Blankenship Excerpt: "A SHORT TIME AFTER HIS WIFE'S DEATH, CONLEY LEFT THE REGION AND WENT TO TACOMA, WASHINGTION WHERE HIS DAUGHTER ARMEDIA RIFFE WAS LIVING. HE WAS NEVER AGAIN TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL HILLS OF MCDOWELL CO. HE DIED IN WASHINGTON IN 1911. AND IS BURIED IN THE RIFFE CEMETARY."