RILEY
Father
John L.
1847 - 1915
Mother
Cornelia
1848 - 1934
J.L. Riley
married Cornelia Jane Adkins 12 March 1868 in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Giving
consent for the bride was her father, Robert Atkins [sic]. The bride was age 18 and the bridegroom was 20.[1]
According to
her death record,[2]
Cornelia was born 10 June 1848 Lyon County, Kentucky and died 3 February 1934
Lola, Livingston County, Kentucky. The
informant was Sarah Harris of Lola.
John Lansden
Riley was born 30 May 1847 Lyon County and died 15 August 1915 Crittenden
County.[3] John L.
Riley is listed in the household of James and Lydia Riley on the 1850 Caldwell
County census. [4]
His parents were both born in Tennessee.
[1]
Brenda Joyce Jerome. Caldwell County,
Kentucky Marriages 1866-1873, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 2002)
47. Also recorded in Caldwell County Marriage Book 8, p. 57.
[2]
Kentucky Death Record #4539 (1934), Cornelia Jane Riley, Ancestry.com.
[3]
Kentucky Death Record #20916 (1915), John Lansden Riley, Ancestry.com.
[4]
1850 Caldwell County, Kentucky census, Dist. 1, Roll M432_194, p. 325B,
Ancestry.com.
Published 15 Jan 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
