(Living)

Family/Spouse: (Living). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. (Living)

Other Events and Attributes:

• US SSN: 464-54-9147
• Occupation: Medical Doctor

Notes:

Social security number is based on a single matching SSDI record for a “Charles Southern,” born in Apr 1907, died Sep 1979. However, social security has birth date as 7 Apr 1907.

[Stiles-1998] has this individual’s middle-name listed as “Everitt,” but this is the only source to use that spelling.

Charles Everett Southern’s parents were Victor Anderson and Lillie Maud (Connell) Southern.

Buried:
Section 2, Range 3

Charles married Carra Elizabeth Stiles on 1 Jun 1933 in Thorndale, Milam County, Texas, United States. Carra (daughter of Francis Elmo Stiles and Carra Isabel Vaughan) was born on 1 Jan 1908 in Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States; died on 9 Nov 2002 in (unknown); was buried after 9 Nov 2002 in Prairie Lea Cemetery, Brenham, Washington County, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[McGown-1998] has Carra Stiles as being born before Lois, but all other sources, particulary [Stiles-1986] agree that they were in fact twins.

Buried:
Section 2, Range 3

Notes:

[Stiles-1998] has the name as “Elmo Francis Stiles” but confirms other dates and information.

Francis married Carra Isabel Vaughan on 20 Sep 1905 in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas, United States. Carra was born on 27 Sep 1873 in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas, United States; died on 10 Mar 1959 in _______, Travis County, Texas, United States; was buried after 10 Mar 1959 in Taylor City Cemetery, Taylor, Williamson County, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This database uses the name “Carra Isabel Vaughan”, as recorded in [Stiles-1986], because it corresponds with the name of Carra’s eldest daughter.

Sources [Stiles-1998] and [Patterson-1998] have the name “Carrie Isabel Vaughn”.

[Stiles-1998] has birth year as 1874.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Rancher
• Cause of Death: Bowel obstruction/Pnumonia
• Census: 25 Feb 1841, Pulaski County, Missouri, United States
• Census: 18 Sep 1850, Milam and Williamson District, Milam County, Texas, United States
• Census: 5 Jul 1860, Western District, Milam County, Texas, United States
• Census: 2 Jun 1900, Precinct 6, Williamson County, Texas, United States
• Census: 5 May 1910, Precinct #6, Williamson County, Texas, United States

Notes:

Every census record from 1850 though 1910 in addition to [TxDoSHS-1911a] lists an age for Francis Newton Stiles’ consistent with a birthdate in 1837 or 1838. In fact [US-1900-1f], the only US census to list the month and year of an individual’s birth, reports his birthdate as “Dec 1837”. Despite this, 15 Sep 1841 (probably derived from Francis Newton Stiles’ headstone) is widely reported to be his birthdate. But if Francis Newton Stiles is accurately enumerated with his father’s family in 1840, as suggested by [US-1840a], then he cannot have been born in 1841. Moreover, [US-1840a] is the only census record discovered for Seaborn Stiles and his family in 1840...thus far, and is only consistent with the known number of children at the time if the 1837 birthdate for Francis Newton Stiles is accurate. Consequently, this database uses a birthdate of “Dec 1837” rather than 15 Sep 1841, since the latter isn’t consistent with any of the known facts of Francis Newton Stiles’ life.

[Stiles-1998] has birth place listed as “Middle, Tennessee”, but this is contradicted by many other sources.

[US-1880-1d] has a listing for a Frank and Pomfie Stiles having two children of the correct age matching Frank Elmo Stiles and Villa Ernest Stiles. This may be Francis Newton Stiles and Marina Floyd Thomas, but numerous facts don’t match including Francis’ age in 1880, his birthplace which is listed as North Carolina, and the children’s names.

Francis married Marina Floyd Thomas on 24 Feb 1875 in Sabine, Milam County, Texas, United States. Marina (daughter of James T Thomas and Marina Clarinda Grice) was born on 29 Oct 1857 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States; died on 28 May 1898 in Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States; was buried after 28 May 1898 in Stiles Cemetery, near Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 22 Jun 1860, Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States
• Census: 24 Aug 1870, Beat No. 4 (Benton), Lowndes County, Alabama, United States

Notes:

[Stiles-1998] has birth year as 1847, but [McCown-1998] has birth year as 1857. The latter year also corresponds to information in [Stiles-1971] stating that the girls (Eliza J, Marina Floyd, Amanda, and Miranda) where all between the ages of 13 and 17 when they undertook the trip to Texas with their grandmother, in 1872.