Police Chief, Huntsville

Nickname:

Herman

Born:

August 26, 1900, Alabama

Died:

April 4, 1961, Huntsville, Alabama

Buried:

Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama

Son of:

Thomas Franklin Giles

Notes:

•  Son of T. F. Giles and Sue Acuff. - Alabama Deaths Index

•  Johny Herman Giles & Mary E. Williams obtained a marriage license on March 27, 1925 in Madison County, Alabama. - MCRC

•  Address listed as 106 Williams. - 1929 City Directory, Huntsville

•  Listed as a policeman in the 1930 census. This would have predated his years as Police Chief. - 1930 U.S. Census

•  Huntsville Police Chief 1938-1945. - Record II

•  The Huntsville Lions Club was organized July 1, 1938. Herman Giles was a charter member. - Taylor


Related Links:

•  1929 City Directory, Huntsville - Viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription.

•  1930 U.S. Census - Viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=j.+Herman&gsln=Giles&msbdy=1900&msddy=1961&msrpn__ftp=Huntsville%2c+Madison%2c+Alabama%2c+USA&msrpn=26828&msgdy=1925&msgpn__ftp=Madison+County%2c+Alabama%2c+USA&msgpn=1851&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=61g&cp=0&mssng0=Marye&mssns0=Williams&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=119032646&db=1930usfedcen&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2.)

•  Alabama Deaths Index - Viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Herman&gsln=Giles&msbdy=1900&msddy=1961&msrpn__ftp=Huntsville%2c+Madison%2c+Alabama%2c+USA&msrpn=26828&msgdy=1925&msgpn__ftp=Madison+County%2c+Alabama%2c+USA&msgpn=1851&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=61g&cp=0&mssng0=Mary+E.&mssns0=Williams&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=1560754&recoff=8+9+44+55+57&db=FSAlabamaDeath&indiv=1&ml_rpos=3.)

•  Elks - Great Elks in Madison County?? You Better Believe It!! A History of Madison County, Alabama, Elkdom, by James Record, 1972, pages 50 & 100.

•  Find A Grave - Page created by Heather; photo of grave by Susan Bennett.

•  MCRC - Madison County Records Center

•  Record II - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentally of Alabama and the United States, Volume II, by James Record, 1978, page 382.

•  Taylor - Commemorative Album, Celebrating our City's Sesquicentennial of Progress, Huntsville, Alabama, by James E. Taylor, General Chairman, 1955, page 196.

The Following Pages Link to this Page:
•  Record II
•  Taylor
•  Thomas Franklin Giles