The following is a brief narrative of the life of Brother Miles Hall, written at his request by Robert C Harris in the year 1905, when Miles Hall was 80 years old, and now copied by the same writer at the request of Amelia D. Everett, 892 Laurel Street, Alameda, Calif. 

Near the village of Danvillion River, Miles Hall was born on the 28th day of December 1825. He was of humble parentage of the Campelite faith.  

His early boyhood days were spent in the states of Illinois and Missouri. For twenty-five years he lived at home with his parents. Then in 1850 he married Ellen Johnson, the 17 year old daughter of John and Margaret Johnson.  

Four years later he became a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was baptized in 1854, in a small stream named Bush Creek, near his home, through a hole cut in the ice. 

Eight years later, when he was 37, after having accumulated a fine home and other possessions, he disposed of them all and in company with others, set out for the Rocky Mountains with his wife and four children on June 17, 1862. They traveled by ox team for two months through rain, mud, and sometimes very cold winds. They encountered many hardships before they reached Salt Lake Valley. 

Brother Hall first settled upon the banks of the Jordan River where he lived for several years. In 1869 he moved to Malad Valley to what was called Oregon Springs. He lived there for six years. Then in 1875 he moved to Portage, Utah, where he has since made his home. 

Miles Hall has eleven children, fifty-seven grandchildren, and forty great-grandchildren.  

He has held many positions in the Church, being first ordained to the office of an Elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood. Some time later he was ordained a Seventy, and shortly thereafter, he was ordained a High Priest. At the present time, he is in the High Council of the Malad Stake.