Changed birthdate to about 1843 based on these documents.
Sources
↑ “United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4YB-ZNV : 12 April 2016), James M Stiles in household of John Stiles, Cherokee county, part of, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States; citing family 502, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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