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James Giles 1775–1850 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1775

Birth Location: Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1850

Death Location: Nelson, Virginia, United States

Father: William Giles

Mother: Margaret Fitzgerald

Spouse(s): Nancy Saunders, Jemimah Coffey

Children(s): Jesse Giles, Andrew Giles, William Giles, Solomon Giles, Thomas Giles, Nancy Giles, Richard Giles, Mary Phillips

In 1775, James Giles entered the world in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States, born to William Giles And Margaret Matilda Fitzgerald. In 1840, James Giles resided in Nelson, Virginia, USA. James Giles married Jemimah T Coffey, Nancy Demina Saunders, and had children including Andrew Giles, Jesse Cash Giles, Mary Giles Phillips, Nancy Rachel Giles, Richard Saunders Giles, Solomon Rhodes Giles, Thomas Rollings Giles, William M Giles. James Giles passed away in 1850 in Nelson, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1775, James Giles entered the world in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States, born to William Giles And Margaret Matilda Fitzgerald.
  • In 1840, James Giles resided in Nelson, Virginia, USA.
  • James Giles married Jemimah T Coffey, Nancy Demina Saunders, and had children including Andrew Giles, Jesse Cash Giles, Mary Giles Phillips, Nancy Rachel Giles, Richard Saunders Giles, Solomon Rhodes Giles, Thomas Rollings Giles, William M Giles.
  • James Giles passed away in 1850 in Nelson, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Giles
1759–1820
Birth Location: Amherst County, Virginia, USA
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Margaret Fitzgerald
1759–1832
Birth Location: Amherst County, Virginia
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Spouses(s)

Nancy Saunders
1780–1850
Birth Location: –
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Jemimah Coffey
1780–
Birth Location: Amherst County, Virginia
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Children(s)

Jesse Giles
1818–1901
Birth Location: Old, Fort, Comfort, Boone, West Virginia, USA
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Andrew Giles
1800–
Birth Location: –
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William Giles
1805–1889
Birth Location: Amherst
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Solomon Giles
1808–1881
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Giles
1812–1894
Birth Location: Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
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Nancy Giles
1816–
Birth Location: –
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Richard Giles
1821–1908
Birth Location: Virginia
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Mary Phillips
1802–1886
Birth Location: Virginia
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James Giles's Ancestors

Self
James Giles
1775–1850
Birth Place: Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
Parents
William Giles
1759–1820
Amherst County, Virginia, USA
Margaret (Matilda) Fitzgerald
1759–1832
Amherst County, Virginia
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Giles's Descendants

