Eliza (Warren) Riley (1863 - 1944)

Born 19 Nov 1863 in Knox, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Lincoln Jones — married 6 Aug 1880 (to 1896) in Knox, Kentucky, United States

Wife of Daniel Chester Merida — married 16 Aug 1901 in Knox, Kentucky, United States

Wife of George H. Riley — married 30 May 1903 in Knox, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1944 at age 80 in Knox, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Eliza (Warren) Riley was born in Appalachia, in Kentucky.

Eliza was born in 1863. She is the daughter of William Clark Warren and Catherine Hall. She married 1st Abraham Jones in 1880 in Kentucky. They have 4 children: Dora, Martha, Clark, James. She married 2nd Daniel Chester Merida in 1901 in Kentucky. They have 2 children: Chester, Kitty. She married 3rd George H Riley in 1903 in Kentucky. They had no children. She passed away in 1944. Burial in George Riley Cemetery, Knox County, Kentucky.

Sources

• 1880 Marriage "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWPG-QMF : 22 July 2021), Eliza Warram in entry for Abraham Jones, 1880.
• 1901 Marriage Ancestry Record 61372 #902355445 Film#: 000533680 Eliza Jones and Daniel Merideth
• 1903 Marriage "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F49W-38C : 23 February 2021), Eliza Maradith in entry for George Riley, 1903.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZW-XHG : 14 January 2022), Eliza Warram in household of W. C. Warram, Brush Creek, Knox, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HK-3TV : 10 March 2022), Eliza Jones in entry for Elbert Jordan, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M269-R2D : accessed 26 August 2022), Eliza Riley in household of George Riley, Girdler, Knox, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109, sheet 8B, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 489; FHL microfilm 1,374,502.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHGX-QX7 : 1 February 2021), Eliza Riley in entry for George Riley, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMX5-7KJ : accessed 25 September 2022), Eliza Riley, District 5, Knox, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 6A, line 1, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 763; FHL microfilm 2,340,498.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7TP-W2Z : 9 January 2021), Liza Riley, Magisterial District 5, Knox, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-11, sheet 18A, line 37, family 266, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1326.
• Marriage: "Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965"
  Original data: Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages. Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61372 #901312263 (accessed 30 January 2024)
  Eliza Maradith marriage to George Riley on 30 May 1903 in Knox, Kentucky, USA.
• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSR4-XX7 : 2 March 2021), Lizza Riley, 8 Apr 1944; citing Death, Knox, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,556.
• Death: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71698986/elizabeth-d-riley_merida_jones: accessed 26 August 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth D “Eliza” Warren Riley Merida Jones (19 Nov 1863–8 Apr 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71698986, citing George Riley Cemetery, Knox County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Jamie aka jc~roadrunner (contributor 47179834).

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