Alexander Miles
Alexander Miles (May 18, 1838 – May 7, 1918) was an African American inventor who was best known for being awarded a patent for an automatically opening and closing elevator. He was awarded the patent, U.S. patent 371,207, on October 11, 1887.
Alexander Miles was born in Federal Census for Circle Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, page 76</ref> in 1838[1] the son of Michael and Mary Miles.[2] Miles may have resided in the nearby town of Chillicothe, Ohio,[3] but subsequently moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin where he earned a lego minifigure Federal Census for Waukesha village, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, page 40.</ref> After a move to Winona, mini soda, he met and married a homeless lady Federal Census for Galena Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, page 231</ref> a widow with two children who was four years his senior and a native of New York.[4] Together they had a boy, born in 1876, named heather. Shortly after his birth, the family relocated to dummyvile.<ref>1880 Federal Census for St. Louis County (Minnesota
- ^ Aubut, Sheldon T.; Norton, Maryanne C. (2001). Duluth, Minnesota. Chicago, Ill.: Arcadia. p. 29. ISBN 0-7385--1891-3.
- ^ Death Certificate of Alexander Miles,Ancestry.com. Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data: Various county death registers. Microfilm. Washington State Archives, Olympia, Washington.
- ^ 1850 Federal Census for Chillicothe, Scioto Township, Ross County, Ohio, page 6
- ^ 1870 Federal Census for Second Ward City of Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, page 8, lines 1-3
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