Fair Oaks,Va.on May 31,1862 and was commissioned Second Lieut. of Co.K on July 1,1862.On Feb.20,1863,he resigned on account of disability at Camp Pitcher,Va.He was married to Anna Reed in Muskegon on September 1,1864.
In 1867 when Miles applied for a pension the examining physician noted “His right arm is hopelessly disabled. The fingers of right hand are turned in towards the palm . . . the wrist being partially stiffened. The only use he has of the arm is to bring food to his mouth,” although “aside from appearance sake he would consider himself about as well off if his arm had been amputated.”In 1868,he was elected to a term as City Marshall and later worked for many years as a postal/mail agent in Grand Rapids. Miles Adams was suffering from dementia and living with son Alfred when he wandered outside and eight miles down West Bridge Street in December,1902. He was found asleep in the snow and came down with pneumonia,which he died from on the 17th.
Miles Adams was working as a blacksmith when he enlisted in Co.A,3rd Michigan Infantry as a Sergeant on May 13,1861 at Grand Rapids.He was wounded in the right arm at Fair Oaks,Va.on May 31,1862 and was commissioned Second Lieut. of Co.K on July 1,1862.On Feb.20,1863,he resigned on account of disability at Camp Pitcher,Va.He was married to Anna Reed in Muskegon on September 1,1864.
In 1867 when Miles applied for a pension the examining physician noted “His right arm is hopelessly disabled. The fingers of right hand are turned in towards the palm . . . the wrist being partially stiffened. The only use he has of the arm is to bring food to his mouth,” although “aside from appearance sake he would consider himself about as well off if his arm had been amputated.”In 1868,he was elected to a term as City Marshall and later worked for many years as a postal/mail agent in Grand Rapids. Miles Adams was suffering from dementia and living with son Alfred when he wandered outside and eight miles down West Bridge Street in December,1902. He was found asleep in the snow and came down with pneumonia,which he died from on the 17th.
Gravesite Details
grave was unmarked for many years,new marker incorrectly reads 20th Michigan Infantry,it should read 20th Veteran Reserve Corps..
Family Members
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Alson Adams
1802–1857
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Sarah Glenn Adams
1800–1882
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Mary Ann Adams Reed
1826–1899
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Crayton Nathaniel Adams
1828–1894
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Crayton Nathaniel Adams
1828–1894
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William James Adams
1832–1916
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Margaret Sophia Adams
1836–1846
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Alfred Reed Adams
1866–1946
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Harry Boyd Adams
1872–1941
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Records on Ancestry
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Lieut Miles Seymour Adams
1880 United States Federal Census
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Lieut Miles Seymour Adams
1870 United States Federal Census
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Lieut Miles Seymour Adams
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
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Lieut Miles Seymour Adams
Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1897-1929
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Lieut Miles Seymour Adams
Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952
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