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    1. [TXREDRIV] Stiles of Red River Co.
    2. Jim Giddens
    3. Red River Co group: I am like a little boy in the toy store. I can not believe that I have exchanged e-mails with Jesse Stiles of Clarksville Tiger legend and famous for football and coaching with Texas Tech and other colleges. He still does a little part-time work with the coaches (visiting coaches) at Tech. I got in contact with him not for football but because of the genealogy connection with the Giddens and Stiles that goes back prior to 1850. The pioneer and Texas Rev War veteran, John Stiles, is buried at the old Concord (Giddens) Cemetery about 20 feet from my great great great Grandfather Giddens. The two men were neighbors (White Rock & Concord) and there were at least two Giddens-Stiles marriages. A distant Watson cousin of mine works at Tech and knows him, is how I got in contact with him. Of course I do remember all the times I have heard his name as a football player at Clarksville. I am anxious to visit with him some time in the future. He lettered 5 years with the high school team, would have been 6 years but he got his leg broke during the 8th grade. I hope to meet with him face to face at some point in the future when he is in the area and tour the back road cemeteries of White Rock and Concord. Jim Giddens Paris, Tx

    06/27/2007 11:30:32