Erwin Graves Stiles

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• US SSN: 449-64-2525

Notes:

SSDI has death at San Gabriel, Milam County, Texas.

Erwin married Mable Aldain Conoley on 6 Dec 1903 in _______, Milam County, Texas, United States. Mable was born on 2 Sep 1887 in Thorndale, Milam County, Texas, United States; died on 29 Oct 1971 in _______, Williamson County, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Erwin Graves Stiles, Jr. was born on 2 Oct 1904 in Thorndale, Milam County, Texas, United States; died on 31 Oct 1963 in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States.
2. Boyd Conoley Stiles was born on 18 Feb 1906 in Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States; died on 2 Apr 1972 in Taylor, Williamson County, Texas, United States; was buried in Thorndale City Cemetery, Milam County, Texas, United States.
3. Jessie Larkin Stiles was born on 3 May 1907 in Conoley Community, Milam County, Texas, United States; died on 2 Dec 1991 in El Centro, Imperial County, California, United States; was buried in Thorndale City Cemetery, Milam County, Texas, United States.
4. Mary Louise Stiles was born on 23 Sep 1908 in Conoley Community, Milam County, Texas, United States; died on 18 Feb 2001 in Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States; was buried on 21 Feb 2001 in Thorndale, Milam County, Texas, United States.
5. Byron Burke Stiles was born on 8 Dec 1912 in Conoley Community, Milam County, Texas, United States; died on 4 Dec 1985 in Lordsburg, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States; was buried in Lordsburg, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States.
6. (Living)
7. Nina Ruth Stiles was born on 14 Apr 1919 in Conoley Community, Milam County, Texas, United States; died on 28 Jan 2000 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States.
8. Sarah Virginia Stiles was born on 25 Feb 1922 in Conoley Community, Milam County, Texas, United States; died on 14 Feb 1992 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, United States; was buried in Thorndale City Cemetery, Milam County, Texas, United States.
9. David Lake Stiles was born on 22 Jan 1924 in Conoley Community, Milam County, Texas, United States; died on 18 Nov 2000 in Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
10. (Living)
11. Grace Loraine Stiles was born on 16 Dec 1927 in Wilson, Lynn County, Texas, United States; died on 9 Dec 1983 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States.
12. (Living)

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• 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: 30 Jun 1880, Precinct No. 6, Williamson County, Texas, United States

Notes:

LDS Ancestral File and the genealogical compilation of Edith Jordan Stiles have death date as 6 Sep 1900.

The genealogical compilation of Edith Jordan Stiles states that Jessie Larkin Stiles was born at Thorndale, Milam County, Texas, but most genealogical records of Francis Seaborn Stiles’ family agree that the family moved to Texas in 1849.

Jesse married Sarah Cornelia Elliott on 23 Feb 1867 in (unknown). Sarah was born on 3 Feb 1847 in Thorndale, Milam County, Texas, United States; died on 26 Nov 1932 in Thorndale, Milam County, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 30 Jun 1880, Precinct No. 6, Williamson County, Texas, United States

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• 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

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”.