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James Alexander Stiles

Birth	:	12 Dec 1838
Death	:	28 Feb 1924
Burial	:	Allerton Cemetery, Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.7202988, -93.3542023
Description	:	Transcribed from Past and Present of Lucas and Wayne Counties Iowa Originally published 1913 James A. Stiles, who is now living retired in Allerton, was for thirty-six years engaged in farming in this county, of which he became a resident in the spring of 1869. He is one of those who first responded to the call for troops in '61, and for more than three years valiantly served his country on the battlefields of the south. The third in order of birth in a family of five, his natal day was the 12th of December, 1838, and... Read More	Transcribed from Past and Present of Lucas and Wayne Counties Iowa Originally published 1913 James A. Stiles, who is now living retired in Allerton, was for thirty-six years engaged in farming in this county, of which he became a resident in the spring of 1869. He is one of those who first responded to the call for troops in '61, and for more than three years valiantly served his country on the battlefields of the south. The third in order of birth in a family of five, his natal day was the 12th of December, 1838, and his birthplace Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. His parents, William and Henrietta (Woolsey) Stiles, were also natives of Pennsylvania, where the mother passed away during the early childhood of our subject. The father continued to make his home in the Keystone state until 1858, when he removed to Iowa with his family, locating in Washington county, and there he resided until his death, which occurred in 1873. The boyhood and early youth of James A. Stiles were passed in the state of his nativity. At the breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted in Company D, Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for a period of three months. At the expiration of that time he reenlisted for three years, being mustered out with the rank of orderly sergeant at Camp Dennison, Ohio, in August, 1864. He was captured by the enemy in a raid at Rome, Georgia, and was sent to the prison at Belle Island, but was exchanged thirty days later and rejoined his regiment. He participated in all of the battles in which his regiment was engaged, including that of Perryville, Stone River, Atlanta, Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain. Upon receiving his discharge he joined his father in Washington county, remaining there until his marriage in the spring of 1865, following which he located in Johnson county, this state. After a year's residence there he returned to Washington county, where he remained until the spring of 1869, when he came to Wayne county, purchasing eighty acres of raw land which he cultivated for four years. At the expiration of that time he traded his holding for a hundred and twenty acres in Clay township, this county, which he sold four years later, investing the proceeds in two hundred and forty acres of land in Warren township. He engaged in the further improvement and cultivation of the latter place until 1905, when he sold it and, withdrawing from active life, came to Allerton, where he has since lived retired. On the 22d of February, 1865, Mr. Stiles was married to Miss Mattie M. Irving, a daughter of William Irving of Cadiz, Ohio. She is the eldest in a family of five and was born on the 18th day of May, 1846. Of this marriage there were born the following children: Ada, of Miami, Oklahoma, who married L. S. DeSilva and has five children; Susan S., who is in the state hospital at Clarinda, where she was placed after a severe case of typhoid fever, her mental condition resulting from the treatment; Belle M., the deceased wife of Harvey Ferrel, who passed away in 1907, at the age of thirty-three years, leaving two children; Charles A., who is married and engaged in ranching and the cattle business in Colorado; Alta M., who married Herley H. Hillyard and is residing in this area; Grace, who died at the age of eighteen years as the result of a railroad wreck; and Alice, who died when three years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Stiles are active members of the Presbyterian church of which he has been one of the elders for several years. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masonic order, being a member of the blue lodge of Allerton and the chapter at Corydon. His political allegiance he gives to the republican party and he has always taken an active interest in all local affairs. For many years he was a member of the school board, having performed the duties both of president and secretary, and for three years he served on the board of county supervisors. Mr. Stiles is one of the well known pioneers of Wayne county, where he is held in high regard, having discharged his business affairs in an honorable and upright manner, while as a public official he has manifested the same loyalty and fidelity of purpose which characterized him on the battlefields of the south.

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Latitude: 40.7202988
Longitude: -93.3542023

Family Members:

Parent

William A Stiles Sr.

(1833 - 1902)

Spouse

Mattie M Irving Stiles

(1847 - 1916)

Siblings

John Henry Stiles

(1836 - 1879)

Jacob Thomas Stiles

(1840 - 1893)

Children

Susie Stiles Middlebrook

(1869 - 1919)

Martha I. “Belle” Stiles Ferrel

(1873 - 1904)

Cora A Stiles

(1875 - 1878)

Gracie E Stiles

(1885 - 1903)

Alta May Stiles Hillyard

(1889 - 1913)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Allerton Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7202988, -93.3542023

2. Hazel Dell Cemetery
Allerton, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7392006, -93.3861008

3. Corydon Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.7500000, -93.3249969

4. Rankin Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6719017, -93.3360977

5. Greenlee Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.7779900, -93.3911060

6. Richardson Chapel Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6694412, -93.2981262

7. Green Ridge Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6664009, -93.4261017

8. Shriver Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6808014, -93.2621994

9. Rush Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.8065000, -93.3828000

10. Thomas Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6333008, -93.3099976

11. Shriver-Higley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.7107000, -93.4777000

12. Moss Sturgeon Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6399994, -93.2861023

13. Ripper Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.6957000, -93.2290000

14. Hogue Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8208000, -93.3468000

15. Kirby Cemetery
Cambria, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8146500, -93.4176900

16. Bollman Cemetery
Promise City, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7152600, -93.2088800

17. Banta Cemetery
Sewal, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6096992, -93.3103027

18. Cambria Cemetery
Cambria, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8377800, -93.3833300

19. Sharp Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6916700, -93.2002000

20. Clio Cemetery
Clio, Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6341742, -93.4654947

21. Lacey Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7952995, -93.2136002

22. Shield Goff Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6674995, -93.5171967

23. Greer Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5833015, -93.3735962

24. Edmond Cemetery
Wayne County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5849991, -93.3193970