John Dodson Stiles
Born: January 15, 1822
Birthplace: Town Hill, Pennsylvania
Father: Lewis Stiles 1789 – 1856
Mother: Sarah Ann Dodson 1791 – 1875
Wife: Mary Amanda Gibbons 1826 – 1880
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania)
Children:
John Lewis Stiles 1853 – 1910
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania)
Harry Gibbons Stiles 1856 – 1908
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania)
Clarence Herman Stiles 1859 – 1916
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania)
Mary Amanda Stiles McKee 1860 – 1927
(Buried: Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, Nebraska)
Charles Frederick Stiles 1862 – 1923
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania)
Blanche Gibbons Stiles Martin 1865 – 1907
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania)
Political Party: Democrat Party
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Allentown, Pennsylvania
1853 – 1856: Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, County District Attorney
1856: Pennsylvania Delegate to Democratic National Convention
Civil War Career:
1862 – 1865: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
1864: Pennsylvania Delegate to Democratic National Convention
1863 – 1865: Ranking Member of House Revolutionary Claims
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1869: Attorney in Allentown, Pennsylvania
1866: Delegate to Union National Convention in Pennsylvania
1869 – 1871: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
1869 – 1871: Ranking Member of State Dept. Expenditures Committee
1870: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to Congress
Missed 625 votes in his Congressional Career
1871 – 1896: Attorney in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Died: October 29, 1896
Place of Death: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Age at time of Death: 74 years old
Burial Place: Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania
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