Genration Six: Simeon W. Niles

Born: May 26, 1797 in Gardiner, Androscoggin Co., ME¹
Died: February 3, 1877. Cooperstown, Otsego Co., NY. Buried in Cooperstown, NY cemetery, on east side of Otsego Lake.
Married: Polly Wilson, April 9, 1848 in Cooperstown; born 1808; died December 15, 1872.

Children of Simeon W. Niles:

• John L., born 1823 ²; died January 10, 1916; married September 21, 1841, Deborah Putman.
• Julia L. born 1828 ²; died February 3, 1877.
• Lorenzo G. born 1830.
• Augusta E. Niles, b. abt. 1830
• William D. born 1843 ²; married Augusta E. Crandall.

Notes:

Simeon W. lived in Hartwick, N.Y. which borders the town of Exeter, Otsego Co., on the south and is down the valley and easy to travel from Schuyler Lake.

Census 1840, Town of Otsego, Otsego Co. N.Y. :

Simeon W. Niles
1 male under 5 (William D.), 2 males 5-10 (John and Lorenzo, 1 male 30-40 (Simeon)
1 female under 5, 1 female 15-20 (Julia), 1 female 40-50 (Nancy)

Otsego County Records, Town of Otsego 1850:

Simeon Niles, 40A improved; 5A not improved value $1000;
1 horse, 3 cows, 2 oxen, 3 other cattle, 2 swine.

 

Sources:

¹ Death records in the Cooperstown, N.Y. cemetery office state his birthplace as St. Marie, Maine (there is no such town as St. Marie, Maine, so this was probably a misprint, perhaps someone tried to abbreviate "State of Maine").
² Based on the 1850 Census, Town of Otsego, New York.