James M Riley is the son of William Riley and Mary Ann Mcilvaine Riley. In a family memoir to a grandchild giving a Riley/McIlvaine history, William Andrew Riley, born 21 Oct 1845, the son of William b 5 April 1811 and wife Mary Blair in St Louis MO, gives that this James M Riley born 9 Nov 1805, who is his uncle, "Went to Missouri, married in 1847 and died 26 Nov 1848 at St Louis and is buried at Belfontaine Cemetery. His widow married a man by the name of Dutcher."

Following is a timeline of the Riley and Dutcher Families and sources as regards to James, his wife Anna, and their son James McIlvaine:

Missouri Marriage Records to 1850
Name: James M. Riley
Spouse: Anna Tapscott
Marriage Date: 1 Oct 1847 --note date
Marriage County: Marion
Source Information
Dodd, Jordan. Missouri Marriages to 1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.

Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Missouri.

James M Riley SR died 26 Nov 1848 in St Louis, St Louis Co, Missouri.--They were married abt 13 months.

Their son James McIlvaine Riley JR was born 16 May 1849 in St Louis, St Louis Co, Missouri.--Son was born 7 months after death of father.

St. Louis, Missouri Marriages, 1804-76
Name: Clinton Dutcher
Spouse: Ann, Mrs Reily--note spelling
Marriage Date: 30 Dec 1852 --note date
Volume/Page: 06-046
Source Information
St. Louis Genealogical Society, comp.. St. Louis, Missouri Marriages, 1804-76 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

Original data: St. Louis Genealogical Society. St. Louis Marriage Index, 1804-76. St. Louis, MO, USA: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1999.

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Anna Dutcher
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1833
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: St Louis Ward 1, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri
Post Office: St Louis
Family Number: 4369
Household Members:
C O Dutcher 28
Anna Dutcher 27
James Dutcher 8 --s/b James Riley,son of Anna
D C Dutcher 4 --abt 1856
Frank Dutcher 2 --abt 1858
Cary Dutcher 20
Charles Kuss 19 -laborer
Anna Buel 40 -servant

Source Citation
Year: 1860; Census Place: St Louis Ward 1, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: M653_647; Page: 537; Image: 536; Family History Library Film: 803647

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: C O Dutcher
Age in 1870: 35
Birth Year: abt 1835
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1870: Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Saint Louis
Household Members:
C O Dutcher 35 --age is again off
Anna Dutcher 30
J M Riley 21 --note that he is listed with his RILEY surname, with mother still alive
C O Ducher 13
F A Ducher 11
Charles Ducher 8
Ralph Ducher 1
Mary Phillips 19
Fanny Selby 16
Charles Burroughs 26

Source Citation
Year: 1870; Census Place: Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri; Roll: M593_809; Page: 462B; Image: 293404; Family History Library Film: 552308

Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data:
•1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
•Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Anna C Dutcher
Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910
Name:Anna C Dutcher
Death Date:18 Aug 1879
Birth Date:abt 1828
County:St Louis
Death Location:St. Louis
Race/Ethnicity:White
Age:51
Gender:F (Female)

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.

Original data: Missouri Death Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: C. O. Dutcher
Age: 52
Birth Year: abt 1828
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1880: Saint Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Grain Dealer
Household Members:
C. O. Dutcher 52 --widower
J. M. Riley 31
C. O. Dutcher 24
F. A. Dutcher 22
Chas. J. Dutcher 19
Ralph S. Dutcher 11

Source Citation
Year: 1880; Census Place: Saint Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: 732; Family History Film: 1254732; Page: 90C; Enumeration District: 254; Image: 0181

In the 1900 census he is listed as having remarried in 1883 and had been married for 17 years to an Anna M and has his motherinlaw living with him.

Mother's 2nd Husband and James'step-father's death data
Clinton O Dutcher
Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910
Name: Clinton O Dutcher
Death Date: 25 Apr 1903
Birth Date: abt 1828
County: St Louis
Death Location: Terre Haute, Ind
Race/Ethnicity: White
Age: 75
Gender: M (Male)

Source Information
Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.

Original data: Missouri Death Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.