Generation Eleven: Harold Chester Niles

Harold Chester Niles (Frank¹⁰, Squire⁹, William⁸, Thomas⁷, Caleb⁶, Caleb⁵, Ebenezer⁴, Ebenezer³, Nathaniel², John¹)

Born: June 4, 1919¹, Artic, Delaware Co., NY. 
Died: June 4, 1993, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co, IA; Gravestone.
Married: Jean Maude Patneude, June, 1946; Gravestone.

Children of Harold C. Niles and Jean M. Patneude

• Robert
• Thomas
• James
• Eugene

Notes²:

Harold was born on a farm in Artic, in the Town of Masonville, Delaware Co., NY. He attended Deposit High School, then Morrisville School of Agriculture for a while. Harold was employed on a dairy farm of Jacob Blakeslee in Newton, NJ, then as a farm manager for a time near Rome, NY.

Harold was in partnership with his father and brother John on the family farm near Smyrna NY, after which he rented a large dairy farm between Smyrna and Earlville. In the 1960's Harold sold his cows and began a career as long distance truck driver, eventually settling in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Sources:

¹Based on birth registration. Gravestone incorrectly lists birth as 1920.

²Notes from Lena (Teed) Niles