This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stiles, Rash Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jdJBAEB/566 Message Board Post: Hi, I saw your post. My granmother was the daughter of Martin and Sarah Stiles. She kept a bible with her sibling's names and birthdates etc. I also have several pictures of her family and parents, some grandparents etc. Here is the rundown of her bible and some of what I have been told by her. Martin Stiles b. 5-19-1868 in Hartford, MO. m. 11-12-1888 in Missouri d. 8-20-1923 in Adair Co., MO (Martin had an accident a few years before his death. He was chopping wood and his axe hit the side of his cheek. This caused a large pool of blood to pool in his cheek and side of his neck. In those times they did not know what to do so he lived many years like this - I have pictures of him with it - he was told that if he ever pricked it he would bleed to death. One day in a wheat field he did just that and ended of making to his front yard where he died. Sarah, his wife never fully recovered from seeing this and eventually took her own life by drowning). Martin's parents were Isaac Stiles and Mary Rebecca Ann Butler (Cherokee). Martin married Sarah Mullins, she was 14 years old. Sarah Mullins b. 2-28-1873 in Putnum Mo. d. 6-27-1935 in Adair Co., MO Sarah's parents were Andrew Jackson Mullins (Melungeon) and Celia Ann Lovit/Trewhitt. (on Sarah's death certificate it state her mother's maiden name as Lovit but I have since found it to be Trewhitt. Children of Martin & Sarah Mullins Stiles: 1. Bessie Celia Ann Stiles b. 10-5-1900, Fall River, KS (this is my grandmother who married Leon Rash, son of Daniel Rash and Julia Ann Smith (Cherokee). 2. Amy Valeta Stiles b. 1-18-1891 in MO. m. Hiram Lawson 3. Gracy Gladys Stiles b. 2-21-1897 d. 4-6-1897 4. Jessie Margaret Stiles b. 6-1-1898 (Jessie married J. Riley Rash, Leon Rash's 1st cousin through Daniel's brother John Rash). 5. Verna Melica Stiles b. 2-21-1905 d. 6-15-1905 6. Forest Dain Stiles b. 6-27-1906 (Dain moved with my grandmother to Chico, CA after her marriage) 7. Siamese Twins born and died 6-28-1909 (one twin was born alive, but because they did not know how to separate him from he deceased brother, he died as well) 8. Earnest Riley Stiles b. 4-20-1911 (Uncle Earnie also moved to CA) Ada Irene Stiles b. 3-12-1917 m. Tim R. Summers Arley Everett Stiles b. 6-27-1893 As I said, I have many pictures and some more dates if any of these Stiles match your family. Please I would love to exchange info with you. My email is [email protected]