James S Styles

Brief Life History of James S

When James S Styles was born on 26 August 1876, in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States, his father, Simeon S. Styles, was 46 and his mother, Martha Jane Hopkins, was 40. He married Minnie Lee Mullins on 30 March 1900, in Madison, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 15 Gurley, Madison, Alabama, United States in 1900 and New Market, Madison, Alabama, United States in 1910. He died on 10 October 1955, in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Gurley, Madison, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

James S Styles
1876–1955
Minnie Lee Mullins
1881–1948
Marriage: 30 March 1900
Ruby Leona Styles
1902–1968
Martha Styles
1906–
James Gladies Styles
1909–1970
Lonnie Louis Stiles
1924–1992

Sources (19)

  • J S Styles, "United States Census, 1920"
  • James Styles, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • James S Styles, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Stiles .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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The census records of Clabourn M. Styles, wife Nancy Kemp and their children

Background information: Source: Find A Grave www.findagrave.com Clabourn M. Styles Birth: 11 July 1800 Palmetto, Fulton, Georgia, USA Death: 4 Aug 1876 (aged 76) Palmetto, Fulton, Georgia, USA Burial: …

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