Jane E. Stiles was born on her family's farm along the Blackwater Swamp in southern Surry County, Virginia (near modern Dendron). She was the daughter of John Stiles Jr. and his wife, Rebecca Cooper, also both Surry County natives. Jane's paternal grandparents were John Stiles Sr., a shoemaker from New York who settled along the Blackwater Swamp about 1782 and served as the first proprietor of the New Design Tavern, and Mary Sebrell, daughter of Nathaniel Sebrell Sr. , a Surry County tavernkeeper and tobacco farmer. Jane's maternal grandparents were Surry County natives Frederick Cooper, deer hunter and cotton farmer, and his wife Elizabeth Dewell.
Shortly after Jane's birth, her parents sold their land in Surry County and followed her grandfather, John Stiles Sr., to Franklin County, Tennessee. Jane spent the first fifteen years of her life there and perhaps in neighboring Coffee County, Tennessee. About 1839, her parents decided to again move west, and by early 1840 they had settled in Union County, Arkansas.
In 1842, at the age of 18, Jane married James Boatright. They lived in Jackson Township, Union County, Arkansas near her parents until about 1851, when they moved west into Columbia County, Arkansas with her parents and brothers for a few years. They returned to Union County, where James planted a crop for one year. In 1857, James purchased a portion of his father's farm in the Zion Hill Community northwest of Farmerville, and they moved there that fall with Jane's parents.
When the war began in 1861, Jane's eldest son, John Nolan Boatright, enlisted in August and served at Shiloh and Vicksburg during 1862. In the spring of 1862, Jane's husband and second son, Sidney Boatright, joined the Confederate Army, with all three men serving in the same unit. James died of disease at Jackson, Mississippi in November 1862. John N. Boatright survived the Siege of Vicksburg and the War, but Sidney died soon after the Confederate surrender at Vicksburg.
Jane Stiles Boatright never remarried after the war. She raised her children on her farm next to her father-in-law, Powhatan Boatright, who lost five sons and at least three grandsons in the Confederate Army. According to family stories, in the 1880s after her youngest daughter, Frances, married John Fowler Albritton, Jane moved in with Samantha Fowler Scarborough east of Farmerville, near her daughter's farm. After Samantha became too feeble to live alone, Jane moved in with her daughter, Frances Boatright Albritton.
In the midst of the 1896 drought, Farmerville's newspaper, "The Gazette," issue of 5 August 1896, published this simple notice chronicling Jane's death:
"Mrs. Jane E. Boatright died this week."
Shortly after Jane's birth, her parents sold their land in Surry County and followed her grandfather, John Stiles Sr., to Franklin County, Tennessee. Jane spent the first fifteen years of her life there and perhaps in neighboring Coffee County, Tennessee. About 1839, her parents decided to again move west, and by early 1840 they had settled in Union County, Arkansas.
In 1842, at the age of 18, Jane married James Boatright. They lived in Jackson Township, Union County, Arkansas near her parents until about 1851, when they moved west into Columbia County, Arkansas with her parents and brothers for a few years. They returned to Union County, where James planted a crop for one year. In 1857, James purchased a portion of his father's farm in the Zion Hill Community northwest of Farmerville, and they moved there that fall with Jane's parents.
When the war began in 1861, Jane's eldest son, John Nolan Boatright, enlisted in August and served at Shiloh and Vicksburg during 1862. In the spring of 1862, Jane's husband and second son, Sidney Boatright, joined the Confederate Army, with all three men serving in the same unit. James died of disease at Jackson, Mississippi in November 1862. John N. Boatright survived the Siege of Vicksburg and the War, but Sidney died soon after the Confederate surrender at Vicksburg.
Jane Stiles Boatright never remarried after the war. She raised her children on her farm next to her father-in-law, Powhatan Boatright, who lost five sons and at least three grandsons in the Confederate Army. According to family stories, in the 1880s after her youngest daughter, Frances, married John Fowler Albritton, Jane moved in with Samantha Fowler Scarborough east of Farmerville, near her daughter's farm. After Samantha became too feeble to live alone, Jane moved in with her daughter, Frances Boatright Albritton.
In the midst of the 1896 drought, Farmerville's newspaper, "The Gazette," issue of 5 August 1896, published this simple notice chronicling Jane's death:
"Mrs. Jane E. Boatright died this week."
