James M. Stites was born February 19, 1868. He was the second son of William Stites and Mary Hannah (Green) Stites. He lived most of his life near his place of birth, Charleston, Illinois. As a teenager in the 1880s he moved with his family in a covered wagon from Illinois to Kansas. They did not stay long. His father died in Kansas and the rest of the family moved back to Illinois. Back in Charleston, Illinois he married Martha Emmeline Toops in 1902 and they had two daughters, Beulah (b. 1904) and Lucille (b. 1910). James was a grocer. He died on 12 September 1933 and was buried in Mound Cemetery in Charleston.
Fact: Residence (1870) Charleston, Coles, Illinois, USA
Fact: Residence (1880) Crooked Creek, Jasper, Illinois, USA
Fact: Residence (1 Mar 1885) Grasshopper, Atchison, Kansas, USA
Fact: Residence (1910) Charleston Ward 5, Coles, Illinois, United States
Fact: Residence (1920) Charleston Ward 3, Coles, Illinois, USA
Fact: Residence (1930) Charleston, Coles, Illinois, USA
Fact: Burial (14 SEP 1933) Charleston, Coles, Illinois, United States of America
Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records.
U.S. Census entries for 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, & 1930 for Charleston, IL.
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James Stites was born on Feb. 19, 1868 and died Sept. 12, 1933. He was my great-uncle (brother to my great-grandfather, Abner Edgar Stites). James spent most of his life in Charleston, Illinois. However, as a teenager (sometime around 1884) he went with his family in a covered wagon to Kansas. His father died in Kansas in March 1885 and the family returned to Illinois soon after. James married Martha Emmeline Toops in 1902 and they had two daughters, Beulah and Lucille.