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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889


    F. T. STILES has been engaged in farming and stock raising in Silver
    Township since 1876.  He was born in McGregor, Iowa, October 6, 1860,
    and is a son of THOMAS and CATHERINE (STENNETT) STILES, who were born,
    reared and married in England.  Soon after their marriage THOMAS STILES
    and wife crossed the sea and settled in Canada, afterward moving to
    Iowa.  He fought in defense of the flag of his adopted country, being
    a member of the Ninth Iowa Cavalry, Company F.  His wife died when the
    subject of this notice, F. T. STILES, was but two years of age; he was
    then taken to the Soldier's Orphans Home at Davenport, Iowa, where he
    was reared and educated.  At the age of sixteen years he came to
    Cherokee County, and worked by the month for several years; he saved
    from his wages sufficient funds to purchase forty acres, and later
    still another forty acres; this he had partly improved when he traded
    with N. D. GLEASON, Esq., for his present farm of 160 acres, which is
    in a high state of cultivation.  There is a good story-and-a-half house
    on an attractive site, substantial barns and buildings for stock and
    grain, and many modern conveniences.  Mr. STILES has made provision for
    future luxuries by planting three acres in small fruits and fruit
    trees.  He was married December 19, 1883, to Miss ORPHA GLEASON, a
    native of Clinton County, Iowa.  She was reared and educated in
    Cherokee County, and was a successful teacher before her marriage and
    since.  One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. STILES — JASON PHILIP;
    he was born December 25, 1884.  Mr. STILES affiliates with the Repub-
    lican party.  He is a member of Finvoy Lodge, No. 490, I.O.O.F., of
    Holstein, Iowa.  He is a man in the prime of live, cordial in manner,
    strictly upright in business, and is numbered with the reliable
    citizens of Cherokee County.

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