Rufus Marion Stiles and Cynthia Green were originally buried at Beech Creek Cemetery in Cherokee Co, NC, and were then moved by TVA to Liberty Baptist, Murphy, NC.
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The names of Rufus Marion and his wife Cynthia Green as well as Rufus's and Cynthia's parents names were remembered by Wilfred Waitsel Stiles, Rufus's grandson, in conversation with Bryan Stiles, Wilfred's grandson. The birth and death dates that Bryan wrote down after the conversation for Rufus are the same as those that were previously recorded here. Wilfred spelled Rufus's mother's name as Tolitha rather than Telitha.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDP-S3R : 12 December 2017), Rufus Stiles in entry for William L Stiles, Murphey District, Cherokee, North Carolina, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8D-JB8 : 12 April 2016), Rufus Styles in household of Tabitha Styles, Shoal Creek, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 28, family 188, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,629.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSS-GKTS : 28 November 2018), Rufus Marian Stiles and Sintha Blumetta Green, 28 Jan 1874; citing Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6J-M4C : 20 August 2017), Rufus Styles, Notala, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 77, sheet 276D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0958; FHL microfilm 1,254,958.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML94-DT9 : accessed 26 January 2019), Rufus M Stiles, Notla, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 4A, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1103; FHL microfilm 1,375,116.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKF-KWT : accessed 26 January 2019), Rufus M Stiles, Notla, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 48, sheet 5B, line 87, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1290; FHL microfilm 1,821,290.
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~4.69%Robert Styles :
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