Bennington

NILES, George

Vermont Historical Magazine, No. XI, October 1867, pp 234-235
(extracted from a section on the history of Shaftsbury, Bennington County, 
Vermont)

George NILES was one of the early settlers [of Shaftsbury, Bennington County, 
Vermont], and lived to the ripe old age of one hundred and five years. On 
the day that made him one hundred years old, the venerable patriarch took his 
scythe, walked out in the meadow, and mowed a swath, and then standing erect, 
said, "There boys is a pattern for you!" Mr. NILES retained his intellect, 
powers of mind and erect form throughout. And many were the legends and 
anecdotes that fell from his lips, amusing, instructive, and historic of past 
generations.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly