. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. uch a family withthat of Barron, which furnished the colonel of that name inthe Revolution, and we may expect the resulting generation tobe worthy of its forebears on both sides. William Watson Niles, fourth son of Wilham and RehefBarron Niles, was born at West Fairlee, Vermont, on March26, 1822. He was educated at Thetford Academy, BradfordAcademy, Newbury Seminary, and Dartmouth College, where hewas gi-aduated B. A. in 1845. Thereafter he studied at the In-diana Medical CoUege, and was assistant to the professor ofchemistry therein. His earl
. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. uch a family withthat of Barron, which furnished the colonel of that name inthe Revolution, and we may expect the resulting generation tobe worthy of its forebears on both sides. William Watson Niles, fourth son of Wilham and RehefBarron Niles, was born at West Fairlee, Vermont, on March26, 1822. He was educated at Thetford Academy, BradfordAcademy, Newbury Seminary, and Dartmouth College, where hewas gi-aduated B. A. in 1845. Thereafter he studied at the In-diana Medical CoUege, and was assistant to the professor ofchemistry therein. His early years were given to farming,teaching a New Hampshire district school, teaching navigation,etc., at South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, the principalship of aseminary, helping to build the first railroad west of Detroit, andfinally beginning the practice of law in Indiana. Truly a variedand arduous career, marked with determination and success, andforetokening high achievements further on. After some law practice in Indiana, Mr. Niles came to New 254. ^\ * /n^-h 4 Jr-T^LCi I ^^r^/ryz^y^i. WILLIAM WATSON NILES 255 York and entered the same profession here. That was at a timewhen there were giants at the bar, such as David B. Ogden,Charles OConor, James Sandford, and James T. Brady. Amongthem, alone and without patronage or acquaintance, he beganhis work, and won his way to an honorable rank. He was ad-mitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States onmotion of Attorney-General Gushing, and was engaged in almostevery branch of legal practice, often in cases of the liighest im-portance. Among his associates were the eminent lawyersaheady named and others of equal rank, and he was at timesarrayed against them, and also against Daniel Webster, John , Matthew Carpenter, and other famous advocates. At thesame tune he had other business interests, including real-estateoperations in a dozen States fi*om New York to California,cattle-raising in Indiana, and orange-growing
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