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JACOB T. MILES, physician and surgeon, Laura; born in Newton Township in the year 1845; is a son of Wade and Mary Miles. His father was born in this county his mother in the State of Indiana; his father died in 1855, aged 35 or 36 years; his mother was born about the same year, and departed this life at the age of 30 years; They were the parents of eight children, of whom five are living, viz., Abijah W., Sarah, Charity, Vachti and Jacob T.; the deceased are Jane, Naomi, and one in infancy. His boyhood days were spent on the farm; and, at the age of 18 he enlisted in Co. K, of the 86th O. V. I.; his regiment was in the Army of the Tennessee, under Burnside’s command. While on a scout in Western Virginia, he received a wound in the right knee, which deprives the Doctor of the free use of his limb; he also lost one eye while in the service, from the effects of small-pox, after his return home, he studied and taught school until 1870, at which time he began the study of medicine under Dr. A. E. Duncan, who is a very able physician; under his instructions he read medicine four years, then entered the Cincinnati College-of Medicine and Surgery, studying in the classes of 1873-74 and graduating from the class of 1875; he returned to Laura, in which place he began the practice of medicine, since when he has built up a large and increasing practice. His marriage with Susan Coate was celebrated in 1873, by whom he has had two children, viz., Harry L. and Mary R. Mrs. Miles is a daughter of Elijah Coate, who was born in this county, in which he lived until 1860, then removed to Indiana, where he has labored much in the ministry. Mrs. M. is an exemplary member of the Christian Church, and a consistent Christian woman.