James Calvin “Calvin” GILES - Spring City Cemetery, Spring City, Rhea Co, TN
Dica Ann “Dicy” GILES - New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery, Loudon Co, TN
Paint Rock, Roane Co, TN (image courtesy of US Library of Congress)
Photo collage copyright 2006 D Giles Loiselle. Personal, noncommercial use only.

Preface: FINDING DICY

UPDATED notes (Analysis section rethinking: 17 May 2007)
My research: In the 1960s, my first cousin Jerry DENNEY conducted the earliest known family research for our GILES line. Though she knew that our great-grandmother Dicy GILES had been married twice and that she had several children when she married our great-grandfather James Calvin “Calvin” GILES, she did not know Dicy’s maiden name or the name of her first husband. My own questioning of family members over several years had uncovered very little more about Dicy than Jerry had discovered. I refused to give up, however, and now I can happily report that my research was the first to uncover documentation that definitively links Dicy GILES of Paint Rock, Tennessee to

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GILES Surname Marriages in Tennessee, continued
part one is | here |

Margaret C. JILES (or GILES) m Michael HILL - 21 Aug 1870 - Roane Co, TN
Margaret JILES (or GILES) m Andrew McCLELLAN - 10 Sep 1870 - Roane Co, TN
Mary A. JILES (or GILES) m Rufus BOLES - 3 Oct 1872 - Roane Co, TN
Mary JILES (or GILES) m William MASHER - 22 Jun 1876 - Roane Co, TN
Mary JILES (or GILES) m Patrick CONLEY - 17 Jul 1877 [same as Patrick CONOLY m Mary GILES] - Roane Co, TN
William JILES (or GILES) m Bettie WILHOIT - 14 Mar 1877 [same as William GILES  m Elizabeth WILHOIT] - Roane Co, TN

Laura J. GILES m J.G. BURGESS - 23 Sep 1895 - Meigs Co, TN
M.J. GILES m James BALIS - 13 May 1871 - Meigs Co, TN

i am especially interested in hearing from anyone with information about any of these JILES or GILES tennessee marriages (or of any of the earlier ones i posted |   here |. mid-19th century roane co, tn area GILES surnames are often found the variant spelling JILES (and vice-versa).

what follows is a paste-in of a text file into which i dumped census notes from my pdf record of family members affiliated with roane county, tennessee. as you’ll likely see, i hate census work, but i do it. unfortunately for others, i don’t standardize the way i extract or present the information. i’m all for whatever gets it down for me. i’m putting these here in hopes i’ll save others a little bit of tedious footwork and in the hope of tracking others in my family lines.

some surnames in this file:
giles, jiles, majors, smith, houston, patterson, waller, renfro, bowman, enoch, phillips, carter, lorance, & many more…

use your find function (control “f”) to locate a name or year

notes, analysis, format copyright 2006 , d giles loiselle - compiled on 21 jul 2006

key to beginning of each entry: name, census, description (if any), date, location - person’s age at census enumeration

–>census report - 1830-1930 - roane co, tn - giles, orig pdf page 1

Gideon Morgan BOWMAN (Abt 1844-)
• Census 1880 Elm Springs, Washington County,
Arkansas, USA
36
Household: Giddion M. BOWMAN Self M Male W 36 TN Blacksmith TN TN
Mary BOWMAN [Mary E. GILES] Wife M Female W 37 TN
Keeping House TN TN
Margaret J. BOWMAN Dau S Female W 16 TN House Work TN TN
James W. BOWMAN Son S Male W 3 TN TN TN
John W. SMITH Other S Male W 25 AR Blacksmth TN TN
James Willis “Doc”
BOWMAN, (Unproved
Relationship) (Abt
1877- )
• Census 1880 Elm Springs, Washington County,
Arkansas, USA
3
Giddion M. BOWMAN Self M Male W 36 TN Blacksmith TN TN
Mary BOWMAN Wife M Female W 37 TN Keeping House TN TN
Margaret J. BOWMAN
Dau S Female W 16 TN House Work TN TN
James W. BOWMAN Son S Male W 3 TN TN TN
John W. SMITH Other S Male W 25 AR Blacksmth TN TN

Margaret J.
BOWMAN, (Unproved
Relationship) (Abt
1864- )
• Census 1880 Elm Springs, Washington County,
Arkansas, USA
16
Giddion M. BOWMAN Self M Male W 36 TN Blacksmith TN TN
Mary BOWMAN Wife M Female W 37 TN Keeping House TN TN
Margaret J. BOWMAN Dau S Female W 16 TN House Work TN TN
James W. BOWMAN Son S Male W 3 TN TN TN
John W. SMITH Other S Male W 25 AR Blacksmth TN TN

