Jiles Whitfield Stiles & Una CopelandJiles Whitfield (or "Winfield") Stiles was born on June 27, 1885 in Johnson County, Texas. He was the fifth out of eight children born to Seaborn S. Stiles (age 38) and Martha Ann Franklin (age 34).
On July 16, 1886, Eunice "Una" Copeland was born to David Timothy Copeland (age 31) and Jessie Elizabeth Mercer (age 20) in Auburn, Ellis County, Texas. She was the oldest of eight girls.
Una's Social Security card
Picture of Jiles and Una
When Jiles was 20 years old and Una was 19 years old, they were married on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1905 in Auburn, Ellis County, Texas.
They had their first daughter, Maida Allene (1906), a year after their marriage, and seven years later they had their second daughter, Mattie Beth (1913).
Picture of Una, Allene, and Jiles Stiles.
Jiles worked as a Watkins sales man in Jacksonville, Texas.
Picture of Una, Jiles, Allene and a friend.
Picture of Stiles House
In the 1930s they bought a house in the community of Auburn, at 13764 FM 916 near Maypearl, Texas. Their daughter Mattie Beth was married to Charlie William Pipes at this house on July 24, 1937. This house was later home to their grandson, Kenneth Pipes and his family, then passed down to Jeffrey Pipes and his family. It was sold to non-relatives in 2009, whom refurbished the entire house and property.
Picture of Jiles, Una, and baby.
Picture of Jiles and Una
Picture of Jiles and Una
Jiles passed away in Auburn, Texas on February 3, 1956 at the age of 71. Una was 70 years old at the time, and they had been married for 51 years. Jiles was buried at the Auburn Cemetery in Ellis County, Texas.
Picture of Una, and Billy and Randy Morrow
Picture of gravestone
How we are related:
(1) Jiles Whitfield Stiles & Una Copeland
(2) ---Mattie Beth Stiles & Charlie William Pipes
(3) ------ William Kenneth Pipes & Jerry Ann Priest
(4) ---------A. Pipes & G. Tatum
(5) ------------L. Ducommun & M. Ducommun
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