NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11407 NELSON CO – JONATHAN STILES – Stiles, Edwards, Miller, Stark, Kitchel, Seymour, Carter, Shuck 11407 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Nelson Co. JONATHAN STILES was born December 3, 1844, where he now resides on Rolling Fork, and is a son of John and Rhoda (Edwards) Stiles, to whom thirteen children were born: James F., Eunice (now Miller), Thomas and Elizabeth (deceased), John C., Henry C., Electa (now Stark), Jacob, Joseph and David (all deceased), Demus, Jonathan and Sallie A. John Stiles was born in New Jersey in 1796; came to Nelson County with his parents in 1810, and settled in the extreme southern part of Nelson County, on Rolling Fork, where he grew to manhood, became the owner of 1,7000 acres of land and a large family of slaves, and died in 1876. He was a son of David Stiles, who married Elizabeth Kitchel, natives of Vermont and New Jersey, respectively. David was a solder in the war for independence, and died in 1839, at a ripe old age. He was a son of Jacob Stiles. Mrs. Rhoda Stiles was born in Culpeper County, Va., and was brought to Marion County, Ky., in childhood. Jonathan Stiles at the age of twenty-one commenced life on his own account. He is now the owner of 230 acres of the original homestead, 170 under cultivation. He is an active member of the Baptist Church, as were his parents before him. He cast his first presidential vote for Seymour. James Stiles, the eldest member of the family living, is spoken of as one of the best historians in all his part of the country. John C. Stiles, another brother, was married on the 31st of March, 1859, to Elizabeth Carter, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Shuck) Carter, natives of Marion County. Mr. and Mrs. Stiles have had born ten children, eight living: David, Edward, John, James, Bur, Charles, Chilion and Mary E. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx