JUDGE NILES, 81, OF YORK, DIES
York, Pa. July 15 (AP)- An illness of several month due to advanced age caused the death early today of President Judge Henry C. Niles of York county. He was 81.
Poor health had forced the jurist to give up his duties on the bench several weeks ago. He had six years of his term of office to serve at the time of his death.
Judge Niles was first elected to the York county bench in 1925 and was re-elected to a second 10-year-term in 1935. In 1929 he was an unsuccessful democratic nominee for the state Superior court and next year he won the democratic nomination for the state Supreme court but was defeated.
He was president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1904-05.
Born in Angelica, Alleghney county, June 17, 1858, he received his early education at the York county academy, York high school and York Collegiate institute and his law degree from Columbus university, New York. He began practice at York in June 1880.
In addition to the state Bar association, he was a member of the American Institute of Law. he was a mason and a Knight Templar.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lille Schall Niles, and a brother, the Rev. Edward S. Niles, of Baltimore.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
July 15 1939
HENRY CARPENTER NILES is a descendant in the eighth generation from Capt. John Niles, the progenitor of this branch of the Niles family in America, who crossed the ocean from Wales with the early Pilgrims in 1830, and settled in Braintree, Mass. The different members of the family continued to reside in New England for many generations, taking a leading part in the "building of the Republic."
William Niles, grandfather of Henry C. Niles, was for many years a merchant and citizen of Spencertown, N.Y. His son Henry E. Niles, father of Henry C., was an eminent divine of the Presbyterian Church, for thirty-five years serving the First Church of York. His death, May 14, 1900, caused profound sorrow and regret. His career will be more fully noted elsewhere.
On the maternal side Henry C. Niles also comes from Pilgrim stock. His grandfather, Sumner Marsh, was a manufacturer of Lowell, Mass. He held office in the Boston Custom House by appointment of President Lincoln, and returned to his birthplace at Southbridge, Mass., where he lived in retirement until his death at the age of eighty-seven. His wife was a direct descendant of Capt, John Mason, the celebrated Indian fighter, who achieved distinction in the Pequot war. Capt. mason was of English birth and came to America in 1630.
Henry Carpenter Niles was born in Angelica, Allegany Co., N.Y., June 17, 1858. His education was received in the schools of York, Pa. After finishing the courses in the York County Academy and the York Collegiate Institute, he engaged as a clerk in the First national Bank of York. He attended the Columbia University of Law School, where he graduated in 1880, also read law under the Hon. Robert J. Fisher, at York, and became familiar with legal practice in New York City in the office of James Brooks Dill and Miller & Peckham. Admitted to practice the same year he graduated, and later, in 1882, to the Supreme Court, he soon became recognized as a leader in trial practice. Mr. Niles is much esteemed among his fellow practitioners, and his colleagues in the Pennsylvania Bar Association honored him in 1904 by election to the presidency of that body. He has been prominently urged for the Common Pleas and Supreme Court Judgeship being more than ordinarily qualified for a seat on the Bench, the acceptance of which however, would involve no little percuniary sacrifice for one enjoying the practice he has won. He has achieved a reputation State-wide in its extent as a astute and successful practitioner of the law, the business of his firm, Niles & Neff, carrying him into all the prominent courts of the State. His foremost position at the Bar of York county is universally recognized. Mr. Niles has also made a reputation for himself as a legal and literary writer and speaker. As president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association he won merited distinction, and his address made before the body at Belford Springs, Pa., June 27, 1905, in which he boldly denounced the State Legislature for violating its oaths and Constitution, brought forth high commendation from the thinking members of his profession, and from good citizens everywhere.
Mr. Niles was married in 1886 to Miss Lillie Schall, a daughter of Michael Schall, of York. To this marriage was born one son, Michael Schall Niles.
Mr. Niles never aspired to a political career. He is a man of varied interests, and holds many positions of trust. Though he is still in middle life, he has achieved distinction in his profession, being senior member of the law firm of Niles & Neff, counsel and director of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and president of the Keystone Farm Machine Company.
Mr. Niles is a life member of the York County Historical Society, his influence always being used to promote it's best interests. Fraternally he is a member of the Freemasons, and has attained the Knight Templar degree. Politically he is a Republican of the independent type. In religious faith a Presbyterian, he has for many years been a supporter of the First Presbyterian Church and a member of the Board of Trustees.
