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From: "Stan Wickman" <>
Subject: Re: [MIJackson] W.H. RILEY, son of Sylvester and Abigail RILEY, nee BROWN, husband of Jane MIX, dau. of Daniel and Elsie MIX nee MILLER. Parents of George F., Sylvester A., Mortimer R., Nettie, Ella, Rosa, Willie, and Ida Jane RILEY.
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:42:14 -0500
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There is an anomaly in this paragraph.
If the dates of death and age are correct, the man was born six years before
his mother.
Stan
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Subject: [MIJackson] W.H. RILEY, son of Sylvester and Abigail RILEY, nee
BROWN, husband of Jane MIX, dau. of Daniel and Elsie MIX nee MILLER. Parents
of George F., Sylvester A., Mortimer R., Nettie, Ella, Rosa, Willie, and Ida
Jane RILEY.
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> Surnames: RILEY, BROWN, MIX, MILLER
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> I am not related to the following person.
> History of Jackson County, MI. 1881 Inter-State Pub. Co.,Chicago, Page
984 and 987, (mistake in book when numbering pages; there is no page 985 and
6 but it looks like the information was just continued on page 987)
> W.H. RILEY, farmer, sec. 35, was born in Cayuga county, N.Y., Jan. 5,
1819, son of Sylvester and Abigail RILEY, nee BROWN. They were natives of
Connecticut, and he was a farmer. Settled in New York about 1816. In 1836
he moved to Jackson county, Michigan, and located in Napoleon tp., where he
entered Government Land, and farmed until his death in 1861, at the age of
77. His mother died in 1859, in her 69th year. The subject of this sketch
received his education in New York State, and located in this county at the
age of 16; remained with his father until he was of age. In 1842 he married
to Jane MIX. She was born in Tompkins county, N.Y., Aug. 30, 1822, and was
the daughter of Daniel and Elsie MIX, nee MILLER. They were natives of New
York, and moved to Jackson county in 1835 and located in Napoleon tp. Her
father died Jan. 15, 1878, and her mother, Jan. 16, 1879. The family of Mr.
R. consisted of 8 children, of whom 7 are now living--George F., Sylvester
A., !
> Mortimer R., Nettie, Ella, Rosa, Willie, and Ida Jane (deceased.) He now
owns 120 acres of land, on which he lives, being the old homestead of his
father's, and worth $50 per acre. Politically, he is Republican.
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