Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. 
Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884. 

MORGAN COUNTY
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
PAGE 333

S. R. STILES, SR., was born in Orange County, Ind., October 12, 1830,
and is one of the family of William and Mary (Bragg) Stiles, natives respec-
tively of Georgia and Tennessee.  William Stiles was born January 22, 1798;
was married in Tennessee, thence moved to Washington County, Ind., and
thence to this county, where he ended his life in 1872.  He and wife were
parents of eight children--Sarah, Nancy, John B., Abigail, Jesse, Stakley
R., Harriet and Mary A.  Our subject, S. R. Stiles, was reared in this county.
December 24, 1852, he married Elizabeth Foster, who died August 24, 1854.
He next wedded Louisa Miller, who died in 1858, and in 1859 he married
Eleanor Secrest.  In 1865, Mr. Stiles enlisted in Company F, One Hundred
and Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteers, in which he served for seven months, 
and after which he purchased and occupied his present home and farm,
comprising 420 acres of desirable and productive land.  Mr. Stiles has been
the father of four children--Indiana, Ida B., Candace, and an infant, deceased.
He and wife are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Data Entry Volunteer:  Diana Flynn 

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