Rebecca Fincher

Notes:

Numerous sources, including [Stiles-1998] and [LDS-AF-1999f] list the name of Seaborn Stiles’ first wife as “Rebecca Fincher Newton”, but there are no first hand sources that support this assertion. Rather, [Lewis-1893a] claims that Seaborn Stiles’ first wife was Rebecca Fincher, presumably the daughter of Francis and Sarah (Flewellyn) Fincher, a family that also lived in Franklin County, Tennessee at about the time Rebecca married Seaborn.

[LDS-AF-1999f] lists Rebecca Fincher’s birthplace as South Carolina. However, in [US-1910-1d] both James Ellen Stiles and Francis Newton Stiles lists their mother’s birthplace as Tennessee. So, considering the notorious inaccuracy of the LDS Ancestral File database, this database uses the Tennessee location.

[LDS-AF-1999f] lists Rebecca Fincher Newton’s death year as 1874, but this is almost certainly not correct since Seaborn Stiles had married his second wife, Matilda Helena Moore around 1844. More likely Rebecca died in childbirth or of an illness around 1843.

Rebecca married Seaborn Stiles in 1834. Seaborn (son of John Stiles and Margaret Lynch) was born on 16 Jan 1807 in _______, Laurens District, South Carolina, United States; died on 5 Nov 1874 in Thorndale, Milam County, Texas, United States; was buried after 5 Nov 1874 in Lawrence Chapel Cemetery, near Shiloh, Williamson County, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Amanda Stiles was born in 1834 in _______, _______, Tennessee, United States; died before 1850 in (unknown).
2. James Ellen Stiles was born on 20 Dec 1835 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, United States; died on 4 Jul 1910 in Taylor, Williamson County, Texas, United States; was buried after 4 Jul 1910 in Taylor, Williamson County, Texas, United States.
3. Francis Newton Stiles was born in Dec 1837 in Lincoln, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States; died on 1 Jul 1911 in Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States; was buried on 2 Jul 1911 in Stiles Cemetery, near Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States.
4. Sarah Jane Stiles was born in 1838 in Lincoln, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States; died in 1910 in _______, San Diego County, California, United States; was buried in 1910 in All Saints Cemetery, San Luis Rey, San Diego County, California, United States.
5. Margaret Elizabeth Stiles was born on 20 Nov 1840 in _______, _______, Tennessee, United States; died on 10 Jan 1905 in Scurry, Kaufman County, Texas, United States.
6. Edward Stiles was born about 1843; died before 1850.