John L. and Cornelia Riley

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.

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[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/

Tombstone Tuesday - George Washington Vaughn

G.W. Vaughn

Born

Sept. 19, 1880

Died

Nov. 7, 1913

Asleep

Buried in Watson Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 8 May 2017.

George Washington Vaughn was born in Crittenden County and was the son of David Vaughn and Margaret C. Riley. His delayed death certificate gives his death date as 7 November 1912.[1] David and Margaret C. (Riley) Vaughn were my great grandparents and are buried at nearby New Union (Ditney) Cemetery.

George Washington Vaughn married Miss Lela Belt on Christmas Day, 1906. He was 26 years old and she was 24. They were enumerated together on only one census - the 1910 Crittenden County census. In their household was their son, Shelby, and Lela's father, Benjamin Belt.[2]

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[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #29435 of Geo. Washington Vaughn, Ancestry.com, accessed 26 May 2017.

[2] 1910 Crittenden County, Kentucky Census, Population Schedule, Mag. District 5, database on-line, E.D. 0050, page 3A, Ancestry.com, accessed 27 May 2017.

Published 12 September 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

George H. Croft and Polina Jane Riley

G.H.

Croft

Born

Feb. 25, 1846

Died

Jan. 19, 1913

A loving husband  A Father dear

A faithful friend Lies buried here

Jane

Wife of

G.H. Croft

Born Jan. 5, 1848

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A tender mother a Faithful friend

Buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Crittenden County. Tombstones photographed 8 May 2017.

According to his death certificate[1], George H. Croft was born 15 November 1847 to Hulet Croft and Polly Gibson, both born in Kentucky.  George H. Croft was married at the time of his death.

Jane Croft, wife of G.H. Croft died 31 December 1928 in Crittenden County.[2] Her father is listed as Ruben Riley, born Tennessee.  Written in a different hand, her mother's maiden name is given as Northcut, born Tennessee.  Jane Croft is listed as a widow at the time of her death. In various records, her given name is shown as Polina, Paulina or Perlina.

G.H. Croft and P.J. Croft are first listed together on the 1870 Crittenden County census. At that time they had two children, M.C., a three year old female, and N.A., a one year old male. If they had no children born to them before M.C. circa 1866,  the parents likely married about 1864/1865. A search was made in Crittenden, Livingston  County, Kentucky and Pope County, Illinois marriage records and no such record was found. It is possible they married in Hardin County, Illinois, but marriage records there prior to 1884 have been lost due to a fire. It is also possible they married in Crittenden County, but the record was not returned to the courthouse.

This is another case where I am related - although distantly - to both parties. Reubin Riley was  my great-great grandfather. My mother's maiden name was Croft, which makes us related to almost everyone in Crittenden County and half the people in  Livingston County. On the 1850 Crittenden County census, Hulett Croft, father of George H. Croft, and family were living three doors from my ancestor, Logan Croft. I will let you figure out their relationship as it makes me dizzy when I try.

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[1] Kentucky Death Certificate #3214 (Delayed) of George H. Croft, , Ancestry.com, accessed 28 June 2017.

[2] Kentucky Death Certificate #29872, Ancestry.com, accessed 28 June 2017.

Published 8 September 2017, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - P.M. Sisco

P.M.

Sisco

Born

Nov. 15, 1832

Died

Dec. 12, 1912

Buried Sisco Chapel Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 20 May 2015.

According to Kentucky death certificate #30098, Press M. Sisco was born in Jackson County, Tennessee to Isac F. Sisco and Nancy Riley, both of whom were born in Tennessee. P.M. Sisco's death date is given as Dec. 11, 1912 on his death certificate. 

P.M. Sisco Sr. left a will in Crittenden County dated 26 April 1905 and produced in court 13 January 1913. His will is recorded in Will Book 1, page 418. Legatees named in the will were his wife, Marinda A. Sisco; son George M. Sisco; Allie Sisco; Dolsie Farmer; Jim Sisco; Carrie Sisco, Mina Sisco and Lemuel Sisco.

Published 30 June 2015, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

In Memory of David Vaughn 1846 - 1924

David

Vaughn

Aug. 7, 1846

Dec. 26, 1924

Vaughn

This blog entry is in memory of my great-grandfather, David Vaughn, who died 86 years ago today.

The son of Julina "Lina" Vaughn and an unknown father, David Vaughn lived much of his life near New Union "Ditney" Cemetery, where he is buried. The above photograph of his tombstone was taken 20 March 2010.

David Vaughn married Sarah Myers 1 April 1872 in Crittenden County, Kentucky and then married Margaret C. Riley 24 January 1875, also in Crittenden County. My grandmother, Nettie C. Vaughn, was from the second marriage.

 Published26 Dec 2010, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/