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James Giles (1775–1850) m. Nancy (Demina) Saunders (1780–1850) m. Jemimah (T) Coffey (Abt. 1780–)
  1. 1. Jesse (Cash) Giles 1818–1901 m. Alice (Talitha) Allen 1828–1909
    1. 1. Charles (S) Giles 1847–1926 m. Elizabeth (Etta (Eva)) Lindsay 1856–1912
      1. 1. Jessee (Lindsay) Giles 1883–1968 m. John (D (Dolman)) Green 1877–1956 m. Sam Green 1875–
        1. 1. Marlin (D) Green 1904–1992 m. Rosa (Naywaycie) Brinsfield 1900–1977
        2. 2. Laura (Opal) Green 1921–2000 m. Charles (Laverne) Bodenheimer 1919–1974
        3. 3. Etta Green 1912–1985 m. Ernest (Lloyd) Perry 1910–1963
        4. 4. John (Green) Jr. 1915–1980 m. Willa (M) Doty 1923–2013
        5. 5. Leo (S) Green 1908–1954 m. Inez Green 1906–1992
        6. 6. Joe (Howard) Green 1909–1977 m. Myrtle (Fern) Green 1911–2009 m. Lillian Green 1910–1927
        7. 7. Almedia (Mae) Green 1919–1991 m. Kenneth (Lee Bishop) Sr 1922–1991
        8. 8. Charles (Earnest) Green 1908–1962 m. Lillie (E) Mollett 1914–1993
      2. 2. Earnest (Edward) Giles 1879–1960 m. Bertha (G Ransom) Bunyan 1887–1945 m. Elizabeth Giles 1895–1932
        1. 1. Eva (Marie) Giles 1906–1934
        2. 2. Thelma (Giles) (Hovious) 1913–
        3. 3. Dorthy (Vernon) Hearn 1916–
        4. 4. Francis Hearn 1917–
        5. 5. Ernest (Eugene) Giles 1919–1965 m. Elizabeth (Bell) Fields 1923–1926
      3. 3. William (Leroy) Giles 1877–1887 m. Maude (Ada) Brown 1882–
        1. 1. Lloyd (Brown) Giles 1922–1999
        2. 2. Porter (Eugene) Giles 1930–1996
      4. 4. Charlsie (Etta Giles) (Eubank) 1886–1930 m. Clyde (Ansel) Eubank 1882–1956
        1. 1. Charlsie (Iris) Giles 1909–1988 m. Samuel (Houston) Ming 1907–1982
        2. 2. Hazel (Lavon) Eubank 1916–1995 m. William (David) Stigall 1911–1961
      5. 5. Allie Giles 1855–
      6. 6. Joy (Abram) Giles 1886–1897
    2. 2. Susan (D Giles) (Casselberry) 1846– m. John (H.) Cutright 1847– m. Andrew Casselberry 1836–
      1. 1. Ida (May) Casselberry 1865– m. James Smith 1862–
    3. 3. Herbert (Milton) Giles 1865–1936 m. Sarah (Ellen) Ramsey 1869–1945
      1. 1. Ada (Mae Giles) (Barton) 1900–1944 m. Eugene Barton 1901–1968
        1. 1. Edna (Pauline Barton) (Summers) 1922–1986
        2. 2. Gayle (Kathleen Barton (Mercer)) (Kelly) 1924–1997 m. Alva (W) Mercer 1924–
        3. 3. Irma (Irene) Barton 1925–2002
    4. 4. Alice (B Giles) (McCarty) 1850–1938 m. James (William) McCarty 1845–1914
    5. 5. James (Cashius) Giles 1844–1916 m. Catharine England 1848–1917
      1. 1. Bessie Giles 1880–1954 m. Lewis (Charles) Frye 1876–1955
        1. 1. Gladys Frye 1903–
        2. 2. Gerald (Warren) Frye 1905–1963
      2. 2. Gwen Giles 1887–
      3. 3. Susan (Dora) Giles 1868–
      4. 4. Mary (Ella) Giles 1871–1925 m. Joseph (H.) Acton 1862–1928
        1. 1. Raymond (Sam) Giles 1923–1991 m. Sarah (Bell) Pollard 1922–
      5. 5. Vanse (Renick) Giles 1878–1947 m. Sarah (A.) Flowers 1879–
      6. 6. Harry Giles 1876–1945
  2. 2. Andrew Giles 1800–
  3. 3. William (M) Giles 1805–1889
    1. 1. Margaret (C.) Giles 1857–
  4. 4. Solomon (Rhodes) Giles 1808–1881
    1. 1. Robert (Fogus) Giles 1854–1933 m. Laura (Isabella) Giles 1855–1939
      1. 1. Clarence (Drummond) Giles 1881–1940 m. Laura (Elizabeth) Giles 1882–1932
      2. 2. Besse (Lewis Giles) Martin 1884–1948 m. Carrol Martin 1881–
        1. 1. John (Robert) Martin 1915–1938
      3. 3. Ruth (Gillette) Woodall 1896–1966 m. Robert (Samuel) Woodall 1885–1971
      4. 4. Ka??L (H) Giles 1888–
      5. 5. Pearl (Louise Giles Jordan) Tainter 1892–1975
      6. 6. Frank (Dement Giles) Sr 1893–1970 m. Lillian (Gertrude Maxwell) Giles 1895–1976
        1. 1. Virginia (Gertrude) Giles 1919–1925
        2. 2. Clarence (Maxwell) Giles 1930–2016
      7. 7. Corinne Giles 1899–
      8. 8. Russell (Henry) Giles 1888–1941 m. Lucille Giles 1893–1951
        1. 1. Harold (Russell Giles) Sr 1918–1973
  5. 5. Thomas (Rollings) Giles 1812–1894 m. Mary (Jane Ireland) Giles 1809–1892
    1. 1. Martha (Ossion) Fallis 1846–1918
    2. 2. Thomas (H) Giles 1836–1862
  6. 6. Nancy (Rachel) Giles 1816– m. Hudson (R.) Martin 1805–
  7. 7. Richard (Saunders) Giles 1821–1908 m. Jane (R.) Morris 1835–
    1. 1. Callie (Elizabeth Giles) Harris 1866–1964 m. Charles Harris 1858–1935
      1. 1. Ray (Fulton) Harris 1886–1923
      2. 2. Elmer (S) Harris 1890–
      3. 3. Pearl (Lillian) Harris 1905–1910
      4. 4. Hallie (B) Harris 1902–1987
    2. 2. Hester (R Giles) Gregory 1869–1950 m. John (C) Gregary 1863–
      1. 1. Pearl (Ruth) Morris 1892–1927 m. Oliver (Murray) Morris 1894–1961
