Carl Rufus Stiles

Notes:

[Stiles-1999] has birth on 13 August 1913.

Carl married Clara M Bryant on 24 Jun 1931 in (unknown). Clara was born on 18 Aug 1912 in (unknown); died on 8 May 2005 in (unknown); was buried after 8 May 2005 in Flintville Cemetery, Flintville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Stiles-1999] has a date of 29 June 1931 for the marriage of Carl Rufus Stiles to Clara M. Bryant.

The marriage date of 24 June 1931 is taken from an inscription on the couple’s grave marker at Flintville Cemetery.

Notes:

The marriage notice for “W. A. Stiles” and “C. A. Smith” appears in the 18 Dec 1902 edition of the Fayetteville Observer, page 3, column 5.

William married Clemmie Atlanta Smith in Dec 1902. Clemmie was born on 11 Jan 1885 in (unknown); died on 16 Nov 1968 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, United States; was buried after 16 Nov 1968 in Flintville Cemetery, Flintville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The marriage notice for “W. A. Stiles” and “C. A. Smith” appears in the 18 Dec 1902 edition of the Fayetteville Observer, page 3, column 5.

Notes:

The marriage notice for “W. A. Stiles” and “C. A. Smith” appears in the 18 Dec 1902 edition of the Fayetteville Observer, page 3, column 5.

Rufus married Mattie Elizabeth Knowles on 14 Jul 1880 in _______, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. Mattie was born on 7 Apr 1859 in _______, _______, Tennessee, United States; died on 23 Sep 1915 in Flintville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States; was buried after 23 Sep 1915 in Flintville Cemetery, Flintville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[USGenWeb-1998c] has an obituary entry from the 30 September 1915 edition of the Fayetteville Observer for an “Elizabeth Stiles,”

Mattie Elizabeth (Knowles) Stiles maiden name is spelled “Knoles” on her grave marker.

Notes:

There are multiple burial references for John Alford Stiles. One has him buried at Pleasant View Cemetery, Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee. However there is no first hand evidence of a grave site or marker. More likely, John Alford Stiles is buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Vanntown, Lincoln County, Tennessee, located on the site of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Pleasant Hill Cemetery is where his second wife Sarah Catherine McDaniel is buried, and John Alford Stiles was married to Sarah for almost 35 years.

[LDS-AF-2002a] has birth at Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Virginia.

[USGenWeb-1998c] has an obituary entry for a “John A Stiles” who died sometime before 1 Jan 1914.

John married Mariah Payne on 2 Feb 1860 in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. Mariah was born on 14 Aug 1835 in _______, _______, Tennessee, United States; died about 1865 in _______, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Stratton-2002b] states that Mariah Payne died in February of 1900, bu this is contradicted by numerous other sources including [Pleasant-Hill-1912a] and [Stiles-1999].