Date of Birth: May 18, 1838

Place of Birth: Ohio

Parents: Michael Miles and Mary Pompy

Spouse: Candace J. Dunlap

Children: Grace 

Known For: Patenting and inventing the automatic opening and closing elevator door

Patent Date: Oct. 11, 1887

Profession in 1900: Insurance Agent

In 1903: Moved to Seattle, Washington and worked as a barber in a hotel​

President of the Colored Republican Club of Duluth

Part of Zenith City Lodge No. 14 of the colored Knights of Pythias

Only African- American member of the Duluth Chamber of Commerce at the time