Born in Adams, Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Riley
and Rebecca (Woods) Riley
Sister of
Silas M. Riley, Sarah Ann Riley, Elizabeth W. Riley, George Riley, Ada Ann (Riley) Best, John Riley, Maria Riley and Margaret (Riley) Rivers
Wife of
Hartman Gaffin
— married
about 1863 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Ann Gaffin, Sarah Belle (Gaffin) Miller, George Washington Gaffin, John Nelson Gaffin, Charles Gaffin and Samuel Nelson Gaffin
Died
at age 46
in Franklin Township, Adams, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Sep 2017
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Biography
Catherine was born in 1841. She passed away in 1888.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3N-FZH : 21 December 2020), Catharine Riley in household of John Riley, Huntington Township, Brown, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2G-7CT : 18 February 2021), Catharine Riley in entry for Jno Riley, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6K7-7MG : 14 June 2019), Catharine Gaffin in entry for Hartman Gaffin, 1870.
"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X626-P7G : 9 March 2018), Catharine Riley in entry for John N. Gaffin, 04 Dec 1873; citing Birth, Jefferson Tp., Greene, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 534,095.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ1Q-HKK : 11 September 2017), Catharine Gaffin in household of Hartman Gaffin, Bentonville, Adams, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 14, sheet 206B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,990.
"Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6DP-QX9 : 19 January 2020), Catharine Gaffin, 1888.
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8N4-G8L : 15 August 2019), Catherine Rowley in entry for Hartman Gaffin, 23 Oct 1916; citing Meigs, Adams, Ohio, reference fn 59606; FHL microfilm 1,983,756.
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8GH-1LH : 15 August 2019), Katherine Riley in entry for Samuel Gaffin, 06 Oct 1920; citing Chester, Clinton, Ohio, reference fn 62324; FHL microfilm 1,991,436.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QQM-9X7 : 26 August 2019), Catherine Riley in entry for John Gaffin and Frania Crothers, 02 Oct 1940; citing Marriage, Adams, Ohio, United States, , Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8S1-SPR : 15 August 2019), Catherine Riley in entry for Sarah Belle Miller, 24 Mar 1943; citing Peebles, Adams, Ohio, reference fn 13806; FHL microfilm 2,024,047.
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8WD-FJ2 : 15 August 2019), Catherine Riley in entry for John Nelson Gaffin, 23 Oct 1943; citing Peebles, Adams, Ohio, reference fn 59738; FHL microfilm 2,024,180.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
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~0.78%
Pam (Riley) Lynch
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