The Ten Tribes of David Stiles
Lewis Ogden Stiles, born near Bardstown, Ky. May 16, 1879. Married Pearl Long of Shelby County, KY, daughter of Virgil Innis Long and granddaughter of Thomas I. Long both residing near Beard Station (now Crestwood) Kentucky. He began work at the age of eighteen for the Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis Railway Co. at the old station (now abandoned) at Brandenburg, KY. As telegrapher and to this time (1939) has spent 42 years in the railroad service as telegrapher, agent, and dispatcher for the above company, the Illinois Central and the Louisville & Nashville Railroads; now Freight Agent at Irvington, Ky. For the Louisville & Nashville R.R. He is Treasurer of the Irvington Methodist Church Building Fund, Secretary of the Irvington Masonic Lodge, Secretary Irvington Camp Modern Woodmen of America, member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, Louisville & Nashville Veteran’s Club, National Farm Bureau, and Order of Railroad Telegraphers, and was for a number of years Local Chairman for the last named organization. During his father’s ministry and his own career as a railroad man he has resided successively at Concordia, Ky., Stephensport, Ky., Long Grove, Ky., Valley Station, Ky., Brandenburg, Ky., Cloverport, Ky., Jackson, Tenn., Decatur, Ala., Harris, Ala., Henderson, Ky., Louisville, Ky., Medora, Ky., Maceo, Ky., Stanley, Ky., and Irvington, Ky.”
He is the author of The Family of David Stiles published in 1939. He attended the first Stiles reunion, where he met La Fayette Stiles Pence and they became good friends. Lewis is responsible for the David Stiles marker in the family cemetery, which was erected by the John Fitch Chapter of the DAR in 1979. Buried Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
Lewis Ogden Stiles was a man of strong intellect, positive purpose and thorough action. He was self-educated after grammar school. He was familiar with the best known classics and was well-read generally, and had an exceptional memory for whatever he read or studied.Mr. Stiles attended the first reunion of the Kentucky Stiles family when it was called together by Margaret Beall Wilson La Rue and it is almost certain that he attended every annual reunion until his last few years when he was residing in Florida. At this first family reunion, he met La Fayette Stiles Pence, third historian, and they soon established a strong and lasting friendship. Mr. Stiles later wrote that a letter from Judge Pence initially inspired him to attempt a family history. The first reunion of the Kentucky Stiles family was held in August of 1936 and, by the winter of that same year, he had initiated work on his book, The Family of David Stiles. The title page of this genealogy may be seen in Appendix V.
About this time, the idea of placing a suitable marker at the grave of David Stiles captured Mr. Stiles’ interest and became his cherished project. It was his determined effort that led to the erection of the David Stiles monument in the family cemetery at Stiles, Kentucky (now Howardstown, Ky.). This monument was erected by the John Fitch Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
In 1979, four corner stones were erected, which, when connected with chains, will surround the David Stiles monument. One of these corner stones is marked in memory of Lewis Ogden Stiles, fourth historian, and was dedicated on August 5, 1979. (At the same time, another of the markers was dedicated to Margaret Beall Wilson La Rue).
Mr. Stiles genealogy was published in 1939, having been two and one half years in preparation. More than forty years had passed since La Fayette Pence published his family history, The Stiles Family in Kentucky and Missouri, and during these years the family had expanded greatly. Mr. Stiles collected a tremendous amount of data for his book. Once again the record had been perpetuated.”
Sources
The Family of David Stiles : or, The ten tribes of the house of David, the ancestry and posterity of David Stiles, a native of New Jersey, an immigrant to Kentucky by Lewis Ogden Stiles, 1939.
https://archive.org/stream/familyofdavidsti00stil/familyofdavidsti00stil_djvu.txt
A History of the David Stiles Family: A Genealogy 1575-1980; Lois Ogden Stiles Sparks, 1980.
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