Addison Cook Niles was an Associate Justice

Associate Justice

Associate Justice or Associate Judge is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the United States Supreme Court and some state supreme courts, and for some other courts in Commonwealth...

 on the Supreme Court of California

Supreme Court of California

The Supreme Court of California is the highest state court in California. It is headquartered in San Francisco and regularly holds sessions in Los Angeles and Sacramento. Its decisions are binding on all other California state courts.-Composition:...

 from 1872-1880. The town of Niles in Fremont, California

Fremont, California

Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...

 is named after Addison Niles, who was once a railroad

Rail transport

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 attorney

Lawyer

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 for the Western Pacific Railroad

Western Pacific Railroad

The Western Pacific Railroad was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was formed in 1903 as an attempt to break the near-monopoly the Southern Pacific Railroad had on rail service into northern California...

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Family

Niles' parents were the Hon. John Niles (1797-1872) and Mary Cook (1803-1873). Niles had
two younger brothers, John Hamiton Niles and Charles Mumford Niles. He had six sisters:
Laura Niles, Cornelia Deborah Niles, Mary Corinthia Niles, Henrietta Amelia Niles, and Emily Harriet Niles.

His first cousin, Niles Searls

Niles Searls

Niles Searls was an attorney, politician, and the Chief Justice of California.-Early years:Searls, whose last name is also sometimes spelled as Searles, was born in Coeymans, New York. His father, Abraham Searls , of English descent, worked as a farmer. His mother, Lydia Niles, was of Scottish...

, Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court from 1887 to 1889, was married to Addison's sister, Mary (1830-1910).