. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . ears. His death, the result of pneumonia, occurred at New Haven,while he was on business to that place, but he was interred in thepeaceful Southbury Cemetery, near the place of his nativity andwhere for so many years he had lived. There also lie the remainsof many former generations of his family, among the very first set-tlers of Southbury being the Stiless, who have, in every generation,been among the most active and influential citizens of the town. David J. Stiles was the eldest of four children, born to David Stilesand Olive Pierce, married in


. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . ears. His death, the result of pneumonia, occurred at New Haven,while he was on business to that place, but he was interred in thepeaceful Southbury Cemetery, near the place of his nativity andwhere for so many years he had lived. There also lie the remainsof many former generations of his family, among the very first set-tlers of Southbury being the Stiless, who have, in every generation,been among the most active and influential citizens of the town. David J. Stiles was the eldest of four children, born to David Stilesand Olive Pierce, married in 1784, the remainder of the family beingPatty, who died young; Mary Anna, who married and died within oneyear afterward; and Benjamin, who removed to Yorkville, South Car-olina. The father, David, born September 10th, 1751, was a son ofBenjamin Stiles, Esq. (married to Ruth Judson, of Stratford, wherealso had first lived, in Connecticut, this branch of the Stiles family),who was born in Southbury, February 11th, 1720. After graduating ^**£\.


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