Miles Orton

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 ☨ Miles Orton 
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Profession circus director
Personal details
Born 1836 in United States

Dead 1903 Key West, FL in United States


Spouse(s) 1862 Mary Cooke

Residence
Country United States

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Title owner -
Location at Orton Brothers Circus in United States

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Miles  Cooke
Sarah Orton, Miles Orton, Bayard Orton and Nellie Orton
Biography details

Miles Orton , circus director in United States

Orton was born * 1836 in United States dead 1903 Key West, FL, in United States , son of director R. Z. Orton

Married 1862 to Mary Cooke born ? in United Kingdom .

Mary Ann Cooke was daughter of Thomas Taplin Cooke (1782-1866), of the Cooke's Royal Circus in New York (came from England, toured America 1836 to 1840).

In 1860 Mary Ann and her son WW traveled west into Iowa and joined with the Orton Circus. In 1862 Mary Ann Cole married Miles Orton (1836-1903) (Orton Bros Circus) on her husband's death but by 1871 Mary Ann & WW had left Ortons Circus to start a circus of their own.

Miles Orton had 2 sons from a 2nd marriage to Elizabeth Hayes, Norman and Myron.

Died of a stroke at Key West, FL, age 66.


Family


Total: 3 children

  1. Norman Orton. Born: ?. Dead: † ?
  2. Gordon Orton. Born: ?. Dead: † ?
  3. Myron Orton. Born: ?. Dead: † ?

Siblings

Siblings through the father R. Z. Orton ( -- ):

  1. Sarah Orton Born ? Dead: † ?
  2. Bayard Orton
  3. Grace Orton Dead: † 2000
  4. Nellie Orton

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Miles Orton is mentioned on 8 other person pagesBayard Orton,  Grace Orton,  Hiram Orton,  Mary Cooke,  Nellie Orton,  Vernon Liedtke,  William Cole,  William Cole,  

Miles Orton is mentioned on 1 location pagesOrton Brothers Circus,  

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Miles Orton in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1404. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories director | circus | Orton Brothers Circus | Orton family | Born 1836 | Dead 1903 | People from United States


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