Niles family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York.

Lake View plot-61/74 lot 549

Lawyer-Graduate of Dartmouth College.

Married Isabel White, dt. of Hon. Hugh White, of Cohoes/Waterford, Saratoga County, New York and his wife Maria Mills Mansfield.

Cohoes and Waterford are next to each other so sometimes used interchangebly.

MARRIAGE:

On Wednesday, January 3, at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. L. P. Hickek, D.D., of Union College, William Watson Niles, counselor-at-law, of New York, to Miss Isabel, daughter of Hon. Hugh White, of Cohoes.

[New York Daily Herald, New York, New York, Janaury 5, 1855, Page 8]

CENSUS:

1880 Census: New York City, New York County, Enumeration Dist. 679

William W. Niles Age 56, Lawyer

Susan Age 43

Robert Age 22

William [White] Age 19 [b. 1861][#72912721]

Isabella Age 18

Susan Age 15

John Age 13

Flora Age 9

Agnes Age 24

OBITUARY:

WILLIAM WATSON NILES

William Watson Niles died at his home, in Bedford Park, on Tuesday, at the age of seventy-eight. He was born at West Fairlee, Vt., the home of his grandfather, Judge Nathaniel Niles, who was one of the early settlers and the first Representative in Congress.

Mr. Niles was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1845, and then went to La Porte, Ind., where he studied law with his brother, Judge John Barron Niles. After a year's travel abroad he began the practice of his profession in New York. He early took a prominent place at the bar and in politics, and though a Democrat when the war broke out he ardently supported Abraham Lincoln. He was active in raising regiments and in caring for the sick and wounded.

Mr. Niles was one of the founders of the Union Leagues which did great work in organizing Union men and strengthening the Administration. He wa an old friend and warm admirer of Horace Greeley, and gave him support in the Presidential contest in 1872. In that year he represented his district in the Assembly, and co-operated with Govenor Tilden in bringing the Tweed judges to account. A member of the Legislative Committee of Investigation he threw the casting vote in favor of impeachment. Friendship and long intimacy with Mr. Tilden led him to support the latter for the Presidency in 1878, during which year he was Mr. Tilden's confidential attorney.

Mr. Niles was active in promoting the interests of the section where he lived, now the Borough of The Bronx, and in 1884 was appointed one of the commissioners to lay out new parks north of the Harlem, and it was largely as a result of his efforts that the present splendid park domain in the Bronx was acquired.

Mr. Niles practiced his profession until stricken by his last illness, and during his professional life represented such prominent men as W. G. Ogden, John Anderson, Jeremiah Millbank and Amzi L. Barber. Mr. Niles was a born fighter, and having once espoused the cause of a client sometimes offended opponents by the vigor of his opposition, but none of them ever spoke except in the highest terms of his integrity and ability. He was a man of the highest principle and of unswerving rectitude.

Mr. Niles married Isabel White, the daughter of Hugh White, of Saratoga County, who, with six children, survives him.

[New York Tribune, New York, New York, Wednesday, October 31, 1900, Page 9]

Niles family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York.

Lake View plot-61/74 lot 549

Lawyer-Graduate of Dartmouth College.

Married Isabel White, dt. of Hon. Hugh White, of Cohoes/Waterford, Saratoga County, New York and his wife Maria Mills Mansfield.

Cohoes and Waterford are next to each other so sometimes used interchangebly.

MARRIAGE:

On Wednesday, January 3, at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. L. P. Hickek, D.D., of Union College, William Watson Niles, counselor-at-law, of New York, to Miss Isabel, daughter of Hon. Hugh White, of Cohoes.

[New York Daily Herald, New York, New York, Janaury 5, 1855, Page 8]

CENSUS:

1880 Census: New York City, New York County, Enumeration Dist. 679

William W. Niles Age 56, Lawyer

Susan Age 43

Robert Age 22

William [White] Age 19 [b. 1861][#72912721]

Isabella Age 18

Susan Age 15

John Age 13

Flora Age 9

Agnes Age 24

OBITUARY:

WILLIAM WATSON NILES

William Watson Niles died at his home, in Bedford Park, on Tuesday, at the age of seventy-eight. He was born at West Fairlee, Vt., the home of his grandfather, Judge Nathaniel Niles, who was one of the early settlers and the first Representative in Congress.

Mr. Niles was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1845, and then went to La Porte, Ind., where he studied law with his brother, Judge John Barron Niles. After a year's travel abroad he began the practice of his profession in New York. He early took a prominent place at the bar and in politics, and though a Democrat when the war broke out he ardently supported Abraham Lincoln. He was active in raising regiments and in caring for the sick and wounded.

Mr. Niles was one of the founders of the Union Leagues which did great work in organizing Union men and strengthening the Administration. He wa an old friend and warm admirer of Horace Greeley, and gave him support in the Presidential contest in 1872. In that year he represented his district in the Assembly, and co-operated with Govenor Tilden in bringing the Tweed judges to account. A member of the Legislative Committee of Investigation he threw the casting vote in favor of impeachment. Friendship and long intimacy with Mr. Tilden led him to support the latter for the Presidency in 1878, during which year he was Mr. Tilden's confidential attorney.

Mr. Niles was active in promoting the interests of the section where he lived, now the Borough of The Bronx, and in 1884 was appointed one of the commissioners to lay out new parks north of the Harlem, and it was largely as a result of his efforts that the present splendid park domain in the Bronx was acquired.

Mr. Niles practiced his profession until stricken by his last illness, and during his professional life represented such prominent men as W. G. Ogden, John Anderson, Jeremiah Millbank and Amzi L. Barber. Mr. Niles was a born fighter, and having once espoused the cause of a client sometimes offended opponents by the vigor of his opposition, but none of them ever spoke except in the highest terms of his integrity and ability. He was a man of the highest principle and of unswerving rectitude.

Mr. Niles married Isabel White, the daughter of Hugh White, of Saratoga County, who, with six children, survives him.

[New York Tribune, New York, New York, Wednesday, October 31, 1900, Page 9]