History of York County, Pennsylvania
Page 28 & 29
York, Pa. July 15 (AP)- An illness of several month due to advanced age caused the death early today of President Judge Henry C. Niles of York county. He was 81.
Poor health had forced the jurist to give up his duties on the bench several weeks ago. He had six years of his term of office to serve at the time of his death.
Judge Niles was first elected to the York county bench in 1925 and was re-elected to a second 10-year-term in 1935. In 1929 he was an unsuccessful democratic nominee for the state Superior court and next year he won the democratic nomination for the state Supreme court but was defeated.
He was president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1904-05.
Born in Angelica, Alleghney county, June 17, 1858, he received his early education at the York county academy, York high school and York Collegiate institute and his law degree from Columbus university, New York. He began practice at York in June 1880.
In addition to the state Bar association, he was a member of the American Institute of Law. he was a mason and a Knight Templar.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lille Schall Niles, and a brother, the Rev. Edward S. Niles, of Baltimore.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
July 15 1939
HENRY CARPENTER NILES is a descendant in the eighth generation from Capt. John Niles, the progenitor of this branch of the Niles family in America, who crossed the ocean from Wales with the early Pilgrims in 1830, and settled in Braintree, Mass. The different members of the family continued to reside in New England for many generations, taking a leading part in the "building of the Republic."
William Niles, grandfather of Henry C. Niles, was for many years a merchant and citizen of Spencertown, N.Y. His son Henry E. Niles, father of Henry C., was an eminent divine of the Presbyterian Church, for thirty-five years serving the First Church of York. His death, May 14, 1900, caused profound sorrow and regret. His career will be more fully noted elsewhere.
On the maternal side Henry C. Niles also comes from Pilgrim stock. His grandfather, Sumner Marsh, was a manufacturer of Lowell, Mass. He held office in the Boston Custom House by appointment of President Lincoln, and returned to his birthplace at Southbridge, Mass., where he lived in retirement until his death at the age of eighty-seven. His wife was a direct descendant of Capt, John Mason, the celebrated Indian fighter, who achieved distinction in the Pequot war. Capt. mason was of English birth and came to America in 1630.
Henry Carpenter Niles was born in Angelica, Allegany Co., N.Y., June 17, 1858. His education was received in the schools of York, Pa. After finishing the courses in the York County Academy and the York Collegiate Institute, he engaged as a clerk in the First national Bank of York. He attended the Columbia University of Law School, where he graduated in 1880, also read law under the Hon. Robert J. Fisher, at York, and became familiar with legal practice in New York City in the office of James Brooks Dill and Miller & Peckham. Admitted to practice the same year he graduated, and later, in 1882, to the Supreme Court, he soon became recognized as a leader in trial practice. Mr. Niles is much esteemed among his fellow practitioners, and his colleagues in the Pennsylvania Bar Association honored him in 1904 by election to the presidency of that body. He has been prominently urged for the Common Pleas and Supreme Court Judgeship being more than ordinarily qualified for a seat on the Bench, the acceptance of which however, would involve no little percuniary sacrifice for one enjoying the practice he has won. He has achieved a reputation State-wide in its extent as a astute and successful practitioner of the law, the business of his firm, Niles & Neff, carrying him into all the prominent courts of the State. His foremost position at the Bar of York county is universally recognized. Mr. Niles has also made a reputation for himself as a legal and literary writer and speaker. As president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association he won merited distinction, and his address made before the body at Belford Springs, Pa., June 27, 1905, in which he boldly denounced the State Legislature for violating its oaths and Constitution, brought forth high commendation from the thinking members of his profession, and from good citizens everywhere.
Mr. Niles was married in 1886 to Miss Lillie Schall, a daughter of Michael Schall, of York. To this marriage was born one son, Michael Schall Niles.
Mr. Niles never aspired to a political career. He is a man of varied interests, and holds many positions of trust. Though he is still in middle life, he has achieved distinction in his profession, being senior member of the law firm of Niles & Neff, counsel and director of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and president of the Keystone Farm Machine Company.
Mr. Niles is a life member of the York County Historical Society, his influence always being used to promote it's best interests. Fraternally he is a member of the Freemasons, and has attained the Knight Templar degree. Politically he is a Republican of the independent type. In religious faith a Presbyterian, he has for many years been a supporter of the First Presbyterian Church and a member of the Board of Trustees.
