This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hughes, Monroe, Stiles Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jdJBAEB/607 Message Board Post: I contributed the following information to the The Stiles Family & Affiliated Families several years ago. Their web site is at http://www.psci.net/~rstiles/ Thomas Gallagher Stiles was born 1837 in NJ / PA, and died 1887 in Jefferson, Greene Co., IA. He married Elizabeth Hannah Monroe 31 MAY 1860 in Greene Co., IA, daughter of Samuel Monroe and Amelia Wall. Elizabeth was born 1833 in IN, and died 1900 in NE. Children of Thomas Gallagher Stiles and Elizabeth Hannah Monroe are: + 2 Grace Stiles was born MAY 1861 in Jefferson, Greene Co., IA, and died 9 AUG 1929 in St. Charles, Gregory Co., SD. + 3 Ada Electa Stiles was born 15 NOV 1868 in Jefferson, Greene Co., IA, and died 5 MAR 1957 in Logan, Cache Co., UT. + 4 Melvin Wall Stiles was born 15 NOV 1868 in IA, and died UNKNOWN. 2. Grace Stiles (Thomas Gallagher Stiles1) was born MAY 1861 in Jefferson, Greene Co., IA, and died 9 AUG 1929 in St. Charles, Gregory Co., SD. She was buried in Rosebud Cemetery, Bonesteel, Gregory Co., SD. Grace married William Fred Hughes 2 JUL 1879 in Jefferson, Greene Co., IA, son of William Giles Hughes and Laura M. Hamilton. Fred was born 19 JUL 1858 in Cortland Co., NY, and died 16 JAN 1946 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR. He was buried in Rosebud Cemetery, Bonesteel, Gregory Co., SD. Ada Electa Stiles (Thomas Gallagher Stiles1) was born 15 NOV 1868 in Jefferson, Greene Co., IA, and died 5 MAR 1957 in Logan, Cache Co., UT. She was buried in Crawford, Dawes Co., NE. She married Ira DeForest Hughes 20 NOV 1887 in Cleveland, Holt Co., NE, son of William Giles Hughes and Laura M. Hamilton. Ira was born 8 FEB 1868 in Shellrock, Butler Co., IA, and died 3 MAR 1935 in Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff Co., NE. He was buried in Crawford, Dawes Co., NE. Melvin Wall Stiles (Thomas Gallagher Stiles1) was born 15 NOV 1868 in IA. His death date and place are unknown. He married Matilda Etta Bonner. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=terjess