George Washington Stiles
Written by Jo R. Frederiksen
(Link to original article HERE)

George Washington Stiles was born at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in July of 1835. According to US census information, both of his parents were U.S. born, his father in Massachusetts and his mother in Ohio.

According to the 1900 census his family returned to the U.S. in 1844. In 1857 George was living in the Boston area and on August 17 of that year, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, as a blacksmith. The 1860 census, enumerated September 5th of 1860, shows that George was stationed at Fort Defiance, in the New Mexico Territory. He probably was there to witness the Navajo attack, which occurred in April of that year.

George mustered out of the Army on August 17, 1863, in Williamsburg, Virginia. He would get as far as Chicago, where he would put down roots, for a time.

George and Mary Jane, would move to Dickinson County, Kansas about 1877 and were living in Logan Township, when the 1880 US census was enumerated in June, of that year. While living in Dickinson County, two of their children Mary Ida and Cora would die. Mary Ida at age five and Cora at birth, both are buried in the Belle Springs River Brethren Cemetery, in Dickinson County.

By October of 1891, George Sr. and Mary Jane were in Idaho. George homesteaded a place on Upper Fords Creek, near present day Weippe. The original cabin from the property was moved in 1960, to its current location on U.S. Highway 12, in Orofino. It is now known as the Tall Pine Cabin, my Grandmother Stila (Harlan) Gleason and her siblings were born on their grandparents homestead.

George died in January 1907 and is buried at Hill Cemetery, in Orofino.

(Note: George's tombstone states 1906 but after years of searching I found his obituary and he died on January 4, 1907. He was originally buried at Cook Cemetery and moved to Hill Cemetery, after the death of his wife in 1913.)

George Washington Stiles
Written by Jo R. Frederiksen
(Link to original article HERE)

George Washington Stiles was born at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in July of 1835. According to US census information, both of his parents were U.S. born, his father in Massachusetts and his mother in Ohio.

According to the 1900 census his family returned to the U.S. in 1844. In 1857 George was living in the Boston area and on August 17 of that year, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, as a blacksmith. The 1860 census, enumerated September 5th of 1860, shows that George was stationed at Fort Defiance, in the New Mexico Territory. He probably was there to witness the Navajo attack, which occurred in April of that year.

George mustered out of the Army on August 17, 1863, in Williamsburg, Virginia. He would get as far as Chicago, where he would put down roots, for a time.

George and Mary Jane, would move to Dickinson County, Kansas about 1877 and were living in Logan Township, when the 1880 US census was enumerated in June, of that year. While living in Dickinson County, two of their children Mary Ida and Cora would die. Mary Ida at age five and Cora at birth, both are buried in the Belle Springs River Brethren Cemetery, in Dickinson County.

By October of 1891, George Sr. and Mary Jane were in Idaho. George homesteaded a place on Upper Fords Creek, near present day Weippe. The original cabin from the property was moved in 1960, to its current location on U.S. Highway 12, in Orofino. It is now known as the Tall Pine Cabin, my Grandmother Stila (Harlan) Gleason and her siblings were born on their grandparents homestead.

George died in January 1907 and is buried at Hill Cemetery, in Orofino.

(Note: George's tombstone states 1906 but after years of searching I found his obituary and he died on January 4, 1907. He was originally buried at Cook Cemetery and moved to Hill Cemetery, after the death of his wife in 1913.)