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Descendants of John Knell Niles

Generation No. 11

44. PAULINE ELIZABETH¹¹ NILES (HOMER ALLEN¹⁰, ALBERT ELMER⁹, GEORGE J.⁸, ALBERT⁷, BENJAMIN NILES⁶ JR., BENJAMIN NILES⁵ SR., REV. BENJAMIN⁴ NILES, AMBROSE³, JOHN², JOHN KNELL¹) was born June 29, 1921 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. She married WILLIAM LEE GILLS JR. April 1943 in Montpelier, Vermont.

Children of Pauline Niles and William Jr. are:

	i.		CHARLOTTE DUDLEY¹² GILLS.
	ii.		WILLIAM LEE GILLS III.
	iii.		CYNTHIA GILLS.

45. DAVID ARLINGTON¹¹ NILES (HOMER ALLEN¹⁰, ALBERT ELMER⁹, GEORGE J.⁸, ALBERT⁷, BENJAMIN NILES⁶ JR., BENJAMIN NILES⁵ SR., REV. BENJAMIN⁴ NILES, AMBROSE³, JOHN², JOHN KNELL¹) was born June 25, 1926 in Montpelier, Washington Co., VT. He married NATALIE JUNE KEYSER August 30, 1947 in Chelsea, Orange Co., VT, daughter of Frank Keyser and Ellen Larkin.

Notes
David A. Niles was born in Montpelier, VT on June 25, 1926 when his parents lived at 20 Liberty Street. His father worked as an insurance clerk at National Life Insurance Company. In 1932, the family moved to the corner of Heaton and Liberty Streets, in a house with a garage and large barn, and a very big front porch. Here at 62 Liberty Street were some very happy years during David's elementary and high school years. In 1944, he graduated from Montpelier High School and enlisted in the Navy. He served aboard the USS Towner AKA-77, an amphibious cargo attack ship, for two years in the Pacific Theater, serving from Hawaii, the Philippines, New Guinea, China and Japan, and was finally discharged with the rate of Quartermaster Third Class. The following year was spent as a student at Vermont Junior College in Montpelier. In August 1947, he was married to Natalie Keyser of Chelsea, VT, and entered the sophomore class at Rhode Island School of Design, in Providence, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1950.
After a successful career in Boston as an illustrator with a graphic arts studio, during which time his work received many awards of distinction, he joined the faculty at Rhode Island School of Design, where in 1980 he became a full-time professor in the Department of Illustration. In 1989 he was honored to receive RISD's highest faculty award, the John R. Frazier Award for Distinguished Teaching, the first to receive the award from his academic department. He finally retired with the grade of Associate Professor in July, 1995.

Children of David Niles and Natalie Keyser are:

	i.		SHARON ELLEN¹² NILES, b. July 29, 1948, Barre, Vermont; m. WALTER YORK BROKAW, June 10, 1972, Concord, Massachusetts.
	ii.		DAVID ARLINGTON NILES JR., b. August 19, 1952.
	iii.		DIANE MELISSA NILES, b. September 11, 1956, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; m. JOSEF PAUL COX, September 21, 1986, Concord, Massachusetts.

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