JOSEPH STILES
Joseph Stiles, attorney at law, and land loan and insurance agent, was born in 0., in 1846; removed to Benton county, Ia., in 1853; thence to Western, Linn county, in 1856; there attended college, and in 1867 moved to Jefferson, Green county, where he engaged in teaching school. In 1873 he began the study of law, with Henderson & Howard. The following year he was admitted to the bar, in the district court, Judge Reed presiding. He was associated in practice with Judge Potter, of that place, one year; removed to Harlan in the autumn of 1875, and opened an office; was elected justice of the peace in 1877, which office he held two terms.
Transcribed February, 2018 by Cheryl Siebrass from: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth, published in Sioux City, IA.: Western Publishing Company, 1882, pg. 425.
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