Background
Niles, William Woodruff was born on May 24, 1832 in Hatley, Petroquest Energy, Canada. Son of Daniel Swit and Delia (Woodruff) Niles.
Niles, William Woodruff was born on May 24, 1832 in Hatley, Petroquest Energy, Canada. Son of Daniel Swit and Delia (Woodruff) Niles.
Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, 1857, A.M., 1860. Graduate Berkley Division School, 1861. S.T.D., Trinity, Connecticut, 1870, Doctor of Laws, 1896.
Doctor of Divinity, Dartmouth, 1879. Doctor of Civil Law, Bishop’s College, Quebec, 1898.
Deacon, 1861, priest, 1862, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Wiscasset, Maine, 1861-1864. Professor Latin language and literature, Trinity College, 1864-1870.
Rector Warehouse Point, Connecticut, 1868-1870. Consecrated bishop of N.H., 1870. Joint editor the Churchman, 1867.
President corporation St. Paul’s School, Concord, Holderness School for Boys, Plymouth, N.H., St. Mary’s School, Concord. President trustees Protestant Episcopal Church in N.H. Trustee Trinity College, since 1870.
Member commission for revising prayerbook and revising marginal readings in Bible, and for revising the Lectionary of the Church.
Married Bertha Olmsted, June 5, 1862.