Person:Thomas Riley (1)

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Thomas Anthony Riley
b.29 Jan 1842 Ohio, United States
d.11 Apr 1881 Iowa, United States
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m. 28 Dec 1876
  1. George Allen Riley, M.D.1879 - 1962
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Name Thomas Anthony Riley
Gender Male
Birth? 29 Jan 1842 Ohio, United StatesChillicothe, county not specified
Marriage 28 Dec 1876 Eldora, Iowato Mary Matilda Snook
Employment[1] artesian well drilling business
Death? 11 Apr 1881 Iowa, United StatesBear Creek, Iowa River ; drowned while duck hunting
Burial[2] Marengo, Iowa, Iowa, United StatesMarengo Cemetery

George Allen (Riley) Jenkins was the only child of Mary Matilda Snook and Thomas Anthony Riley. They lived in Iowa City and then moved to Marengo, Iowa.

While hunting ducks on the Iowa River, Thomas Anthony Riley drowned on April 11, 1881.

According to his death certificate, Thomas had lived in Iowa for 24 years. So he would have moved from Ohio to Iowa in 1857 when he was 15 years old.

Mary taught school in Hartley, Iowa. She met Frank DeWayne Jenkins and they married at Sanborn IA Dec. 17, 1882. Jenkins adopted Riley's son Allen. No other children born to the couple. (notes from Mary Heimann Jan. 2000)

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    He was in the artesian well drilling business, according to Aunt Margaret’s notes.

  2. ↑ on Rte. 6 just west of Marengo
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