Dates

• Existence: 1863 - 1951

Biographical History

Zaidee Walker Miles (1863-1951) was a schoolteacher and author in Saint George, Utah.

Zaidee Walker Miles was born on September 4, 1863, in St. George, Utah, to parents Charles Lowell and Abigail Middlemass Walker. She trained as a teacher, and taught school in Saint George. After the death of her sister, Ida, in 1897, she married her brother-in-law Arthur Frederick Miles on May 17, 1900, in Saint George, Utah. Together they had three children. Miles was interested in family history as well as the history of Saint George, where she grew up. She was involved in The United States Works Progress Administration (WPA), and wrote stories of the settlers of the area.

Miles died on May 25, 1951, in Saint George, Utah.

Citation:

FamilySearch.org, via WWW, August 6, 2014 (Zaidee Walker Miles was born on September 4, 1863, in St. George, Utah, to parents Charles Lowell and Abigail Middlemass Walker; after death of her sister Ida in 1897, married brother-in-law Arthur Frederick Miles on May 17, 1900, in St. George, Utah, and together they had three children, raised sister's children; died on May 25, 1951, in St. George, Utah)

RootsWeb.Ancestry.com, via WWW, August 6, 2014 (Zaidee Walker Miles was involved in The United States Works Progress Administration (WPA), and wrote stories of the settlers of the area)

A schoolmarm all my life, 1996: p. 212 (Zaidee Walker; schoolteacher in Saint George, Utah)