retired Last Maker.
md. 16 Sep 1864, Salem, MA
sp. Lydia Knight CLOUGH
b. ~1843 Salem MA
d/o Andrew jr. & Lydia H. Clough;
SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR AS A MARINER.
17MAY1861 William H NILES age 22 (b. ~1839-40), enlisted at Boston, for 1 yr, as Seaman, credit, Townsend. Served on Recg. Ship OHIO, U.S.S. MISSISSIPPI, R.R. CUYLER, and Recg Ship NORTH CAROLINA, from which discharged 29APR1862 as Seaman. Again enlist, 9JUN1862, at Boston, for 2 yrs, as Seaman, credit Boston. Served on Recg. Ship OHIO and U.S.S. GENNESSEE. Disch 28JUL1864, from PRINCETON, as Seaman. Again enlist, 14OCT1864, at New York, for 2 yrs, as Seaman. Served on U.S.S. VERMONT and MALVERN, from which disch, 24OCT1865, as Seaman.
Veterans Administration Pension
William H Niles
Beneficiary's Name Lydia K Niles
Type: Navy Invalid
Death Date 20 Mar 1915
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS / EPISTAXIS
retired Last Maker.
md. 16 Sep 1864, Salem, MA
sp. Lydia Knight CLOUGH
b. ~1843 Salem MA
d/o Andrew jr. & Lydia H. Clough;
SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR AS A MARINER.
17MAY1861 William H NILES age 22 (b. ~1839-40), enlisted at Boston, for 1 yr, as Seaman, credit, Townsend. Served on Recg. Ship OHIO, U.S.S. MISSISSIPPI, R.R. CUYLER, and Recg Ship NORTH CAROLINA, from which discharged 29APR1862 as Seaman. Again enlist, 9JUN1862, at Boston, for 2 yrs, as Seaman, credit Boston. Served on Recg. Ship OHIO and U.S.S. GENNESSEE. Disch 28JUL1864, from PRINCETON, as Seaman. Again enlist, 14OCT1864, at New York, for 2 yrs, as Seaman. Served on U.S.S. VERMONT and MALVERN, from which disch, 24OCT1865, as Seaman.
Veterans Administration Pension
William H Niles
Beneficiary's Name Lydia K Niles
Type: Navy Invalid
Death Date 20 Mar 1915
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS / EPISTAXIS
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HUSBAND
WILLIAM H. NILES
1839 - 1915
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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