        1. 1. Lillian (Ruth) Morris 1918–1992 m. Harvey (Wallace) Thompson 1919–1996
        2. 2. Larue (Odell) Lanning 1918–2006 m. Silas Lanning 1909–1989
      2. 2. Iva (O) Gregory 1901–
    3. 3. William (Hayes Walker) Giles 1860– m. America (Francis) Goolsby 1848– m. Josephine (Gertrude) Fields 1886–
      1. 1. Charles (Sanders) Giles 1877–1961 m. Florence (Dale Rea) Giles 1895–1975
      2. 2. Helen (I) Giles 1915–1982
      3. 3. Barbara (Hortense) Giles 1909– m. Wilber (Norton) Averill 1900–1977
        1. 1. Joan (Elizabeth) Averill 1931–2006
        2. 2. Charles (Norton) Averill 1939–2011
      4. 4. Hartwell (M) Giles 1911–1990
      5. 5. Estelle (Josephine Giles) Knowles 1914–1966 m. Rupert (Green) Knowles 1917–2003
      6. 6. Alice (Dorothy) Giles 1916–1961
      7. 7. Rader (Boaz) Giles 1888–1971
      8. 8. Henry (M) Giles 1887–1918
      9. 9. Jessie (Noble) Giles 1890–1982 m. Mack (A.) Drumheller 1889–1979
        1. 1. Travis (Thorncliffe) Drumheller 1912–1978 m. Helen (Elizabeth Condrey) Drumheller 1915–1982 m. Cora (Belle Ballinger) Duncan 1919–
        2. 2. Madge (Drumheller) Rowh 1919–2004 m. Linn (Mcclellan) Rowh 1918–1997
        3. 3. Lianne (Les) Drumheller 1908–1983
      10. 10. Haverland Giles 1875–
      11. 11. Benjamin (J) Giles 1879–1885
    4. 4. Ines (P) Giles 1860–
    5. 5. Oscar (Duval Giles) Sr 1863–1918 m. Mary (Etta Hudson) Giles 1869–1946
      1. 1. Willie (Walker) Giles 1888–1977 m. Julia (Stratton Withers) Giles 1876–1966
        1. 1. Austin (Robert) Withers 1905–1968 m. Lillia (Thomas) Withers 1917–2005
      2. 2. Jessie (James) Giles 1890–1979 m. Ethel (C.) Hamilton 1895–1978
        1. 1. Mary (Christine) Giles 1920–2005 m. Marvin (Lynwood) Johnson 1915–1963
        2. 2. Virginia (Elizabeth) Bargar 1926–2011 m. Herbert (Royston) Bargar 1926–1999
        3. 3. Carlton (Hamilton) Giles 1931–1996
      3. 3. Reavy (Hawthorne Giles) Sr 1896–1936 m. Juanita (Stella) Hardman 1896–1981
        1. 1. Reavy (Hawthorne Giles) Jr 1921–1946 m. Betty (Ann) Satterfield 1921–1998
      4. 4. Mary (Ella Frances) Giles 1897–1992 m. Gabriel (Talmadge) Saunders 1893–1963
        1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Saunders 1923–
        2. 2. Eva (Louise) Saunders 1925–2016 m. David (J) Smith 1919–
      5. 5. Katherine (Elizabeth) Giles 1904–1939
      6. 6. Idelle (Giles) Loving 1906–2000 m. Swanson (William) Loving 1905–1975
      7. 7. Oscar (Dewey) Giles 1908–1998 m. Mary (Ann) Giles 1908–2000
  8. 8. Mary (Giles) Phillips 1802–1886 m. William Phillips 1794–
    1. 1. Joseph (Solomon) Philipps 1833–1914 m. Lucinda (Hostettler) Phillips 1829–1914
    2. 2. Demina (Toliver) Bare 1823–1913
    3. 3. Nancy (Rody Knick) Phillips 1832–1914 m. John Knick 1827–1898
      1. 1. Mary (D Knick) Vess 1855– m. Samuel (G.) Vest 1846–
        1. 1. Mary (E.) Vess 1871–
        2. 2. Ida (Jane) Vess 1873–
        3. 3. William (J.) Vess 1880–
      2. 2. William (Jesse) Knick 1889–1898
      3. 3. Texas (Missouri Knick) Hostetler 1860– m. Jacob (Rodgers) Hostetter 1854–
        1. 1. Robert (Tyler) Hostetler 1890–1953 m. Minerva (May) Higgins 1895–1978
        2. 2. Lottie (Rhodes) Hostetler 1894–
        3. 3. Herbert (Kyle) Hostetter 1896–1966 m. Myrtle (Mae Knick) Hostetter 1897–1947
      4. 4. John (Alexander) Knick 1862–1937
      5. 5. Samuel (Grisby) Knick 1865–1918 m. Sarah (Virginia) Knick 1870–1962
        1. 1. John (Bolivar) Knick 1899–1944
        2. 2. Lemuel (Marion) Knick 1899–1933
      6. 6. Sarah (Elizabeth) Knick 1869–1948

James Giles's Timeline

4 Records

1775
1775
Birth of James Giles in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
1840
1840
Age 65
James Giles resided here in Nelson, Virginia, USA
Nelson, Virginia, USA
1850
1850
Age 75
Death of James Giles in Nelson, Virginia, United States
Nelson, Virginia, United States
1860
1860
Age 85
James Giles resided here in Nelson, Virginia, USA
Nelson, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1775
    Event Place: Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Nelson, Virginia; Roll: M653_1365; Page: 822; Family History Library Film: 805365

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1840
    Event Place: Nelson, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Nelson, Virginia; Page: 58

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Nelson, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Nelson, Virginia; Roll: M653_1365; Page: 822; Family History Library Film: 805365

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Nelson, Virginia, United States
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