Ora Dell Laughlin

Ora married Edwin A Bleakney in 1935 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States. Edwin was born on 2 Sep 1904; died in Sep 1981 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Olivia Brown on 8 Nov 1898 in Davilla, Milam County, Texas, United States. Olivia (daughter of James Jefferson Brown and Rebecca Clementine Stiles) was born on 9 Feb 1879 in Thorndale, Milam County, Texas, United States; died in ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Rebecca Clementine Stiles on 18 Feb 1874 in Thorndale, Milam County, Texas, United States. Rebecca (daughter of Seaborn Stiles and Matilda Helena Moore) was born on 15 Feb 1852 in Thorndale, Milam County, Texas, United States; died on 22 May 1923 in Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 5 Jul 1860, Western District, Milam County, Texas, United States
• Census: 26 Aug 1870, (unnamed district), Milam County, Texas, United States

Notes:

Census:
Millertown Post Office

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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
• Residence: Jul 1867, Precinct 4, Milam County, Texas, United States
• Census: 26 Aug 1870, (unnamed district), Milam County, Texas, United States

Notes:

It is not known where exactly in Milam County Seaborn Stiles and his family lived, but secondhand sources occasionally refer to “Brushy, MIlam Co.”. No such town exists in modern Milam County, Texas, but Brushy may be a reference to Brushy Creek which runs from southwest to northeast across Williamson and Milam counties and crosses the county line approximately 2 miles south of Thorndale. Given census records from 1850 through 1870 which consistently place Seaborn Stiles and family in western Milam County, it’s likely his farm was located along Brushy Creek south or just east of Thorndale.

[LDS-AF-1999f] actually lists Seaborn Stiles’ birth place as merely “Laurens, S.c.” It is not known if he was actually born in the town of Laurens. This source also lists his death at Brushy, Milam County, Texas.

[US-1850-1a] has ages for Seaborn Stiles’ children (by Rebecca Fincher) that don’t correspond to the birth dates derived from sources [Stiles-1999] and [Dempster-2000].

Both [Stiles-1986] and the Williamson County Historical Commission have inaccurate locations for Lawrence Chapel Cemetery. The cemetery is actually located on County Road 473, 2.8 miles south of the junction of 473 and Texas Farm Road 112.

The given name for the individual referenced as the head-of-household in [US-1840a] is very difficult to read. It is likely to be a poor transcription of “Seaborn”, indicating that this is indeed the record for Seaborn Stiles and his family. Additional facts that lend themselves to this conclusion include the enumeration of a “William Styles”, likely to be William Stiles and his wife Piety Ellis, on the line above and the fact that the number and ages of the listed children are consistent with Seaborn Stiles’ family in the 1840s.

Despite being widely used and reported by a number of second-hand sources including [Stiles-1998] and [Stiles-1986], there are no references to the given name, “Francis”, in any first-hand sources or vital records. Consequently, Lindell-Herndon Genealogy uses “Seaborn Stiles” as this individual’s name.

A “Sibourne Stiles” is enumerated with his family in Franklin County, Tennessee in 1830. [US-1830a] lists one woman between the ages of 20 and 30 (Rebecca Fincher?) and one woman under the age of 5 (Amanda Stiles?). If this record actually refers to Seaborn Stiles, then the marriage date for Seaborn Stiles and Rebecca Fincher, derived from [Stiles-1998], is almost certainly inaccurate.

Seaborn Stiles had been a resident of Texas for 18 years and of Milam County for 17 years at the time his name was entered in the Milam County voter rolls. Consequently, he probably moved from Missouri to Texas with his family in 1849.

Census:
Millertown Post Office

Seaborn married Matilda Helena Moore about 1843. Matilda (daughter of Asa Moore) was born on 10 Sep 1815 in _______, Coffee County, Tennessee, United States; died on 24 Apr 1891 in Thorndale, Milam County, Texas, United States; was buried after 24 Apr 1891 in Lawrence Chapel Cemetery, near Shiloh, Williamson County, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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: 26 Aug 1870, (unnamed district), Milam County, Texas, United States

Notes:

[LDS-AF-1999f] has death at Brushy, Milam Co, but [USGS] lists no such place.

See record of Francis Seaborn Stiles for information on the location of Lawrence Chapel Cemetery.

Census:
Millertown Post Office