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Nathaniel Niles (April 3, 1741 – October 31, 1828) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a United States representative from Vermont . He also wrote a famous poem about the Battle of Bunker Hill .
Earl J. "Hymie" Weiss (born Henryk Wojciechowski; [1] January 25, 1898 – October 11, 1926), was a Polish-American mob boss who became a leader of the Prohibition-era North Side Gang and a bitter rival of Al Capone. He was known as "the only man Al Capone feared".
Antoni Wojciechowski (6 June 1905 – 19 January 1938) was a Polish chess master. He was a well-known player in Poznań in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1926, he tied for 2nd-3rd in the Poznań chess championship. The same year, he won at the Poznań Chess Club Championship. In 1928, he won again the Poznań chess championship.
The first portion of Niles was platted the following year, including the downtown area. The Chicago Road between Detroit and Chicago was completed through the area in 1832–33, and its location only a few miles south of Niles served to bring settlers into the area. By 1835, Niles had several hundred residents and a village government was ...
Niles Canyon, California; Niles Township (disambiguation) People and fictional characters. Niles (name), a list of people and fictional characters; Other uses
Michigan historical marker Niles, Michigan. Fort Saint Joseph was a fort established on land granted to the Jesuits by King Louis XIV; it was located on what is now the south side of the present-day town of Niles, Michigan. Père Claude-Jean Allouez established the Mission de Saint-Joseph in the 1680s.
Niles is a surname and a masculine given name which may refer to: People. Surname. Addison Niles (1832–1890), American judge in California;
Tytus Woyciechowski, c. 1875 Memorial to Chopin's visit to Poturzyn. Tytus Sylwester Woyciechowski (31 December 1808 – 23 March 1879) was a Polish political activist, agriculturalist, and patron of art.