Mikels - (Rev) Wm. Riley
Source: Crawfordsville Star 20 Sept 1877 p 4
“LaPorte Conference Reporter – Well-known Divines”
Bro. Mikles has won a place in the affections of the people of his district, many of whom the writer has heard to say he is a good man, a good presiding elder and we will not like to part with him. Br. M. was born Nov 8, 1835 in Montgomery County, Indiana is therefore nearly 42 years old and has been in the ministry since 1857 just 20 years. Br. Mikles is now presiding elder of the Crawfordsville district, having two years yet to serve. It is not improper to say that if his popularity and usefulness increases in the same rate for the two years to come as for the two past he will be a very popular and useful presiding elder. His youth is considerably against him in the estimation of some. We have no fears of his tender years being an injury to him.
Note: Born 8 November 1835 Montgomery County, Indiana -- Died: 24 Feb 1912 Chicago Illinois
Buried: Masonic Cemeter (Oak Hill Grant Avenue), Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
Source: South Bend Tribune Saturday May 8, 1909
Lowell Heights Methodist Episcopal Church, Miner & Francis Streets, Rev. William R. Mikels, Pastor
Source: South Bend Tribune Monday April 12, 1909
The corner stone of RIver Park Methodist Espiscopal Church was laid in the presence of 500 people Sunday afternoon, the ceremonies being a port of the devotion sof Easter day ... Scripture lessons were ready by Rev. Arthur H. DeLong and Rev. William R. Mikels... The ceremonites concluded with the benediction of Rev. Mr. Mikels and the singing of the doxology.
Source: South Bend Tribune Monday Feb 26, 1912
Rev. W.R. Mikels, formerly pastor of several of the Methodist Episcopal churches in this city, died on Saturday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. JM Lammedee, 5308 Ellis Avenue, Chicago. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the First ME Church in Crawfordsville, Ind. Mr. Mikels was born in Montgomery County, Indiana of which Crawfordsville is the county seat Nov. 8, 1835. He entered the ministry at the age of 22 years and served conytinuously until he was superannuated in South Bend in 1909. He was one of the early Methodist ministers here and was largely instrumental in the erection of the Methodict church wich for years occupied the southeast corner of Michigan and Wayne streets, a site now covered by the Warner block. Later he was pastor of Grace Churrch at Michigan and Tutt streets. His last appointment was Lowell Heights Church at Minor and Francis streets. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Mikels is survived by his wife, a son, CN Mikels, of Indianapolis and two daughters, Mrs. HG Ogden of Jamestown NY and Mrs. Lammedee of Cicago.