Personal Life
In 1853, Searls returned to New York to marry his first cousin, Mary Corinthia Niles (1830–1910) of Rensselaerville, New York, and brought her back to Nevada City, traveling by steamer with their friends, Charles Mulford and his new bride, Deb. They had two children, one of whom, Fred Searls (born 1854) engaged in the practice of law, and the other was a mechanical engineer.
He kept a diary about his experiences in 1869 during an arduous rail trip from New York to California and wrote a book about it, "Coast to coast by railroad: The journey of Niles Searls--May, 1869",
Searls was Vice President of the Society of California Pioneers. Along with Aaron A. Sargent, Searls was a Freemason of the Nevada Lodge, No. 13.
He retired to Berkeley, California in 1899, and died at his home eight years later. He was a Protestant.
Searls' grandson, Fred Searls, Jr., and great-grandson, Carroll Searls, were all attorneys. His great-grandson, Frederick Searls (1912–1998), also an attorney, was Vice President of Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Searls' first cousin, and Mary's brother, Addison Niles, was an Associate Justice on the California Supreme Court during the period of 1872-1880.
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