Spencer Niles

1755 - Abt 1787  (32 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 42 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Spencer Niles
  Birth	4 Oct 1755	West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt Oct 1787	Pownal, Bennington, Vermont, United States
  Initiatory (LDS)	16 Sep 2008	DALLA
  FamilySearch ID	G44G-JYY
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  Person ID	I175922	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Captain John Niles,   b. 1711, Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island, United States d. Abt 1778, Vermont, United States (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Spencer,   b. 1 Dec 1727, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States d. 1773, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	7 May 1748	Vermont, United States
  Family ID	F13463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 4 Oct 1755 - West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Death - Abt Oct 1787 - Pownal, Bennington, Vermont, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 16 Sep 2008 - DALLA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Spencer Niles came from Rhode Island in 1790, and his son, Russell, w a s then ten years old. He died March 29, 1852, at the age of seventy tw o y ears. W. E. Niles was born in the township of Pownal August 30, 1845, and is n o w engaged in the general mercantile business at Pownal Center. He was a pp ointed postmaster June 1, 1876, and continued in office until July, 18 87 . He was elected lister in 1876, and served five or six terms, and ha s be en poormaster since 1878, and is now selectman. His parents were Ben edic t C. and Laura A. (Raymond) Niles. Mr. Niles was born in this townsh ip Fe bruary 10, 1811, and Mrs. Niles was a native of the town of Stamfor d. W. E. Niles was married September 27, 1866, to Sarah McGray, of Scotch d e scent. They have had two children: Benedict W., and Minnie B. Benedic t W . graduated from the Drury Academy at North Adams, Mass. in 1888, an d fro m the Albany Law School June 23, 1889. Minnie B. graduated from th e Drur y Academy at North Adams in 1889. From: HISTORY OF BENNINGTON COUNTY, VT, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SK E TCHES OF SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS; EDITED BY LEWIS CASS A LD RICH, 1889 He died from a fall from a tree in Vermont.