Jane E. Stiles was born on her family's farm along the Blackwater Swamp in southern Surry County, Virginia (near modern Dendron). She was the daughter of John Stiles Jr. and his wife, Rebecca Cooper, also both Surry County natives. Jane's paternal grandparents were John Stiles Sr., a shoemaker from New York who settled along the Blackwater Swamp about 1782 and served as the first proprietor of the New Design Tavern, and Mary Sebrell, daughter of Nathaniel Sebrell Sr. , a Surry County tavernkeeper and tobacco farmer. Jane's maternal grandparents were Surry County natives Frederick Cooper, deer hunter and cotton farmer, and his wife Elizabeth Dewell.
Shortly after Jane's birth, her parents sold their land in Surry County and followed her grandfather, John Stiles Sr., to Franklin County, Tennessee. Jane spent the first fifteen years of her life there and perhaps in neighboring Coffee County, Tennessee. About 1839, her parents decided to again move west, and by early 1840 they had settled in Union County, Arkansas.
In 1842, at the age of 18, Jane married James Boatright. They lived in Jackson Township, Union County, Arkansas near her parents until about 1851, when they moved west into Columbia County, Arkansas with her parents and brothers for a few years. They returned to Union County, where James planted a crop for one year. In 1857, James purchased a portion of his father's farm in the Zion Hill Community northwest of Farmerville, and they moved there that fall with Jane's parents.
When the war began in 1861, Jane's eldest son, John Nolan Boatright, enlisted in August and served at Shiloh and Vicksburg during 1862. In the spring of 1862, Jane's husband and second son, Sidney Boatright, joined the Confederate Army, with all three men serving in the same unit. James died of disease at Jackson, Mississippi in November 1862. John N. Boatright survived the Siege of Vicksburg and the War, but Sidney died soon after the Confederate surrender at Vicksburg.
Jane Stiles Boatright never remarried after the war. She raised her children on her farm next to her father-in-law, Powhatan Boatright, who lost five sons and at least three grandsons in the Confederate Army. According to family stories, in the 1880s after her youngest daughter, Frances, married John Fowler Albritton, Jane moved in with Samantha Fowler Scarborough east of Farmerville, near her daughter's farm. After Samantha became too feeble to live alone, Jane moved in with her daughter, Frances Boatright Albritton.
In the midst of the 1896 drought, Farmerville's newspaper, "The Gazette," issue of 5 August 1896, published this simple notice chronicling Jane's death:
"Mrs. Jane E. Boatright died this week."
Shortly after Jane's birth, her parents sold their land in Surry County and followed her grandfather, John Stiles Sr., to Franklin County, Tennessee. Jane spent the first fifteen years of her life there and perhaps in neighboring Coffee County, Tennessee. About 1839, her parents decided to again move west, and by early 1840 they had settled in Union County, Arkansas.
In 1842, at the age of 18, Jane married James Boatright. They lived in Jackson Township, Union County, Arkansas near her parents until about 1851, when they moved west into Columbia County, Arkansas with her parents and brothers for a few years. They returned to Union County, where James planted a crop for one year. In 1857, James purchased a portion of his father's farm in the Zion Hill Community northwest of Farmerville, and they moved there that fall with Jane's parents.
When the war began in 1861, Jane's eldest son, John Nolan Boatright, enlisted in August and served at Shiloh and Vicksburg during 1862. In the spring of 1862, Jane's husband and second son, Sidney Boatright, joined the Confederate Army, with all three men serving in the same unit. James died of disease at Jackson, Mississippi in November 1862. John N. Boatright survived the Siege of Vicksburg and the War, but Sidney died soon after the Confederate surrender at Vicksburg.
Jane Stiles Boatright never remarried after the war. She raised her children on her farm next to her father-in-law, Powhatan Boatright, who lost five sons and at least three grandsons in the Confederate Army. According to family stories, in the 1880s after her youngest daughter, Frances, married John Fowler Albritton, Jane moved in with Samantha Fowler Scarborough east of Farmerville, near her daughter's farm. After Samantha became too feeble to live alone, Jane moved in with her daughter, Frances Boatright Albritton.
In the midst of the 1896 drought, Farmerville's newspaper, "The Gazette," issue of 5 August 1896, published this simple notice chronicling Jane's death:
"Mrs. Jane E. Boatright died this week."
Family Members
Children
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John Nolan Boatright
1843–1885
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Sidney Boatright
1845–1863
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Rebecca Jane "Becky" Boatright Phelps
1846–1891
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Mary Ann Boatright Johnston
1849–1915
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Emily Octavia Boatright Purdy
1851–1885
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George W. Boatright
1854–1884
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William Pinkney Boatright
1857–1901
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James Frances "Fannie" Boatright Albritton
1861–1930
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