This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swisher, Hill, Kramer, Bodwell, Bonner, White. Most are Stites Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.stiles/1000/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 1848 by Merriam, Moore & Co Family Bible from 1848 of the Stites or Stiles Famil of Illinois. The genealogy section has lots of entries dating back to the Cicil War era . Research indicates that the surnames Stites and Stiles were often used interchangeably, and it seems so here. The first two entries are: "Margery Stites 1st wife of Benjamin Stites Departed this life December 27th 1828 Butler Co Ohio" and "Charles Stewart Stites son of Benjamin and Susan Stites Departed this life the 22nd of July 1831 age 5 days." Surnames Swisher, Hill, Kramer, Bodwell, Bonner, White. Most are Stites Also in the Bible are photographs and negatives, photo postcards, obituaries, very early published genealogy pages concerning Stites in America in the 1600's and 1700's, an original 1889 Western Union Telegraph concerning a Stites death #270087131610