Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887,
Owen Co.

G. W. GILES was born in Owen County, Ky., October 3, 1837, and is a son of
Henry and Maria (Smither) Giles.  Henry Giles was born at No. 154 Broadway,
New York City, about 1796, and graduated at the United States Military
Academy, West Point, N. Y., and entered the regular army, where he rose to
the rank of brevet lieutenant-general.  He came to Kentucky, settled in
Owen County, and was a member of the House of Representatives in 1854.
Acquilla Giles, the grandfather of G. W. Giles, was a general in the
Revolution, was with Washington, and participated in all the battles of
that war.  Maria (Smither) Giles was born in Owen County, Ky., in 1804, and
was a daughter of Leonard and Elizabeth Smither, natives of Virginia, who
who immigrated to Owen County and settled on a farm.  G. W. Giles was
educated in the common schools of Owen County, and has made farming and
stock trading his occupation.  He owns a fine farm of 154 acres, in a
high state of cultivation, which he values at $20 per acre.  He married
Miss Nannie Marlow, daughter of Andrew and Persilla (Barnes) Marlow.
Andrew Marlow was born in Belfast, Ireland, came to America, where he was
a teacher and merchant, and died at Springport, Ky.  Persilla Marlow was
born in Owen County in 1822, and was a daughter of William P. and Nancy
(Thomas) Barnes, natives of Virginia, who immigrated to Kentucky, and
settled in Owen County.  Mr. and Mrs. Giles have two children: Marcia and
Bertha.  Mr. Giles is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in
politics is a Breckinridge Democrat.  He was also one of the first to
take hold of the prohibition cause in Owen County, and was at the head of
the list asking the privilege of voting on it in his district.

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