Etta Levonia Stiles

Notes:

The inscription for Etta Levonia Stiles on her parents’ monument is a cenotaph. Etta Levonia Stiles is buried with her husband in Mulberry Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: John Wilson Massey. John was born in ?; died in ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Massey was born in ?; died in ?.

Notes:

Sources [Stiles-1999] (which is probably based on [Stiles-Cemetery-1884a]) have birth in 1853. Sources [LDS-AF-2002a] and [Stratton-2002b] have birth in 1856. In addition, source [Stiles-Cemetery-1884a] lists death (unsubstantiated) at Smithland, Lincoln County, Tennessee.

Robert married Delia C Franklin on 29 Jun 1876 in _______, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. Delia was born on 8 Feb 1856 in _______, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States; died on 3 Oct 1884 in Kelso, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States; was buried after 3 Oct 1884 in Stiles Cemetery, near Kelso, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source [Stratton-2002b] (probably based on [Stiles-Cemetery-1884a]) has a death date of 3 October 1884. Source [Stiles-1999] has a death date of 3 August 1884.

There is considerable confusion regarding Robert F. Stiles’ wife’s maiden name. Source [Stratton-2002b] lists “Delia Cordelia Franklin”. While source [Stiles-Cemetery-1884a] lists “Fandelia Canzadie Franklin”, which happens to conflict with the gravesite photo itself. The grave marker is inscribed with the name “Delia Canzadie Franklin”.

Delia C. Franklin was the daughter of John W. and Delphia Ann (Fanning) Franklin.

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.

Notes:

The first 9 children of John Stiles and Margaret Lynch (Aaron, John R, John (?), Francis Seaborn, James, William Jesse, Margaret, and Jane) were all born in Laurens (Laurens County, South Carolina). Sometime between the birth of Jane in 1816 and the birth of Samuel in 1821 the family moved to Lincoln County, Tennessee.

[LDS-AF-1999f] actually lists John Stiles birth place as “Laurens, Laurens, S.c.” But, at the time, the area that eventually became Laurens County was part of the old “Ninety-Six District.” Laurens District was not organized until 1795 and Laurens County almost 70 years later.

It is not know which cemetery in Franklin County is “Cemetery No. 1”.

John married Margaret Lynch in 1800 in _______, Warren County, North Carolina, United States. Margaret (daughter of Aaron Lynch and Polly Lynch) was born before 1790 in Huntland, Franklin County, Tennessee Territory; died in 1838 in _______, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States; was buried in 1839 in Cemetery No. 1, Huntland, Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is not know which cemetery in Franklin County is “Cemetery No. 1”.