Charles Arthur
Miles, M.D., was for a number of years prior to his decease
a successful and popular physician and surgeon of Starrucca, Wayne
county. He was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., August 2, 1859, a son of Dr.
Francis Joseph Miles, an eminent physician of that State, who was born
in Ohio, and was a graduate of the University of Michigan. For several
years the father successfully engaged in practice in Berlin, Ohio. He
died in 1891, and his widow now resides with her daughter, who is the
wife of Rev. C. M. Rice, Wooster, Ohio. Dr. Francis J. Miles affiliated
with the Prohibition party, and was a consistent member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, to which his widow also belongs. In their family were
seven children, four sons and three daughters.
The subject of this sketch received a good academic education at
Milan, Ohio, and subsequently began the study of medicine with Dr.
Babcock, a prominent and well-known physician of Norwalk, Ohio,
remaining with him for some time. In 1883 he graduated with honor from
Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, and for a short time
was engaged in practice in Cannonsville, Delaware Co., N. Y.. On
November 27, 1887, he opened an office in Starrucca, and his skill and
ability, which ranked him among the leading physicians of Wayne county,
were attested by the liberal patronage he enjoyed. He was a progressive
member of the profession, and a public-spirited and enterprising
citizen. The Doctor passed away August 26, 1899. He was united in
marriage June 15, 1898, with Miss Minnie Beatrice Mumford, and his young
wife of nineteen years and an infant daughter survive him.
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