Luther was born in 1812 in Saratoga, New York. His first wife was Susan Baysinger who he married in 1842 in Kentucky. In 1859, he married his second wife, Jane Roseberry, in Hancock, Illinois.
Sources
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-454W : 26 September 2018), Luther Stiles and Susan Baysinger, 11 Sep 1842; citing Marriage, , Meade, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 390,810.
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK92-N3MP : 6 November 2017), Luther Stiles and Jane Roseberry, 10 Feb 1859; citing Hancock, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,532,141.
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ52-66D : 8 March 2018), Luther Stiles in entry for Margret A. Trout, 26 Aug 1935; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,765,615.
"Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24D-9ZV9 : 8 November 2017), Luther Stiles in entry for Willard Alva Stiles, 22 Jan 1934, Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #567, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101797061.
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJC8-HX4 : 4 November 2017), Luther Styles in entry for James R. Linley and Susie Styles Talbert, 01 Sep 1885, Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States; citing reference 54, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 960,033.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJL-X4Q : 15 September 2017), Louther Stiles, Durham, Hancock, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 68, sheet 97A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,211.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Luther by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Luther: