Presbyterian minister, Lodi; was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1810; he began his preparatory course at Hartwick Seminary, Otsego Co.; continued under Dr. Hazelius, and at Jefferson, Schoharie Co., under Rev. Wm. Salisbury; in 1831, he entered the sophomore class of Williams College, graduating in 1834; entered Andover Theological Seminary in the fall of 1834, where he remained one year, when he assumed the principalship of Oxford Select Seminary, New York; he entered the Union Theological Seminary, New York City, in 1837, graduating in 1839; he began the ministry as Pastor of the Congregational Church at Hartwick, N. Y.; thence to Livonia, Livingston Co., in 1843, where he remained till 1855, when he became Principal of Genesee Model School, Lima, N. Y.; resigned on account of failing health in the spring of 1856; thence to Horseheads, N. Y.; came to Lodi in September, 1857, where he was Pastor of the Presbyterian Church for six years, when he was appointed Synodical Missionary of Wisconsin; he served in this capacity for thirteen years, resigning in July, 1877.
Mr. Riley was married to Anna Farrell, born at Detroit, Mich.; has had five children, three of whom are living, viz., Laura E., Edward F. and Dr. Charles P. Riley, of Prairie du Sac; Mary F. married Capt. George M. Humphry; died Feb. 29, 1880; Ellen S. died in Livonia, N. Y., in 1849. Mr. Riley began teaching at 14 years of age, and has always been an earnest worker in the cause of education.
Information for The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, 1880.
Mr. Riley was married to Anna Farrell, born at Detroit, Mich.; has had five children, three of whom are living, viz., Laura E., Edward F. and Dr. Charles P. Riley, of Prairie du Sac; Mary F. married Capt. George M. Humphry; died Feb. 29, 1880; Ellen S. died in Livonia, N. Y., in 1849. Mr. Riley began teaching at 14 years of age, and has always been an earnest worker in the cause of education.
Information for The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, 1880.
Presbyterian minister, Lodi; was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1810; he began his preparatory course at Hartwick Seminary, Otsego Co.; continued under Dr. Hazelius, and at Jefferson, Schoharie Co., under Rev. Wm. Salisbury; in 1831, he entered the sophomore class of Williams College, graduating in 1834; entered Andover Theological Seminary in the fall of 1834, where he remained one year, when he assumed the principalship of Oxford Select Seminary, New York; he entered the Union Theological Seminary, New York City, in 1837, graduating in 1839; he began the ministry as Pastor of the Congregational Church at Hartwick, N. Y.; thence to Livonia, Livingston Co., in 1843, where he remained till 1855, when he became Principal of Genesee Model School, Lima, N. Y.; resigned on account of failing health in the spring of 1856; thence to Horseheads, N. Y.; came to Lodi in September, 1857, where he was Pastor of the Presbyterian Church for six years, when he was appointed Synodical Missionary of Wisconsin; he served in this capacity for thirteen years, resigning in July, 1877.
Mr. Riley was married to Anna Farrell, born at Detroit, Mich.; has had five children, three of whom are living, viz., Laura E., Edward F. and Dr. Charles P. Riley, of Prairie du Sac; Mary F. married Capt. George M. Humphry; died Feb. 29, 1880; Ellen S. died in Livonia, N. Y., in 1849. Mr. Riley began teaching at 14 years of age, and has always been an earnest worker in the cause of education.
Information for The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, 1880.
Mr. Riley was married to Anna Farrell, born at Detroit, Mich.; has had five children, three of whom are living, viz., Laura E., Edward F. and Dr. Charles P. Riley, of Prairie du Sac; Mary F. married Capt. George M. Humphry; died Feb. 29, 1880; Ellen S. died in Livonia, N. Y., in 1849. Mr. Riley began teaching at 14 years of age, and has always been an earnest worker in the cause of education.
Information for The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, 1880.
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