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Henry Riley

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Henry Riley

Birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
15 Oct 1863 (aged 62)
Lamont, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Lamont, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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b.Feb 1801 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

To Bio:

His wife :

Mary Cline, birth 1805 in Mercer, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania.
Death 1850 in Lafayette Co., Wisconsin.

His parents:

James Riley
1758 – 1820

Rebecca Harvey
1768 – 1849


Henry is of Welsh stock. He grew up in the city of Pittsburgh and when a young man went to Mercer County, Penn., where he purchased heavily timbered land which he cleared and on which he made a home. Later in life he moved to Lafayette county, WI where he and his wife spent their last days. He devoted his life to farming. Politically, he was a Whig, but never aspired to public office. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he was a fine type of the honest, rugged pioneer.

From the Wright-Matteoni Family Tree on Ancestry.
b.Feb 1801 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

To Bio:

His wife :

Mary Cline, birth 1805 in Mercer, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania.
Death 1850 in Lafayette Co., Wisconsin.

His parents:

James Riley
1758 – 1820

Rebecca Harvey
1768 – 1849


Henry is of Welsh stock. He grew up in the city of Pittsburgh and when a young man went to Mercer County, Penn., where he purchased heavily timbered land which he cleared and on which he made a home. Later in life he moved to Lafayette county, WI where he and his wife spent their last days. He devoted his life to farming. Politically, he was a Whig, but never aspired to public office. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he was a fine type of the honest, rugged pioneer.

From the Wright-Matteoni Family Tree on Ancestry.


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