JONES COUNTY  GA  Stiles Family Cemetery

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"History of Jones Co., Ga, 1807-1907" by Carolyn White Williams

STILES CEMETERY
JONES CO., GA

On the Old Garrison Rd. at the foot of the hill from the home site of Joseph 
Gill Stiles is the family burying ground.  It is directly across the road from 
the "Lakeview Motel."  The tall marble shaft over the grave of Joseph Gill 
Stiles is plainly seen through the bushes.  Although it is evident that there 
are a number of graves in the plot, there is only the large marker over the 
grave of Joseph G. Stiles on one side is written:

Joseph G. Stiles
Died 15 Feb 1858, aged 79 yrs,

On the other side is written:

Elizabeth, wife of
Joseph Stiles
Died in 1805 aged 35 yrs

On a third side is written:

Sarah wife of  Joseph Stiles
Died 5 Feb 1842, aged 49 yrs.

Around the graves was a beautiful iron fence, but now there is only half of it 
there for two sides have been removed.  I have been told that during World War 
II, thieves took down the fence and sold it for scrap iron.

Although the grave is not marked, the third wife of Joseph G. Stiles, who was 
Mrs. Mary Glover before she married him, is buried there.  She died 24 December 
1865.

In more recent years, the cemetery has been used and there are two marked graves 
in the newer part.  Insofar and I know, they are not related to the Stiles 
family:

Ernest Earle, son of
J.T. & Annie Everidge
b. 18 Feb 1892
d. 19 May 1892

Infant son of
J.T. & Annie Everidge
b. 26 Sep 1887
d. 26 Oct 1887

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