James Oran Stiles^[1]

1887 - 1937  (49 years)

• Name	James Oran Stiles  [2]
  Birth	12 Dec 1887	Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer  [4]
  Census	2 Jun 1900	Precinct 6, Williamson County, Texas, United States   [5]
  Census	5 May 1910	Precinct #6, Williamson County, Texas, United States   [6]
  Census	22 Jan 1920	Justice Precinct 6, Williamson County, Texas, United States   [4]
  Residence	Apr 1930	Taylor, Williamson County, Texas, United States   [7]
  715 North Huff Street
  Census	11 Apr 1930	Taylor City, Williamson County, Texas, United States   [7]
  Death	4 Dec 1937	Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States   [2, 8]
  Burial	Aft 4 Dec 1937	Stiles Cemetery, near Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States   [8, 9]
  Person ID	I752	Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	Francis Newton Stiles,   b. Dec 1837, Lincoln, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States d. 1 Jul 1911, Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Marina Floyd Thomas,   b. 29 Oct 1857, Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States d. 28 May 1898, Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	24 Feb 1875	Sabine, Milam County, Texas, United States   [10, 11]
  Photos		Marina Floyd Thomas and Francis Newton Stiles Bill's 2G-grandmother and 2G-grandfather (paternal)
  Family ID	F510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jessica Ramseur,   b. 6 Jun 1890, Thorndale, Milam County, Texas, United States d. 21 Nov 1978, Taylor, Williamson County, Texas, United States (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1910	(unknown)   [1, 12]
  Children	1. Frances Virginia Stiles,   b. 2 Mar 1912, Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States d. 2 Mar 1936, Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States (Age 24 years)   2. James Oran Stiles, Jr.,   b. 22 May 1915, Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States d. 7 Apr 1917, Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States (Age 1 year)   3. John Vernon Stiles,   b. 19 Jun 1918, Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States d. 22 Mar 1978, Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States (Age 59 years)   4. Franklin Newton Stiles,   b. 20 Dec 1923, Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States d. 15 Mar 1996, Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F534	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Dec 1887 - Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States Residence - Apr 1930 - Taylor, Williamson County, Texas, United States Census - 11 Apr 1930 - Taylor City, Williamson County, Texas, United States Death - 4 Dec 1937 - Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States Burial - Aft 4 Dec 1937 - Stiles Cemetery, near Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  [Stiles-1998] records James Oran Stiles’ birthdate as “12 Dec 1888” which is probably obtained from the marker at his gravesite. But it seems likely that 12 December 1887 is more accurate because it was recorded by James Oran Stiles himself in [US-SSS-1917f]. [2, 13] [Stiles-1998] lists this individual as “James Oran Stiles Sr.”. However there is no evidence that James Oran Stiles ever used the suffix, “Sr.” (senior), in his name. [1, 2]

  
  

• Reference

  Herndon, William. "James Oran Stiles". Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I752&tree=LindellHerndon (accessed July 5, 2025).