The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-06
maj. ROBT. STILES
PASSES AWAY.
Brave Soldier, Able Lawyer and
Christian Gentleman Answers
the Last Summons.
DIED AT HIS COUNTRY HOME
'The Body to Come lfcre and to
Rest in Shady
ri Hollywood.

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Major Robert stiles died at his country
homo at Bon Air, In Chesterfield county.
yesterday morning at o'clock.
~ While the ond came suddenly and his
death was attributed to heart failure,
his ddnlisc was not entirely Unexpected,
for it was known among his loved ones
and his lnrgc circle OF friends for many
months past that he was III poor health.
Frequently within the past year he had
Said to friends and loved ones that he
was well aware that the end was near
ut hand.
For many years Major Stiles had spent
tho summer months at his beautiful!
country home at Bon AIR but It was his
custom to come to the city every morn
Ing to attend to his law business, he
being the senior member OF the law
firm OF stiles and Holladay
IS -" ijil iig tho past summer It was no
tced by his friends and nclghDors that
he ca1no In on thGS"Bon Air Acconro-
dltion" but seldom. He spent most OF
tho past summer at his country home,
where he lived with hts daughter.
Nearing the End.
This fact was taken as evidence that
tho brave soldier, who had defled death
at tho mouth of cannon, tho brilliant
author, who had written his own life
story; tho able lawyer. who had been an
ornament to the bar; the Christian gen
tlcmnn who had served his church, his
people and his Master we'll. was nearing
the end OF Il noble career. and was
about to pass over tho river to join tho
spirits OF the grand commanders lie 80
loved to follow and the noble Confcd :
crate braves with whom he fought strug-
glcd and suffered. A brave soldier. a
moro conscientious patriot. trucr clti-
zen than Major Robert stiles never lived
and died In old Virginia
His Last Moments.
In his last moments his sister. Miss
Josephine Stiles, and Ills loved daughter,
Miss Evelyn Stiles. were at his bedside,
4 Ms wero also DIR. Hn2en and one other
friend. Tho end came peacefully and the
brave soldier who Ind often barred his
breast In battle, as II to court q violent
death. went to his final rest as peace
fully as little child would pass from
pr:lttle to slumbcr. Major Stiles is sur
yiycd by his sister. Miss Josephine. one
son, Joe Clay Stiles. and daughter,
Miss Evelyn. His eldest child, Miss
Leila, died some years ago. as did his
wife. {,
The Funeral Tomorrow.
y b Tho body will be brought to Richmond
to-day. reaching here about 4 o'clock
In tho afternoon. and Will be taken direct
& 10 St Pauls Church. where 1t Will lie
In state until I o'clock tomorrow after
noon, when tho funeral services VIII
take place. The interment will be in
Hollywood Cemetery.
The following gentlemen VIII be the
active pall-bearers:
". r. Williams. H. c. Reilly, John
Peyton Mcguire, Jr.. Judge r. Garter
scott william E,llyson. w. G. Bentley,
Deane Maury and George Bryan.
The honorary pall-bearers will be ~.
G. Kean. DR.. l.. s. Pendlcton, John
Hunter, ]. 3. Tree, Dan. Mccarthy. w.
S. Forbes. Colonel T. NJ. r, Talcott,
Joseph Bryan. DR.. W. +. Evans, ]. p.
Mcclure Percy Halves, Colonel ". Cor
don McCabe. DR.. w. s. Gordon. John
W. Cringan, DR.. John +. VIM. Colonel
Archer Anderson. Judge A. J.. Holiday.
b. c. Wherry, W. NJ Watkins W.NP.
Desaussure, Colonel 10. Lane Stern. DR..
J. B. McCaw. DR.. Stuart. Mcclure, Col
oncl Joseph Il. Willard. W. w. Scott,
John II. Montague, John p. Branch,
Judge George l. Christian and Edward
Gray.
His Eventful Life.
Robert stiles was born In Woodford
county, KY, June y, 1886. Ills father
was the Rev. Joseph c. Stiles. a Pres
byterian minister. Tho ministerial du-
Ties OF the father called him from place
to place. and when Robert was yet a
child tho father came to Richmond to
become the pastor OF the United Pres
byterian Church, now known as tho
Grace Street Presbyterian Church
The career of Major Stiles was n most
cventful one. and when he came to pen
his "reminiscences he found a vast field
from which to draw, as he had viewed
life both from the Northern and South
ern standpoint, though his love, OF
course, always went out to Dixie.
During his boyhood the subject OF
this sketch lived In Now York city and
Now Haven. Conn. He was prepared
for college In the schools OF these two
cities and was graduated from Yale
In 1852
It SO happened that young STILES had
never visited the South since the origl-
nal removal of the family, which occur
red when he was about twelve years old,
so that practically all his education. as
Hooations and friendships were North
ern, Tho sequel nevertheless shows that
tho youths loyalty to the South was