"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 21, No 28, p 111, July 13, 1865. In Edgerton, Rock Co., Wis., June 22d, 1865, of complicated disease, Stiles Hakes, Esq., aged 49 years. The subject of this notice was born in Grafton, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and at an early age moved to Onondaga Co., N. Y., where he resided until 1846, when he removed with his family, consisting of a wife and two sons, to Wisconsin. In 1847, he settled at Fulton, and in 1854 in Edgerton, where he resided until his death. During the last fifteen years of his life, he was engaged in mercantile business. As a business man, he was careful, attentive, and faithful; and having, deservedly, the reputation of being an honest man, he was very successful. His death has not only made a breach in, but cast a gloom over, the business circle in his village, and submerged his family and a large circle of relatives and friends in sorrow. May God comfort the deeply bereaved widow and sons, and overrule and sanctify this sorrowful event to theirs and the present and future greatest good of all who may be reached by its influence. His funeral was attended by a large concourse of relatives and sympathizing friends, on the 24th of June. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/images/rock/fassett/hakess.jpg http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders