John Henry (Jack) NILES was born 30 Jan 1849 in Smithfield, Prov. Co., Rhode Island, and died on 30 Jan 1921 in Freeport, Stephenson, Co., Illinois He was buried 2 Feb 1921 in the Ridott Cemetery, Ridott Illinois. He was a carpenter. and lived at 20 Howard St.,Freeport, IL.

His death certificate reports his death cause as carcinoma involving left eye socket. Paul Edward & Pamela Niles (a descendant of John Henry Niles) placed a tomb stone on the graves of John Henry and Nancy Milton Niles grave on Easter, 1998. John Henry and his father Jeremiah were often hired-men at Caleb Brown's mill on the Pecatonica River between Ridott and Freeport.

John Henry married Nancy Johnson MILTON on 2 Aug 1874. She was born on 15 Jun 1853 at East Riding, Sickesorn, Yorkshire County, England and died 5 Jul 1944 in Freeport. The family moved to Wolbach, Greeley County Nebraska about 1880; returned to Ridott, IL between 1890 and 1893.

Their children were:
...................................Mary Elizabeth (1875-1972
...................................Lillian May (1877- ca 1896)
...................................Paul Snow (1879-1915)
...................................George Henry (1880-1938)
...................................Jeremiah Nathaniel (1880-1938)
...................................Thomas Neb (1883-1883)
...................................Walter Halverson (1886-1968)
...................................Cyrus Aaron (1888-1964)
...................................Jennie Ann (1890-1979)
...................................Susie Ellen (1893-1918)