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Justice Niles (other)
Justice Niles may refer to: * Addison Niles (1832–1890), associate justice of the Supreme Court of California * Nathaniel Niles (politician) (1741–1828), associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court * Silas Niles (1718–1774), associate justice of the List of justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Rhode Island Supreme Court {{disambiguation, tndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addison Niles
Addison Cook Niles (July 22, 1832 – January 17, 1890) was an attorney and served as Nevada County, California, Nevada County judge in California from 1862–1871 and as associate justice on the Supreme Court of California from 1872–1880. Biography Addison Cook Niles was born in Rensselaerville, New York to John Niles (1797 – 1872) and Mary Cook (1803 – 1873). Niles had two younger brothers: John Hamiton Niles and Charles Mumford Niles; and six sisters: Laura Niles, Cornelia Deborah Niles, Mary Corinthia Niles, Henrietta Amelia Niles, and Emily Harriet Niles. In 1852, Niles graduated from Williams College and began reading law in the office of Increase Sumner at Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and with Rufus King at Catskill, New York. In 1855, Niles was admitted to the New York bar, and then came to Nevada City, California, the center of gold prospecting. Niles entered into private practice with various attorneys, including Thomas Bard McFarland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Niles (politician)
Nathaniel Niles (April 3, 1741October 31, 1828) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a United States representative from Vermont. He also wrote a famous poem about the Battle of Bunker Hill. Orated one of the first abolition sermons preached in the colonies. Early life Niles was born in South Kingstown in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He attended Harvard College and graduated from Princeton College in 1766. He studied law and medicine, and taught in New York City. Niles also studied theology and preached in Norwich and Torrington, Connecticut. Niles invented a process for making wire, and erected mills in Norwich. On the fifth of June, 1774, he gave two sermons in the North church in Newburyport. He argued liberal concepts of liberty must apply to all, including those enslaved. Proclaiming "For shame, let us either cease to enslave our fellow-men, or else let us cease to complain of those who would enslave us." Career After the Revol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silas Niles
Silas or Silvanus (; Greek: Σίλας/Σιλουανός; fl. 1st century AD) was a leading member of the Early Christian community, who according to the New Testament accompanied Paul the Apostle on his second missionary journey. Name and etymologies ''Silas'' is traditionally assumed to be the same as the ''Silvanus'' mentioned in four epistles. Some translations, including the New International Version, call him "Silas" in the epistles. Paul, Silas, and Timothy are listed as co-authors of the two New Testament letters to the Thessalonians, though the authorship is disputed. The Second Epistle to the Corinthians mentions Silas as having preached with Paul and Timothy to the church in Corinth (), and the First Epistle of Peter describes Silas as a "faithful brother" (). There is some disagreement over the original or "proper" form of his name: "Silas", "Silvanus", "Seila", and "Saul" seem to be treated at the time as equivalent versions of the same name in different langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |