Edited excerpts from The Gettysburg Times, October 9, 1957:
Fred C. Riley, 86, died at his home in Greenmount Tuesday evening at 7:15 o'clock. He had been in good health until Saturday when he suffered a stroke which led to his death. He has 83 survivors.
A native of Freedom Twp., he was a son of the late David A and Lucy (Hoffman) Riley, and had been a farmer all of his life. His father had farmed the Codori farm near here about the time of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Mr. Riley had been a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church here, had served as vice president of the Farmers State Bank of Emmitsburg for 26 years and was president of the Marsh Creek Telephone Association.
Surviving are his third wife, the former Mary V. Forry; five children by his first marriage to Martha Jane Rider, who died December 22, 1904; Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cool, Fairfield; David Abraham Riley, Gettysburg; James Francis Riley, Gettysburg; Mrs. Lucy Virginia Slaybaugh, Biglerville; and Colonel Joseph Riley, Gettysburg; one daughter by his second marriage to Annie E. Sheeley, who died April 2, 1834: Mrs. Elizabeth Alice Jane Payne, Phoenix, AZ.
Also surviving are 24 grandchildren and 52 great-grandchildren. He was the last survivor of his immediate family.
Fred C. Riley, 86, died at his home in Greenmount Tuesday evening at 7:15 o'clock. He had been in good health until Saturday when he suffered a stroke which led to his death. He has 83 survivors.
A native of Freedom Twp., he was a son of the late David A and Lucy (Hoffman) Riley, and had been a farmer all of his life. His father had farmed the Codori farm near here about the time of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Mr. Riley had been a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church here, had served as vice president of the Farmers State Bank of Emmitsburg for 26 years and was president of the Marsh Creek Telephone Association.
Surviving are his third wife, the former Mary V. Forry; five children by his first marriage to Martha Jane Rider, who died December 22, 1904; Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cool, Fairfield; David Abraham Riley, Gettysburg; James Francis Riley, Gettysburg; Mrs. Lucy Virginia Slaybaugh, Biglerville; and Colonel Joseph Riley, Gettysburg; one daughter by his second marriage to Annie E. Sheeley, who died April 2, 1834: Mrs. Elizabeth Alice Jane Payne, Phoenix, AZ.
Also surviving are 24 grandchildren and 52 great-grandchildren. He was the last survivor of his immediate family.
Edited excerpts from The Gettysburg Times, October 9, 1957:
Fred C. Riley, 86, died at his home in Greenmount Tuesday evening at 7:15 o'clock. He had been in good health until Saturday when he suffered a stroke which led to his death. He has 83 survivors.
A native of Freedom Twp., he was a son of the late David A and Lucy (Hoffman) Riley, and had been a farmer all of his life. His father had farmed the Codori farm near here about the time of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Mr. Riley had been a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church here, had served as vice president of the Farmers State Bank of Emmitsburg for 26 years and was president of the Marsh Creek Telephone Association.
Surviving are his third wife, the former Mary V. Forry; five children by his first marriage to Martha Jane Rider, who died December 22, 1904; Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cool, Fairfield; David Abraham Riley, Gettysburg; James Francis Riley, Gettysburg; Mrs. Lucy Virginia Slaybaugh, Biglerville; and Colonel Joseph Riley, Gettysburg; one daughter by his second marriage to Annie E. Sheeley, who died April 2, 1834: Mrs. Elizabeth Alice Jane Payne, Phoenix, AZ.
Also surviving are 24 grandchildren and 52 great-grandchildren. He was the last survivor of his immediate family.
Fred C. Riley, 86, died at his home in Greenmount Tuesday evening at 7:15 o'clock. He had been in good health until Saturday when he suffered a stroke which led to his death. He has 83 survivors.
A native of Freedom Twp., he was a son of the late David A and Lucy (Hoffman) Riley, and had been a farmer all of his life. His father had farmed the Codori farm near here about the time of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Mr. Riley had been a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church here, had served as vice president of the Farmers State Bank of Emmitsburg for 26 years and was president of the Marsh Creek Telephone Association.
Surviving are his third wife, the former Mary V. Forry; five children by his first marriage to Martha Jane Rider, who died December 22, 1904; Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cool, Fairfield; David Abraham Riley, Gettysburg; James Francis Riley, Gettysburg; Mrs. Lucy Virginia Slaybaugh, Biglerville; and Colonel Joseph Riley, Gettysburg; one daughter by his second marriage to Annie E. Sheeley, who died April 2, 1834: Mrs. Elizabeth Alice Jane Payne, Phoenix, AZ.
Also surviving are 24 grandchildren and 52 great-grandchildren. He was the last survivor of his immediate family.
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