Stiles, William B.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 21, credited to Lowell, VT Unit(s): 3rd VT INF Service: enl 12/22/61, m/i 12/30/61, Pvt, Co. B, 3rd VT INF, reen 12/21/63, wdd, Spotsylvania, 5/12/64, wdd, Charles Town, 8/21/64, m/o 7/17/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 10/28/1840, Unknown Death: 01/26/1922 Burial: West Glover Cemetery, Glover, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Dan Taylor Findagrave Memorial #: 6756006 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Unknown Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: Not Found (State digraphs will show that this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldier's home) Remarks: None DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice West Glover Cemetery, Glover, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

Obituary

W. B. STILES -- William Boardman Stiles, who died at his home in West Glover, Jan. 26, was 81 years old, having been born in Morristown Oct. 28, 1840. Death was the result of a general breakdown resulting in Bright's disease.

He married Luella Farman, of Troy, at Albany, March 28, 1866. Eight children survive the union as follows; Fred W. of Boston, Edith A. of Malden. Mass., Cora L. of Lyndon, Carrie M. of Charlestown N. H., Roberta E. of West Glover, Anna Mae of Lyndon Center, Roy G. of Barton, and Ray F. of South Riverside, N. J.. He also leaves three brothers, Dr. M. F. Stiles of Westboro, Mass, Pliny of Boston, and James L. of Concord, N.H.

Mr. Stiles served between three and four years in the Civil War and was a member of the G. A. R. and the Masonic order. His principal occupation has been that of a farmer, but since his retirement has enjoyed the summers at a cottage on Willoughby Lake. He was a man of wide reading, and an interesting conversationalist. The funeral was held at West Glover Saturday, and burial was in the West Glover cemetery, Rev. J. J. Hutchinson officiated.

Orleans County Monitor, Feb. 1, 1922
Courtesy of Deanna French