Meet Joseph Niles- my 2nd Great-Grandfather- sadly, I do not have a picture of him.
Joseph was born on 24 Nov 1857 in Ohio to parents David Purdy Niles (1833-1914) & Clarinda Jane Robinson (1835-1909). He had 10 siblings:
1. Hiram A. (1854-1902)
2. Sarah E. (b. 1856)
3. John (b. 1859)
4. Mary Louella (1861-1952)
5. Emma Alice (1863-1923)
6. Lucy Jane (1865-1900)
7. Elizabeth "Lizzie" (1867-1946)
8. Annie (b. 1869)
9. David Harvey (1872-1940)
10. Mattie (b. 1882)
Joseph enlisted in the military on 24 May 1878 at the age of 20 and then married Anna E. Shomber on 19 Jul 1884.
Anna E. Shomber
born: 05 Apr 1869 Darke County, Ohio
died: 19 Jul 1947 Union City, Randolph, Indiana, age 78
~Daughter of John Shomber (1836-1917) & Mary Elizabeth Catherine Zacharias (1839-1911)
Joseph and Anna had 3 children:
1. Bertha "Bessie May" Niles (1886-1966)
2. Earl David Niles (1891-1969)
3. Edna Grace Niles (1894-1933) (my great-grandmother)
Some personal trees on Ancestry.com show that he has 4 children- a 4th child named Eileen, born 1905, but that is actually Edna Grace. The only proof of this "child" is a marriage certificate to Fillmore Hax Chapman on 13 Jul 1931- that is my great-grandmother's second husband.
Joseph died at the age of 75 in Union, Darke, Ohio. Cause of death was lateral sclerosis of cord (spinal) due to cardio vascular disease. He is buried in the Greenville Union Cemetery in Greenville, Ohio.
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