Miles Fairfax CARY^[1]

1867 - 1917  (49 years)

• Name	Miles Fairfax CARY
  Birth	Dec 1867	Tennessee   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Jan 1917	Memphis, Shelby Co, TN   [1]
  	Miles died at 1663 York Avenue in Memphis on 13 January 1917. His death was the result of "tabes dorsalis", a slowly progressing degeneration of the spinal cord due to untreated syphilis. Miles was 48 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	14 Jan 1917	Memphis, Shelby Co, TN   [1]
  	His remains were interred at Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee on 14 January 1917.
  Person ID	I59637	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Hunsdon Fairfax CARY,   b. 3 Mar 1842, Mississippi d. 2 Oct 1924, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Ellen Preston RHEA,   b. 1847, Tennessee d. 1 Aug 1933, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	1866  [3]
  Family ID	F5932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1229] Miles Cary, Tennessee death certificate no. 114 (1917). [S1193] 1900 US Census / Cary, Hunsdon. [S953] Wilson Miles Cary, compiler, Cary, "Ancestral Lineage of Hunsdon Cary of Richmond, VA", Accession No. 27382.