History of York County, Pennsylvania
Page 28 & 29
JUDGE NILES, 81, OF YORK, DIES
York, Pa. July 15 (AP)- An illness of several month due to advanced age caused the death early today of President Judge Henry C. Niles of York county. He was 81.
Poor health had forced the jurist to give up his duties on the bench several weeks ago. He had six years of his term of office to serve at the time of his death.
Judge Niles was first elected to the York county bench in 1925 and was re-elected to a second 10-year-term in 1935. In 1929 he was an unsuccessful democratic nominee for the state Superior court and next year he won the democratic nomination for the state Supreme court but was defeated.
He was president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1904-05.
Born in Angelica, Alleghney county, June 17, 1858, he received his early education at the York county academy, York high school and York Collegiate institute and his law degree from Columbus university, New York. He began practice at York in June 1880.
In addition to the state Bar association, he was a member of the American Institute of Law. he was a mason and a Knight Templar.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lille Schall Niles, and a brother, the Rev. Edward S. Niles, of Baltimore.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
July 15 1939
HENRY CARPENTER NILES is a descendant in the eighth generation from Capt. John Niles, the progenitor of this branch of the Niles family in America, who crossed the ocean from Wales with the early Pilgrims in 1830, and settled in Braintree, Mass. The different members of the family continued to reside in New England for many generations, taking a leading part in the "building of the Republic."
William Niles, grandfather of Henry C. Niles, was for many years a merchant and citizen of Spencertown, N.Y. His son Henry E. Niles, father of Henry C., was an eminent divine of the Presbyterian Church, for thirty-five years serving the First Church of York. His death, May 14, 1900, caused profound sorrow and regret. His career will be more fully noted elsewhere.
On the maternal side Henry C. Niles also comes from Pilgrim stock. His grandfather, Sumner Marsh, was a manufacturer of Lowell, Mass. He held office in the Boston Custom House by appointment of President Lincoln, and returned to his birthplace at Southbridge, Mass., where he lived in retirement until his death at the age of eighty-seven. His wife was a direct descendant of Capt, John Mason, the celebrated Indian fighter, who achieved distinction in the Pequot war. Capt. mason was of English birth and came to America in 1630.
Henry Carpenter Niles was born in Angelica, Allegany Co., N.Y., June 17, 1858. His education was received in the schools of York, Pa. After finishing the courses in the York County Academy and the York Collegiate Institute, he engaged as a clerk in the First national Bank of York. He attended the Columbia University of Law School, where he graduated in 1880, also read law under the Hon. Robert J. Fisher, at York, and became familiar with legal practice in New York City in the office of James Brooks Dill and Miller & Peckham. Admitted to practice the same year he graduated, and later, in 1882, to the Supreme Court, he soon became recognized as a leader in trial practice. Mr. Niles is much esteemed among his fellow practitioners, and his colleagues in the Pennsylvania Bar Association honored him in 1904 by election to the presidency of that body. He has been prominently urged for the Common Pleas and Supreme Court Judgeship being more than ordinarily qualified for a seat on the Bench, the acceptance of which however, would involve no little percuniary sacrifice for one enjoying the practice he has won. He has achieved a reputation State-wide in its extent as a astute and successful practitioner of the law, the business of his firm, Niles & Neff, carrying him into all the prominent courts of the State. His foremost position at the Bar of York county is universally recognized. Mr. Niles has also made a reputation for himself as a legal and literary writer and speaker. As president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association he won merited distinction, and his address made before the body at Belford Springs, Pa., June 27, 1905, in which he boldly denounced the State Legislature for violating its oaths and Constitution, brought forth high commendation from the thinking members of his profession, and from good citizens everywhere.
Mr. Niles was married in 1886 to Miss Lillie Schall, a daughter of Michael Schall, of York. To this marriage was born one son, Michael Schall Niles.
Mr. Niles never aspired to a political career. He is a man of varied interests, and holds many positions of trust. Though he is still in middle life, he has achieved distinction in his profession, being senior member of the law firm of Niles & Neff, counsel and director of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and president of the Keystone Farm Machine Company.
Mr. Niles is a life member of the York County Historical Society, his influence always being used to promote it's best interests. Fraternally he is a member of the Freemasons, and has attained the Knight Templar degree. Politically he is a Republican of the independent type. In religious faith a Presbyterian, he has for many years been a supporter of the First Presbyterian Church and a member of the Board of Trustees.
