Garvious Oresal Biles (1907 - 1973)

Born 18 Mar 1907 in Nolanville, Bell, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lillian (Pinckney) Biles — married 22 Aug 1927 in Silver City, Grant, New Mexico, United States

Descendants

Died 24 May 1973 at age 66 in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States

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Biography

Garvious Biles was born 1907 in Texas.^[1] His wife Lillian was born 1908 in Arizona Territory.^[1] They had two children born in Santa Rita, Grant County, New Mexico.^[1] In 1935, they lived in Rosedale, Socorro County, New Mexico.^[1] Garvious was a drill foreman in the copper mining industry.^[1]

"Biles was elected to the Arizona State House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1954, officially taking his seat at the beginning of the following year. His service in the house extended for nearly two decades, and during that time Biles earned a reputation as one of Arizona's "most powerful legislators." During his lengthy term of service Biles held a seat on numerous legislative committees, and the following is a listing on those which he served: Chairman of the House Appropriations committee, chairman of the Fish and Game committee, chairman of the Advisory committee on Indian Affairs, vice chairman of the Tourist and Industry Development committee. In addition to serving as a chairman or vice-chairman, Biles was named to numerous other house committees, including the committee on Labor, Livestock and Public Lands, Public Health, Education, Judiciary, Rules, Municipalities, Transportation, Ways and Means, Highway Fact Finding, and lastly, Commerce and Industry."^[2] ["http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/ref/collection/histphotos/id/16561">Photograph/collage/photomechanical reproduction of the 22nd Arizona State House of Representatives in Phoenix (Ariz.)] 1955-56. ["http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/ref/collection/histphotos/id/16554">Photograph of the Arizona State House of Representatives in Phoenix (Ariz.)] 1957-58. ["http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/ref/collection/histphotos/id/28378">Photograph/collage of members of the 30th Arizona State House of Representatives in Phoenix (Ariz.)] 1971-72.

Notes

1930 Census: Santa Rita, Grant Co., New Mexico^[3]

Garvious O Biles Head M 23 Texas

Lillian Biles Wife F 21 Arizona

Charles C Pinckney Father-in-law M 56 Georgia

1940 Census: Greenlee County, Arizona^[1]

Garvious O Biles Head M 33 Texas

Lillian Biles Wife F 31 Arizona

Jean Biles Daughter F 9 New Mexico

Donald Biles Son M 7 New Mexico

The Biles-Byles Family, How Green Was Our Valley. Author: Bryan W. Biles. Privately published USA, copyright applied for 1969, Page 254 contains incorrect information regarding the ancestry of Lillian Pinckney Biles. This book states that "Lillian is a direct descendant of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, who was a member of the cabinet of John Quincy Adams, as well as Thomas Pinckney and Charles Pinckney, whose names may be found in the encyclopedia." Of course, this information is incorrect, and should be disregarded. The correct genealogy for Lillian Pinckney Biles can be found in records such as is recorded here at wikitree, as well as the book by Mary Pinckney Powell: Back Over Home - The Heritage of Pinckneys of Pinckney Colony, Bluffton, South Carolina. Columbia, SC: The R. L. Bryan Company, 1982 and 1996.

Sources

• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch, Garvis Biles in household of John H Biles, Killeen, Bell, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 13A, family 167, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1530; FHL microfilm 1,375,543.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH1H-FKX : accessed 12 August 2019), Garvis Biles in household of J H Biles, Justice Precinct 7, Bell, Texas, United States; citing ED 30, sheet 11A, line 4, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1776; FHL microfilm 1,821,776.
• United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch, Garvious O Biles, Santa Rita, Grant, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 10A, line 27, family 250, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1395; FHL microfilm 2,341,130.
• United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch, Garvious O Biles, Supervisorial District 2, Greenlee, Arizona, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-6, sheet 5A, line 1, family 92, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 103.
• United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch, Garvious Biles, May 1973; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "Arizona, Mesa LDS Family History Center, Obituary Index, 1959-2014", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7B5H-1QMM : 17 May 2019), Garvious O. Sonny Biles, 1973.
• Garvious & Lillian Biles mentioned in the obituary of Donald Biles. Arizona, Payson, Obituaries, 1948-2008, database with images, FamilySearch, G O Or Sonny Biles in entry for Donald Kenneth Biles, 2000; citing Payson, Gila, Arizona, United States, The Arizona Republic newspaper, Pheonix; Payson Roundup newspapers and Northern Gila County Genealogy Society Library, Payson; FHL microfilm 101,023,143.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 August 2019), memorial page for G. O. “Sonny” Biles (1907–1973), Find A Grave Memorial no. 69561042, citing Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA ; Maintained by HJS (contributor 47360583) .

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch, Garvious O Biles, Supervisorial District 2, Greenlee, Arizona, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-6, sheet 5A, line 1, family 92.
2. ↑ http://politicalstrangenames.blogspot.com/2012/10/garvious-oresal-biles-1907-1973.html
3. ↑ United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch, Garvious O Biles, Santa Rita, Grant, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 10A, line 27, family 250.