Seaburn S. Stiles & Martha Ann Franklin

Seaburn S. Stiles & Martha Ann Franklin

Seaburn (or "Seaborn", "Seborn") S. Stiles was born on February 3, 1847 in Kelson, Lincoln County, Tennessee to James Little Stiles (age 38) and Mary Ann Taylor (age 36). He was the tenth of eleventh children, five girls and six boys.

Martha Ann Franklin was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee in 1851. Her parents were Harmon M. Franklin (age 25) and Phoebe Fanning (age 21). She was an only child (that we know of). She more commonly went by the name, "Mattie" or simply "Matt".

Seaburn and Martha were married on February 16, 1868 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.

They had eight children, the first being born a year after they were married: Laura Allie (1869-1939), James William (1871-1889), Robert Young (1873-1903), John Clifton (1875-1958), Horace Altamont, (1878-1962), Lillie B (1881-1948), Jiles Whitfield (1885-1956), and Henry Gorman (1893-1979).

Seaburn moved with his family to Ellis County, Texas sometime before the birth of his son Jiles Whitfield Stiles in 1885 (1).

Martha passed away on March 15, 1923 in Maypearl, Ellis County, Texas at the age of 72. She and Seaburn, who was 76 at the time, had been married for 55 years.

When Seaburn was 78 years old, he passed away in Maypearl, Ellis County, Texas on May 21, 1925.

Both Martha and Seaburn were buried at the Maypearl Cemetery in Maypearl, Texas (at plot C, Blk 13, Plots 17 & 18 - look for "Seborn Sugg").

(1) The Lindell-Herndon Genealogy database

How we are related:
(1) Seaburn S. Stiles & Martha Ann Franklin
(2) ---Jiles Whitfield Stiles & Una Copeland
(3) ------Mattie Beth Stiles & Charlie William Pipes
(4) --------- William Kenneth Pipes & Jerry Ann Priest
(5) ------------A. Pipes & G. Tatum
(6) ---------------L. Ducommun & M. Ducommun