Daniel S. Miles
Born: 23 July 1772
Called to Presidency of the Seventy: 6 April 1837
Died: 12 October 1845
Called to Presidency of the Seventy: 6 April 1837
Died: 12 October 1845
Biographical Articles
Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 1
Joseph Smith Papers, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Joseph Smith Papers, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Jenson, Andrew. "Miles, Daniel S." Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 1. pg. 192.
MILES, Daniel S., one of the First Seven Presidents of Seventies from 1837 to 1845, was baptized at an early day and is first mentioned in the history of Joseph Smith in connection with a Priesthood meeting held in the Kirtland Temple Feb. 24, 1836, at which "Daniel Miles was considered worthy to be ordained to the Priesthood." He was ordained a Seventy April 6, 1837, by Hazen Aldrich and set apart as one of the First Seven Presidents of Seventies on the same day, under the hands of Sidney Rigdon and Hyrum Smith. In the latter capacity he was duly sustained at a conference held at Kirtland, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1837. Early in 1838 he removed to Missouri, arriving at Far West March 14, 1838. Here he represented the Seventies at a solemn meeting held April 6, 1838, and subsequently passed through the persecutions which terminated in the expulsion of the Saints from Missouri. He was among the first "Mormon" settlers at Commerce (afterwards Nauvoo), Ill.; and is mentioned in a revelation given through the Prophet Joseph Jan. 19, 1841. (Doc. and Cov. 124: 138.) Elder Miles died as a faithful member of the Church in the early part of 1845, in Hancock county. Ill., and the vacancy occasioned by his death was filled by Benjamin L. Clapp in April, 1845. Pres. Joseph Young describes Elder Miles as "a man of good faith, constant in his attendance at the meetings of the council, until the time of his death, which occurred at quite an advanced stage of his life."
MILES, Daniel S., one of the First Seven Presidents of Seventies from 1837 to 1845, was baptized at an early day and is first mentioned in the history of Joseph Smith in connection with a Priesthood meeting held in the Kirtland Temple Feb. 24, 1836, at which "Daniel Miles was considered worthy to be ordained to the Priesthood." He was ordained a Seventy April 6, 1837, by Hazen Aldrich and set apart as one of the First Seven Presidents of Seventies on the same day, under the hands of Sidney Rigdon and Hyrum Smith. In the latter capacity he was duly sustained at a conference held at Kirtland, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1837. Early in 1838 he removed to Missouri, arriving at Far West March 14, 1838. Here he represented the Seventies at a solemn meeting held April 6, 1838, and subsequently passed through the persecutions which terminated in the expulsion of the Saints from Missouri. He was among the first "Mormon" settlers at Commerce (afterwards Nauvoo), Ill.; and is mentioned in a revelation given through the Prophet Joseph Jan. 19, 1841. (Doc. and Cov. 124: 138.) Elder Miles died as a faithful member of the Church in the early part of 1845, in Hancock county. Ill., and the vacancy occasioned by his death was filled by Benjamin L. Clapp in April, 1845. Pres. Joseph Young describes Elder Miles as "a man of good faith, constant in his attendance at the meetings of the council, until the time of his death, which occurred at quite an advanced stage of his life."