Mr. Riley was born in Harrison county, Indiana in 1839. He was brought up on a farm and attended the rural school of his neighborhood in a primitive log school house till he was 13 years of age, when his parents moved to Bartholomew county, Indiana and he entered Hartsville university, completing his course there one year before the breaking out of the civil war. He taught school two terms and on July 12, 1861 enlisted for the war in [Co. C,] 23rd Indiana infantry serving three years and participating in the battles of Belmont, Ft. Henry, Shiloh, Siege of Vicksburg and Sabine Cross Roads. After being mustered out he remained in the government service as a citizen employee [in the Quartermaster Corps] till the close of the war.
The summer and fall following the war he spent in Indiana [and then he moved to Lecompton, Kansas] where he taught two years in the commercial department of Lane university. He came to Jasper county in the fall of 1867 and taught his first school at the Langley school house, in the woods back of the present location of Tower of Light. Mr. Riley continued to teach here until 1872 when he returned to Indiana where he taught ten years and in 1882 came back to Jasper county taking a position as teacher in the schools of Carthage.
For five years he taught at various points in Jasper county and then spent twelve years operating his fruit farm southwest of Carthage. Three years ago he returned to town and for the past two years [1900-1901] has filled the position of city assessor.
—"For City Assessor," Carthage Evening Press, Carthage, Missouri, March 25, 1902.
He was a charter member of the GAR Post in Carthage, Missouri. He was commander of the GAR Post in Pittsburg, Kansas for sixteen years.
He took part in the dedication of the GAR Monument in Park Cemetery, Decoration Day, May 31, 1906.
AT "ATTENTION" FOR 5 MINUTES
______
Pittsburg Veterans Will
Pay A Silent Tribute To
Fallen Comrades.
______
On Memorial Day, May 30, bells will be tolled from 12 o’clock noon until 12:05 o’clock and old soldiers will stand at attention wherever they may be in tribute to their fallen comrades. Flags will be lowered to half mast, also. This is a new feature of observing this day that is requested in an order issued by S. S. Riley, commander of [GAR] General Russell Post number 65.
The order was issued Saturday by Mr. Riley and preparations are being made to carry out his idea.
—The Pittsburg Daily Headlight, Pittsburg, Kansas, May 19, 1913, 6.
Mr. Riley was born in Harrison county, Indiana in 1839. He was brought up on a farm and attended the rural school of his neighborhood in a primitive log school house till he was 13 years of age, when his parents moved to Bartholomew county, Indiana and he entered Hartsville university, completing his course there one year before the breaking out of the civil war. He taught school two terms and on July 12, 1861 enlisted for the war in [Co. C,] 23rd Indiana infantry serving three years and participating in the battles of Belmont, Ft. Henry, Shiloh, Siege of Vicksburg and Sabine Cross Roads. After being mustered out he remained in the government service as a citizen employee [in the Quartermaster Corps] till the close of the war.
The summer and fall following the war he spent in Indiana [and then he moved to Lecompton, Kansas] where he taught two years in the commercial department of Lane university. He came to Jasper county in the fall of 1867 and taught his first school at the Langley school house, in the woods back of the present location of Tower of Light. Mr. Riley continued to teach here until 1872 when he returned to Indiana where he taught ten years and in 1882 came back to Jasper county taking a position as teacher in the schools of Carthage.
For five years he taught at various points in Jasper county and then spent twelve years operating his fruit farm southwest of Carthage. Three years ago he returned to town and for the past two years [1900-1901] has filled the position of city assessor.
—"For City Assessor," Carthage Evening Press, Carthage, Missouri, March 25, 1902.
He was a charter member of the GAR Post in Carthage, Missouri. He was commander of the GAR Post in Pittsburg, Kansas for sixteen years.
He took part in the dedication of the GAR Monument in Park Cemetery, Decoration Day, May 31, 1906.
AT "ATTENTION" FOR 5 MINUTES
______
Pittsburg Veterans Will
Pay A Silent Tribute To
Fallen Comrades.
______
On Memorial Day, May 30, bells will be tolled from 12 o’clock noon until 12:05 o’clock and old soldiers will stand at attention wherever they may be in tribute to their fallen comrades. Flags will be lowered to half mast, also. This is a new feature of observing this day that is requested in an order issued by S. S. Riley, commander of [GAR] General Russell Post number 65.
The order was issued Saturday by Mr. Riley and preparations are being made to carry out his idea.
—The Pittsburg Daily Headlight, Pittsburg, Kansas, May 19, 1913, 6.
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