Miles Lowell Edwards

1898 - 1982  (84 years)

• Name	Miles Lowell Edwards  [1]
  Birth	18 Jan 1898	Newberg, Yamhill, Oregon   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Apr 1982	Portland, Washington, Oregon   [1, 2]
  Burial	Friends Cemetery, Newberg, Yamhill, Oregon   [2]
  Person ID	I264572	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Clarence Jay Edwards,   b. 17 Feb 1871, Mooresville, Morgan, Indiana d. 30 Jul 1948, Tillamook, Tillamook, Oregon (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Abbie Laura Meader Miles,   b. 13 May 1871, Marchaltown, Jasper, Iowa d. 12 May 1955, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1893	Prune Ridge, Marion, Oregon   [1]
  Family ID	F105067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Wilhelmina Watt,   b. 12 Dec 1905, Bay City, Tillamook, Oregon d. 20 Aug 2000, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	17 Aug 1928  [1]
  Children	1. Dr. Miles John Edwards,   b. 21 Jun 1929, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon d. 23 Mar 2006, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon (Age 76 years)   2. Prudence Shand Edwards,   b. 14 Mar 1931, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon d. 15 Jun 2011, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F105070	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Medical Pioneer. He was an accomplished engineer who had 63 patented inventions before he became involved in heart valves. The inventions ranged from a hydraulic tree-barking system for the Weyerhaeuser Company, to a high altitude booster bump that was used in aircraft engines in WWII. It's been quoted that at one time, Mr. Edwards pumps were in 85% of military aircraft. In 1958, at the age of 65, Mr. Edwards approached famous heart surgeon Dr. Albert Starr and proposed building an artificial heart. Dr. Starr suggested they begin with a single valve, and less than 2 years later (1960) they achieved the first successful replacement of a human mitral valve. Three years later, they achieved a triple valve replacement. The valve is called the Starr-Edwards valve, and by 1998 had been used on 175,000 patients. Bio by: Oregonian

  
  

• Sources

  [S64965] Ancestry.com, Meade Family Tree, (HFA library source code Internet2323). [S64968] Cemetery index, Friends Cemetery, Newberg, Yamhill, Oregon, (Find-a-Grave).