The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-03
THE LATE HON. ISAAC L. STILES.

A fuller obituary of the prominent North Haven citizen named above is as follows:
 The Hon. Isaac L.. Stiles died at his home in North Haven, Conn, Monday evening, July l., after weeks illness. The more immediate cause of his death was heart failure. MT. Stiles was born June 2S, 1879. He came from the old illustrious family of his name in Wind sor, Conn.,. his great-grandfather being the Rev. Isaac Stiles, thirty-six years pastor of the Congrega tional church in North Haven, and his more remote an cestors, Francis and John Stiles of Bos- ton and Windsor. respectively.
 Few men reared in small country vil- lages reach the degree of estimation in which he was held, not only by his townsmen, but by a wide and rare cir cle of friends, attracted by his genial and open-hearted ways. A recent work in speaking of the leading men in New Haven county says, among other things, of him.
 MT. Stiles was born at a period when industry, good character and sound re- ligious views were insisted upon as req uisites of every young person. The first he learned upon his fathers brick yard, the second at the family fireside, and the latter by inheritance from that stubborn though staunch old divine, his great-grandfather In politics he had always been a pronounced republican. In 1849 he was placed upon the town ticket for selectman and to the surprise of the opposite party was elected, the first whig on that board in many years. He represented the town in the general assembly of 1S54 1884 and 1885, and with such popularity that in 1890, much against his wishes, he was prevailed upon to stand as candidate for senator in the Seventh district, but was defeat ed by local issues in the Naugatuck val ley His sound judgment, fairness and hberallty made his advice sought in a multitude of ways by his townsmen. The exercise of these same qualities In his business relations made his name honored In a wide business circle and brought him financial success"
 The development of the brick industry of the town from the sale of a few thou sands of crude and rough manufacture in his boyhood to that of the finished production of millions at the present day is largely due to his persistence and attention. At the organization in 1892 of the l. l.. Stiles & Son Brick compan- ny-a large corporati tion-he was made it's president and remained so at the time of his death.
 MT. Stiles was also one of the fore most supporters of St. Johns church from early manhood. Between 1846 and 1884 he was a vestryman, and he was senior warden from 1884 to the time of his death. He was devout and reg ular attendant at church, and sincere communicant. He took a great interest in all church affairs, and especially In the musical portions of the church ser vices His generosity, his wise coun- sels, his broad sympathy and his splen- did Christian life of righteousness, puri- ty, nobleness, made flIs example power full for good His death is deeply felt, not only in St. Johns church, but in all the community. He was good and faithful" a churchman in whom was no guile.
 MT. Stiles had been twice married first to Sophronia M. Blakeslee in 1S42, and to Mrs. Ellen Rich Dickerman in 1888. Two sons survive him-Isaac w, prominent dentist in New Haven, and Frank L., vice president and treasurer of the Stiles Brick company. The bur ial will be attended on Wednesday, July 3, from St. Johns church.