The Yazoo Democrat, Yazoo City, Miss. 9-10-1851:
OBITUARY.
DIED suddenly at her residence, in this city, Mrs. Eliza A., consort of Mr. J. W. J. Niles, after a protracted suffering of several years; leaving a devoted husband and son to mourn their irreparable loss.
Her accomplished and refined demeanor, founded upon, and supported by the brilliant promises of the christian faith, created universal confidence, friendship and happiness of her acquaintance.
“Fair as the first who feel of woman kind,
Soft as the memory of buried love,
Pure as the prayer which childhood wafts above
Was she.” – Yazoo Whig.
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1850 census, Yazoo, Miss:
J W J Niles 36
E A Niles 35
L B G Niles 10
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Do a search with brackets -- "J. W. J. Niles" at Texas digital newspapers:
https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TDNP/
Mr. Niles was in the newspaper business in 1838 in Matagorda County, likely where he married Eliza A. Gervais.
Also much information in Chronicling America Newspapers, as J. W. J. Niles, in newspapers at:
1. Beginning 1845 in Yazoo, Miss.,
2. beginning 1853 in Tennessee newspapers, where he was President of the Bank of East Tennessee, Knoxville.
OBITUARY.
DIED suddenly at her residence, in this city, Mrs. Eliza A., consort of Mr. J. W. J. Niles, after a protracted suffering of several years; leaving a devoted husband and son to mourn their irreparable loss.
Her accomplished and refined demeanor, founded upon, and supported by the brilliant promises of the christian faith, created universal confidence, friendship and happiness of her acquaintance.
“Fair as the first who feel of woman kind,
Soft as the memory of buried love,
Pure as the prayer which childhood wafts above
Was she.” – Yazoo Whig.
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1850 census, Yazoo, Miss:
J W J Niles 36
E A Niles 35
L B G Niles 10
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Do a search with brackets -- "J. W. J. Niles" at Texas digital newspapers:
https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TDNP/
Mr. Niles was in the newspaper business in 1838 in Matagorda County, likely where he married Eliza A. Gervais.
Also much information in Chronicling America Newspapers, as J. W. J. Niles, in newspapers at:
1. Beginning 1845 in Yazoo, Miss.,
2. beginning 1853 in Tennessee newspapers, where he was President of the Bank of East Tennessee, Knoxville.
The Yazoo Democrat, Yazoo City, Miss. 9-10-1851:
OBITUARY.
DIED suddenly at her residence, in this city, Mrs. Eliza A., consort of Mr. J. W. J. Niles, after a protracted suffering of several years; leaving a devoted husband and son to mourn their irreparable loss.
Her accomplished and refined demeanor, founded upon, and supported by the brilliant promises of the christian faith, created universal confidence, friendship and happiness of her acquaintance.
“Fair as the first who feel of woman kind,
Soft as the memory of buried love,
Pure as the prayer which childhood wafts above
Was she.” – Yazoo Whig.
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1850 census, Yazoo, Miss:
J W J Niles 36
E A Niles 35
L B G Niles 10
-----
Do a search with brackets -- "J. W. J. Niles" at Texas digital newspapers:
https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TDNP/
Mr. Niles was in the newspaper business in 1838 in Matagorda County, likely where he married Eliza A. Gervais.
Also much information in Chronicling America Newspapers, as J. W. J. Niles, in newspapers at:
1. Beginning 1845 in Yazoo, Miss.,
2. beginning 1853 in Tennessee newspapers, where he was President of the Bank of East Tennessee, Knoxville.
OBITUARY.
DIED suddenly at her residence, in this city, Mrs. Eliza A., consort of Mr. J. W. J. Niles, after a protracted suffering of several years; leaving a devoted husband and son to mourn their irreparable loss.
Her accomplished and refined demeanor, founded upon, and supported by the brilliant promises of the christian faith, created universal confidence, friendship and happiness of her acquaintance.
“Fair as the first who feel of woman kind,
Soft as the memory of buried love,
Pure as the prayer which childhood wafts above
Was she.” – Yazoo Whig.
-----
1850 census, Yazoo, Miss:
J W J Niles 36
E A Niles 35
L B G Niles 10
-----
Do a search with brackets -- "J. W. J. Niles" at Texas digital newspapers:
https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TDNP/
Mr. Niles was in the newspaper business in 1838 in Matagorda County, likely where he married Eliza A. Gervais.
Also much information in Chronicling America Newspapers, as J. W. J. Niles, in newspapers at:
1. Beginning 1845 in Yazoo, Miss.,
2. beginning 1853 in Tennessee newspapers, where he was President of the Bank of East Tennessee, Knoxville.
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