Son of Mary K and Jacob Pratt Riley.
Additional information provided by Cameron Herrell (47967691):
NOTE: Newspaper called him "John" for some unknown reason. Also, his death date on the stone is 6 days earlier than going by the 1906 calendar and this newspaper obit.
Bates County Democrat, Butler, Missouri, Thursday, October 4, 1906 - Adrian News - From the Journal - "John Riley. son of Jacob Riley of the Burdett neighborhood, was killed in the switch yards, in Kansas City last Thursday. Young Riley had been working in the yards for a year or more. Just how the fatal accident happened we have not learned. The body was brought to Adrian Saturday and buried in the Burdett cemetery. Riley was an honest and industrious young man and his father and sisters have the sympathy of a large circle of friends in this bereavement."
Additional information provided by Cameron Herrell (47967691):
NOTE: Newspaper called him "John" for some unknown reason. Also, his death date on the stone is 6 days earlier than going by the 1906 calendar and this newspaper obit.
Bates County Democrat, Butler, Missouri, Thursday, October 4, 1906 - Adrian News - From the Journal - "John Riley. son of Jacob Riley of the Burdett neighborhood, was killed in the switch yards, in Kansas City last Thursday. Young Riley had been working in the yards for a year or more. Just how the fatal accident happened we have not learned. The body was brought to Adrian Saturday and buried in the Burdett cemetery. Riley was an honest and industrious young man and his father and sisters have the sympathy of a large circle of friends in this bereavement."
Son of Mary K and Jacob Pratt Riley.
Additional information provided by Cameron Herrell (47967691):
NOTE: Newspaper called him "John" for some unknown reason. Also, his death date on the stone is 6 days earlier than going by the 1906 calendar and this newspaper obit.
Bates County Democrat, Butler, Missouri, Thursday, October 4, 1906 - Adrian News - From the Journal - "John Riley. son of Jacob Riley of the Burdett neighborhood, was killed in the switch yards, in Kansas City last Thursday. Young Riley had been working in the yards for a year or more. Just how the fatal accident happened we have not learned. The body was brought to Adrian Saturday and buried in the Burdett cemetery. Riley was an honest and industrious young man and his father and sisters have the sympathy of a large circle of friends in this bereavement."
Additional information provided by Cameron Herrell (47967691):
NOTE: Newspaper called him "John" for some unknown reason. Also, his death date on the stone is 6 days earlier than going by the 1906 calendar and this newspaper obit.
Bates County Democrat, Butler, Missouri, Thursday, October 4, 1906 - Adrian News - From the Journal - "John Riley. son of Jacob Riley of the Burdett neighborhood, was killed in the switch yards, in Kansas City last Thursday. Young Riley had been working in the yards for a year or more. Just how the fatal accident happened we have not learned. The body was brought to Adrian Saturday and buried in the Burdett cemetery. Riley was an honest and industrious young man and his father and sisters have the sympathy of a large circle of friends in this bereavement."
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