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- Miles, Abner
- 1 Drive, where Richmond Hill pioneer Abner Miles first settled almost two centuries
- 2 York," half acre partly cleared. Lot 36E Abner Miles, half acre partly cleared. Lot 38E Samuel
- 3 Langstaff and a great-granddaughter of Abner and Mercy Miles, Mary Lillian McConaghy
- 4 and eccentricities to the local lore. Miles, for example, opened the community's first
- 5 built by James Miles (son of Abner Miles) at the southwest corner of
- 6 of Richmond Hill was the tavern Miles opened at the southeast corner of Yonge
- 7 of Abner Miles, Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery. After his
- 8 the Miles children who confirmed Abner's status as the "father" of Richmond Hill.
- 9 1800 Abner Miles had moved his home, his family, and his
- 10 Miles' early life remains a mystery. He was born
- 11 1790, Abner and Mercy were living in the Genesee
- 12 Miles soon broke away from the Berczy group,
- 13 Abner Miles prospered during his few years in York.
- 14 early 1796, Miles had expanded his King Street premises to
- 15 many ambitious Upper Canada merchants, Miles speculated in land, and acquired upwards of
- 16 Miles meant to enjoy his later years as a country
- 17 Miles was a man hard to beat in a bargain, and
- 18 John Arnold, son-in-law of Abner Miles, was named captain and commanding officer of
- 19 the contributions of early leaders like Abner and James Miles, William Jenkins, and
- 20 Yonge Street coaching trade. As Abner Miles discovered early in the century, the
- 21 arrived from New Jersey in 1808, married Abner Miles' daughter Lucy, and eventually took
- 22 Presbyterians - land once owned by Abner Miles and donated to the church by his
- 23 John Langstaff and a grandson of Abner Miles, James Langstaff provided a link with
- 24 Business with the Mileses
- 25 Abner Miles and the Missing
- 26 Miles Family and Miles'
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