Niles, William Watson

Niles, William Watson son of judge Nathaniel Niles, of Vermont, was born at West Fairlee Nov. 29, 1796; graduated at Dartmouth College, studied at Andover Theological Seminary, entered the ministry of the Congregational Church, and subsequently took orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church. He died at La Porte, Ind., in 1854. He was a zealous advocate of the cause of temperance.