History of York County, Pennsylvania
Page 28 & 29
York, Pa. July 15 (AP)- An illness of several month due to advanced age caused the death early today of President Judge Henry C. Niles of York county. He was 81.
Poor health had forced the jurist to give up his duties on the bench several weeks ago. He had six years of his term of office to serve at the time of his death.
Judge Niles was first elected to the York county bench in 1925 and was re-elected to a second 10-year-term in 1935. In 1929 he was an unsuccessful democratic nominee for the state Superior court and next year he won the democratic nomination for the state Supreme court but was defeated.
He was president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1904-05.
Born in Angelica, Alleghney county, June 17, 1858, he received his early education at the York county academy, York high school and York Collegiate institute and his law degree from Columbus university, New York. He began practice at York in June 1880.
In addition to the state Bar association, he was a member of the American Institute of Law. he was a mason and a Knight Templar.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lille Schall Niles, and a brother, the Rev. Edward S. Niles, of Baltimore.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
July 15 1939
HENRY CARPENTER NILES is a descendant in the eighth generation from Capt. John Niles, the progenitor of this branch of the Niles family in America, who crossed the ocean from Wales with the early Pilgrims in 1830, and settled in Braintree, Mass. The different members of the family continued to reside in New England for many generations, taking a leading part in the "building of the Republic."
William Niles, grandfather of Henry C. Niles, was for many years a merchant and citizen of Spencertown, N.Y. His son Henry E. Niles, father of Henry C., was an eminent divine of the Presbyterian Church, for thirty-five years serving the First Church of York. His death, May 14, 1900, caused profound sorrow and regret. His career will be more fully noted elsewhere.
On the maternal side Henry C. Niles also comes from Pilgrim stock. His grandfather, Sumner Marsh, was a manufacturer of Lowell, Mass. He held office in the Boston Custom House by appointment of President Lincoln, and returned to his birthplace at Southbridge, Mass., where he lived in retirement until his death at the age of eighty-seven. His wife was a direct descendant of Capt, John Mason, the celebrated Indian fighter, who achieved distinction in the Pequot war. Capt. mason was of English birth and came to America in 1630.
Henry Carpenter Niles was born in Angelica, Allegany Co., N.Y., June 17, 1858. His education was received in the schools of York, Pa. After finishing the courses in the York County Academy and the York Collegiate Institute, he engaged as a clerk in the First national Bank of York. He attended the Columbia University of Law School, where he graduated in 1880, also read law under the Hon. Robert J. Fisher, at York, and became familiar with legal practice in New York City in the office of James Brooks Dill and Miller & Peckham. Admitted to practice the same year he graduated, and later, in 1882, to the Supreme Court, he soon became recognized as a leader in trial practice. Mr. Niles is much esteemed among his fellow practitioners, and his colleagues in the Pennsylvania Bar Association honored him in 1904 by election to the presidency of that body. He has been prominently urged for the Common Pleas and Supreme Court Judgeship being more than ordinarily qualified for a seat on the Bench, the acceptance of which however, would involve no little percuniary sacrifice for one enjoying the practice he has won. He has achieved a reputation State-wide in its extent as a astute and successful practitioner of the law, the business of his firm, Niles & Neff, carrying him into all the prominent courts of the State. His foremost position at the Bar of York county is universally recognized. Mr. Niles has also made a reputation for himself as a legal and literary writer and speaker. As president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association he won merited distinction, and his address made before the body at Belford Springs, Pa., June 27, 1905, in which he boldly denounced the State Legislature for violating its oaths and Constitution, brought forth high commendation from the thinking members of his profession, and from good citizens everywhere.
Mr. Niles was married in 1886 to Miss Lillie Schall, a daughter of Michael Schall, of York. To this marriage was born one son, Michael Schall Niles.
Mr. Niles never aspired to a political career. He is a man of varied interests, and holds many positions of trust. Though he is still in middle life, he has achieved distinction in his profession, being senior member of the law firm of Niles & Neff, counsel and director of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and president of the Keystone Farm Machine Company.
Mr. Niles is a life member of the York County Historical Society, his influence always being used to promote it's best interests. Fraternally he is a member of the Freemasons, and has attained the Knight Templar degree. Politically he is a Republican of the independent type. In religious faith a Presbyterian, he has for many years been a supporter of the First Presbyterian Church and a member of the Board of Trustees.
History of York County, Pennsylvania
Page 28 & 29
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