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John Dodson Stiles
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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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