Niles, Nathaniel
lawyer, inventor, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born April 3, 1741, in South Kensington, R. I. He was the inventor of making wire from bar iron by water power, and erected at Norwich, Conn., a woolen-card manufactory. He was a member of the Vermont legislature, and speaker of the house. He was a judge of the supreme court of Vermont, and was six times a presidential elector. He was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1791 to 1795. He wrote poetry and many sermons, and preached in his own house twelve years. He died Oct. 31, 1828, in West Fairlee, Vt.