Biographical Sketch of E. M. Niles, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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E. M. Niles, of Niles, Riblet & Co., proprietors of the Vulcan
Machine Shop, manufacturers of engines, boilers, etc., is a native
of New London County, Connecticut, and was born February 6, 1840.
When quite young he came West, and located at Kenosha, Wisconsin,
where he resided four years, and learned the machinists trade.  He
resided in Colorado and other localities until 1866, when he became
a resident of St. Joseph.  For several years he was foreman in the
foundry now operated by Crowther & Rogers, and for nine years was
in the employ of the Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs
Railroad Company.  In the spring of 1881, he engaged in trade.  He
has had a varied experience as a machinist, and is a very thorough
one.  He was married in 1870, to Miss Annie Tracy.  They have four
children:  Harry, Fred, Milton and Calvin.

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