About Miles Romney
Lived 1806 – 1877 (aged 70). Miles Romney was an American architect and carpenter.
Miles Romney (July 13, 1806 – May 3, 1877) was a British convert to Mormonism, Mormon pioneer and early settler of the American west, including St. George, Utah. In 1837, Romney and his wife, Elizabeth, joined the Church of the Latter Day Saints in a baptism ceremony just south of Preston, Lancashire, England. ) and Sarah King. On November 16, 1830, he married Elizabeth Gaskell. The couple eventually had nine children, including Miles Park Romney, and moved to the Preston area where they may have been practising members of the Church of England congregation at St Mary's parish church in Penwortham. designing or assisting in building early temples, tabernacles and other buildings important to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Romney worked in both Nauvoo and westward in Utah, and assisted in building the Nauvoo Temple.
After coming to Utah, Romney went with a group of pioneers to settle St. George, Utah. There he served as superintendent of construction for the St. George Utah Temple, the first LDS temple completed in the state of Utah. As an architect, Romney designed the St. George Tabernacle and Brigham Young Winter Home and Office, the latter with his son, Miles Park Romney. Both are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Miles Romney supervised the construction of the St. George Temple and Tabernacle.
Romney died in St. George, Utah, on May 3, 1877, from complications suffered from a fall while working on the St. George Temple.
Romney is an ancestor of politicians George W. Romney and Mitt Romney.
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Who was Miles Romney?
American architect
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Miles Romney was born on 13 July 1806 in Lancashire.
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Miles Romney died on 3 May 1877.
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Miles Romney was an architect and carpenter.
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Miles Romney was American.
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