Elizabeth Stiles

Notes:

[Stratton-2002b] has Elizabeth Stiles’ birth year as 1887.

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].

Notes:

[LDS-AF-2002a] lists death at Cedar Bluff, Tennessee (with burial at Cedar Bluff Cemetery) but this conflicts with [Stiles-Cemetery-1875a] which convincingly places burial at Stiles Cemetery in Lincoln County, Tennessee.

[LDS-AF-1999f] and [Stratton-2002b] list James Stiles’ birth place as merely “Laurens, S.c.” It is not known if he was actually born in the town of Laurens.

Stiles Cemetery is located approximately 2 miles east-northeast of Kelso, Lincoln County, Tennessee at coordinates [35.1353, -86.4206].

James married Mary Ann Taylor in 1826 in Taylorville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. Mary was born on 15 Nov 1811 in Edgecombe, Pender County, North Carolina, United States; died on 26 Dec 1897 in _______, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States; was buried after 26 Dec 1897 in Stiles Cemetery, near Kelso, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[LDS-AF-2002a] lists death at Cedar Bluff, Tennessee (with burial at Cedar Bluff Cemetery) but this conflicts with [Stiles-Cemetery-1875a] which convincingly places burial at Stiles Cemetery in Lincoln County, Tennessee.

Stiles Cemetery is located approximately 2 miles east-northeast of Kelso, Lincoln County, Tennessee at coordinates [35.1353, -86.4206].

Mary Ann Taylor was the daughter of John and Sarah Taylor.