Charles Biles1

M, #3456, b. circa 1769, d. 1858
Last Edited: 25 Mar 2014

Parents:

Father: William Biles1 b. c 1740
Mother: Mary Opdike1

Family 1:

Catherine Updike

Children:

George Biles2
John Biles7
Catherine Biles7
Lydia Biles7 b. 1807

Family 2:

Lydia Black b. c 1785, d. 18 Apr 1865

Children:

Clarissa Biles7
Charles Biles7 b. 1812
Isaac B. Biles+5 b. 25 Sep 1815, d. 28 Jun 1885

Notes

  • Note*: Children Charles, Clarissa and perhaps others may be assigned here to the wrong mother:
    Source John A. Biles assigns all the children, except Isaac who he does not list, to Catherine Updike.
    Source Lee only has children Charles, Clarissa and Isaac, who are all assigned to Lydia Black.4,5
  • Note: 1850 US Census, Lawrence, Mercer, New Jersey:
    Charles Biles, age 79 [indexed in Ancestry.com as Bills]
    Lydia Biles, age 746
  • Note: GMNJ 31:2 Gravestone Inscriptions; Presbyterian Churchyard, Lawrenceville, Mercer Co.; Presbyterian Churchyard, Lawrenceville:
    "Biles, Charles, d. Aug. 10, 1858, in 90th yr.;
    his wife Lydia d. Apr. 18, 1865, in 80th yr."4
  • Note: No probate found for Charles Biles nor Lydia Biles in Mercer Co. NJ Estate Index, FHL microfilm 849572, viewed on FamilySearch.org

Citations

  1. [S27] Biles, John A., Letters from John A. Biles (1858-1929), Wyalusing, Penn. to Warren S. Ely, dated 4 April 1927 & 9 May 1927, relating conversations he had 22 Feb 1883 with brothers Thomas Jefferson Biles, Israel Biles and Charles Biles, residents of Trenton New Jersey. The letters are contained in the section entitled "Biles and allied families of Tindall", from the "Ely Collection, by Warren S. and Josephine I. Ely". See key note in this database under Thomas Jefferson Biles. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, call number "FC Bi", ).   Ely-Coll--Biles.pdf   Ely-Coll--Biles-Inventory.pdf
  2. [S27] Biles, John A., Letters to Ely, April 4, p. 2.
  3. [S89] Cook, Lewis D., "Biles of N.J.", a section in the "Family Records, by L. D. Cook", in the Lewis D. Cook papers, 17 typed pages (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, call number "Gen 3.4", ), numbered 3 & 8 1/2.   Cook--Biles-of-NJ.pdf
  4. [S89] Cook, Lewis D., Biles of N.J., numbered p. 3.
  5. [S257] Lee, Francis Bazley, Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County New Jersey (New York Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907), Vol. 1, p. 151-2.   Lee--Mercer-Co.pdf
  6. [S514] US Census, viewed on Ancestry.com.
  7. [S27] Biles, John A., Letters to Ely, April 9, p. 1, chart.