Hettie J. BROWN
(1884-1976)
• Census Ten Mile Valley
Road, District 4
5-6 Jan 1920 Meigs County, Tennessee, USA
line 32, ff
sd 3
ed 88
sheet 3a
hh 45/45, Ten Mile Valley Road
All in household b in TN of parents both born in TN:
Will Jiles age 523, can read and write, b TN, farmer, general farm, employed
Sarah age 42, cannot read or write
Roy, son, age 18,, attended school, can read and write
Cora, dau, age 15, , attended school, can read and write
Lee , son, age 13, , attended school, can read and write
Buffer, son, age 11 (male), attended school, can read and write
Addie, dau, age 8, attended school
Lucile, dau, age 6, attended school
Ruth, dau, age 4 yrs, 10 months
Laura, dau, age 3 years 4 months
The next family enumerated, likely related but currently unidentified (12 Mar 2004) is also a Jiles
family:
line 42 ff, hh 46/46:
Frank Jiles age 28, can read and write, farmer, general farm, employed
Sallie age 26, can read and write
Willie age 10, attended school, can read and write
Estelle age 6, attended school
Newt, age 4 3/12 (son)
Bob age 2 2/12

–>Census Report - 1830-1930 - Roane Co, TN - Giles, orig pdf page 2

All in household b TN of parents both born TN
Note: An 8 Jul 2002 genforum JILES Board message by Curtis Wilson says that Frank JILES was a
son of William Robert JILES by one of his *two* wives.
All in the household were born in Tennessee of parents both born in Tennessee.
• Census District 4 - on
Euchee Road
15 Apr 1930 Ten Mile, Meigs County, Tennessee,
USA
46
ed 61-7
sd 12
sheet 7 A
Thomas B. Baldwin, Jr, enumerator
line 129
hh 129/132
line 34 ff:
Gidion M Jiles age 52 -married at age 25, farmer, general farm, not a veteran
Hettie J age 45 married age 18, b GA of parents b GA
Samuel R age 12
Niel L age 8
Reba C age 4 4/12
children all b TN of fa b TN, mo b GA

Elender “Ellen”
CARTER (Abt 1826-
)
• Census Township 62 1860 Gentry County, Missouri, USA 34
GILES CALVIN
(orig p 77, )
Calvin GILES
lines 24
hh 497/498
Calvin, 35, m, b TN, pers $160, farmer
Ellen [Carter], 34, b TN, cannot read or write
James, 13, b TN
William, 11, b TN
Jane, 10, b TN
Caroline, 7, b TN
John, 5, b TN
Mary, 4, b MO
Ben, 2, b MO
[this couple is in ILLINOIS for the 1870 census: see 1870 > ILLINOIS > SALINE > ELDORADO
P O, Micropublication M593_274, p 470 ]

Susan A. CARTER
(Abt 1833- )
• Census 20th Subdivision 30 Aug 1850 Roane County, Tennessee, USA 17
Enumerated by BF Welcker
fam 226/236
lines 21 ff:
GILES, William, 69, b VA, occupation “none,” over 20 cannot read or write
Polly, 66, b VA, over 20 cannot read or write
Houston, 23, b TN, occupation “none”
Susan, 18, b TN - Susan (CARTER) GILES
Polly Ann, 9 mos, b TN - dau of Susan and Houston GILES (see 1860 Gentry Co, MO census)
The ages of those in the household with Polly and William disincline me to list them as children of
the couple. Polly would have given birth to Houston when she was about 43 years old. My guess at
this time is that Houston is likely a grandson or nephew. Susan, as the 1860 census entry in Gentry
Co, MO makes apparent, is Susan (CARTER) GILES, Houston’s wife. Polly Ann is the daughter of
Susan and Houston GILES.
Despite my uncertainty about this household and its lineage in general, I am currently linking
Houston to William and Polly GILES as his parents. Researchers should keep in mind that I have
absolutely nothing to substantiate this analysis at this point (5 Sep 2005).
• Census Township 62,
Gentryville PO
13 Jun 1860 Gentry County, Missouri, USA 27
(orig p 37)
lines 26 ff
hh 235/235
1860 Gentry Co, MO
13 Jun 1860
Township 62

–>Census Report - 1830-1930 - Roane Co, TN - Giles, orig pdf page 3

Micropublication M653_620, p 683
(orig p 37)
lines 26 ff
hh 235/235
Houston GILES, 32, m, farmer, $400, $240, b TN
Susan [Carter], 26, f, b TN
Polly, 10, f, b TN
James, 8, b MO
William 6, b MO
Benjamin, 4, b MO
Sarah, 1, b MO
**William, 76, b VA
same township, 1860 census:
GILES CALVIN 35 M W TN MO GENTRY 62-TWP 1860 (orig p 77, micropublication M653_620,
p 723). See Calvin GILES in these files.

Cora Pickens ELLIS
(1881-1961)
• Census 10th Civil District,
Decatur PO
18 Jun 1900 Meigs County, Tennessee, USA 19
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