STILES, Joseph Clay, clergyman, born in Savannah, Georgia, 6 December, 1795; died there, 27 March, 1875. After graduation at Yale in 1814 he studied law at Litchfield, and practised in his native city, but in 1822 entered Andover theological seminary, where he was graduated in 1825. After his ordination by the presbytery in 1826 he labored as an evangelist in Georgia and Florida from 1829 till 1885, and gave an impetus to Presbyterianism in his native state, reviving old churches and building new ones. In 1835 he removed to Kentucky and spent nine years in the west, where he frequently engaged in public theological discussion that grew out of the division of his denomination. In 1844 he accepted a call to Richmond, Virginia, and in 1848 he became pastor of the Mercer street church. New York city, which charge he resigned, owing" to impaired health, and became general agent for the American Bible society in the south in 1850. In 1853 he became pastor of the South church in New Haven, Connecticut, organized a southern aid society, and in 1860 labored as evangelist in the south, serving in this capacity until his death. He received the degree of D. D. from Transylvania university in 1846, and that of LL. D. from the University of Georgia in 1860. Dr. Stiles was the author of a "Speech on the Slavery Resolutions in the General Assembly" (New York, 1850); " Modern Reform Examined, or the Union of the North and South on the Subject of Slavery" (Philadelphia, 1858); "The National Controversy, or the Voice of the Fathers upon the State of the Country" (New York, 1861); and "Future Punishment Discussed in a Letter to a Friend" (St. Louis, 1868).--His brother, William Henry, lawyer, born in Savannah, Ga., in January, 1808: died there, 20 December, 1865, received an academic education, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1831, and practised in Savannah. He was solicitor-general for the eastern district of Georgia in 1833-'6, and afterward elected to congress as a Democrat, serving from 4 December, 1843. till 3 March, 1845. On 19 April, 1845, he was appointed charge d' affaires in Austria, holding this office until 3 October, 1849, and on his return he resumed law-practice in Savannah. At the beginning of the civil war he raised a regiment for the Confederate army, in which he served as colonel, but resigned, owing to impaired health. Yale college gave him the degree of A. M. in 1837. He was the author of a " History of Austria, 1848-'9" (2 vols., New York, 1852).