. The Stiles family in America : genealogies of the Connecticut family. Descendants of John Stiles, of Windsor, Conn., and of Mr. Francis Stiles, of Windsor and Stratford, Conn., 1635-1894; also the Connecticut New Jersey families, 1720-1894; and the southern (or Bermuda-Georgia) family, 1635-1894. With contributions to the genealogies of some New York and Pennsylvania families .... in the SecondCompany, First Regiment of Connecticut Cavalry, was from Collins, under date of May 26, 1823; Commisson as Sergeant,from the same, Sept. 16, 1823. In 1824 (September) he left Hartford, and ent
. The Stiles family in America : genealogies of the Connecticut family. Descendants of John Stiles, of Windsor, Conn., and of Mr. Francis Stiles, of Windsor and Stratford, Conn., 1635-1894; also the Connecticut New Jersey families, 1720-1894; and the southern (or Bermuda-Georgia) family, 1635-1894. With contributions to the genealogies of some New York and Pennsylvania families .... in the SecondCompany, First Regiment of Connecticut Cavalry, was from Collins, under date of May 26, 1823; Commisson as Sergeant,from the same, Sept. 16, 1823. In 1824 (September) he left Hartford, and entered into apartnership with Mr. Vistus Balch, in the then village ofUtica, N. Y. On this trip, the first time he had ever been so farfrom home, he was a fellow-traveler upon the same steamboat whichconveyed Gen. Lafayette from Hartford to New York, and had thepleasure of seeing and conversing with that illustrious friend ofAmerican independence. The establishment of a bank note en-graving concern, in such a Western frontier settlement as Uticathen was, was a bold enterprise. The firm of V. Balch & S. Stiles,was located on the corner of Broad and John streets, and soon com-manded a fair business from the banks of New York State, and fromother sources. In June, 1825, Mr. Stiles married a daughter of his old em-ployer and partner, Deacon Reed; and his partner, Mr. Balch, in. SAMUEL STILES. THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY. 281 1826, removed to New Yjrk City, where early in 1828 Mr. Stilesfollowed him, his health being seriously threatened by the climateof Utica. His first business location was at No. 4 Wall street; then,(1829,) in the old Merchants Exchange, in Wall street, where he wasburned out in the great fire of 1832, removing to an office at 16Spruce, corner of Nassau street, in the Tract Societys (then) new-building. From 1833 to 1835 the firm was S. Stiles & Co., En-gravers and Map Publishers (J. H. Col ton being the Co.), at 9Wall and 34 Merchants Exchange ; in 1836 at 4 Spruce str
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