Cumberland County, Maine - Abner D. Stiles ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: C. Wendland SilverDrusilla@aol.com Copyright © 2005 by C. Wendland Caitlin's Gold Award Project, Girl Scouts USA, Rio Grande Girl Scout Council, El Paso, Texas ********************************************************************** Biography Abner D. Stiles Biographical Review Cumberland County, Maine Boston Biographical Review Publishing Company 1896 Page 680-681 Abner D. Stiles, a well-known farmer of Bridgton, Me., with his sister owning and. occupying the old Stiles homestead, was born in Androscoggin County, Maine, March 28, 1839, son of Isaac and Amy (Jones) Stiles. His grandfather, Davis Stiles, purchased this homestead about a century ago, when much of the land in the vicinity was covered with heavy timber, and wild game was plentiful in the forests and fish in the lakes. He cleared his land and established a comfortable home, living to the advanced age of eight-four. Isaac Stiles, son of Davis, was born on the homestead in Bridgton, and took up the pursuit of agriculture at an early age. He went to Androscoggin County when a young man, and remained till 1842, in that year returning to Bridgton, and shortly after taking up his residence on the farm where he was born. There he spent the rest of his life, passing away in 1885 at the age of seventy-four. Mr. Isaac Stiles was a Democrat of the old school, never neglecting his duty on election day, but caring little for political honors. He was married in Androscoggin County to Miss Amy Jones, a native of Turner, Me. Five children completed their home circle, namely Abner D., the subject of this sketch; Albert (deceased); Ruth A., wife of Wallace Carey, a resident of Turner; Martha (deceased); and Clarice, who resides with her brother Abner D., and is part owner of the homestead. Mrs. Amy J. Stiles died in 1889, at the age of seventy- one. Abner D. Stiles has lived in Bridgton since early childhood, and received his education in the schools of this town. The associations of farm life are linked with his earliest recollections; and as a boy he rode the horse to plough, and drove the cows to pasture. In the maturity of manhood he was content to dwell amid the scenes which had grown dear to him through familiarity, and for many years he aided his father in the cultivation of the farm. Since his father's death he has managed the estate successfully, his sister presiding over the household. Mr. Stiles, like his father, votes the Democratic ticket. He is highly esteemed in Bridgton, the home of his family for so many years.