NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11343 NELSON CO – VAN BUREN STILES – Stiles, Willett, Beall, Bland 11343 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. VAN BUREN STILES was born September 9, 1835, where he now resides, on Rolling Fork. He is the youngest of four sons and seven daughters born to Lewis and Rebecca (Willett) Stiles. Lewis Stiles was born near Morristown, N. J., in 1785; immigrated to Nelson County as early as 1809 and located on Rolling Fork. His parents came one year later. He served as magistrate and sheriff of Nelson County; was also extensively engaged in farming and was a large slave holder; was a distiller and flatboated to New Orleans. He was drafted in 1812 and furnished a substitute. He died in November, 1858. He was a son of David Stiles, of New Jersey, of German origin. Mrs. Rebecca Stiles was born in Nelson County, and was a daughter of Griffin Willett, who came from Maryland and settled on Pottinger’s Creek. Van Buren Stiles, when a lad of nine years, lost his mother. In 1866 he went to Louisville and engaged in the distilling business with George Beall. June 26, 1872, he married Anna C. Bland, of Louisville, a daughter of E. H. and Corrilla (Willett) Bland and had born to their union six children: Bland (deceased), Lewis K., Elijah Van and Corrilla P. Mr. and Mrs. Stiles are members of the Baptist Church. After marriage Mr. Stiles engaged in mercantile business at Chaplin, Nelson County, Ky., for four years, then located where he now resides, on 350 acres near New Hope, where he makes a specialty of stock. In politics he is a Democrat. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx