Riley
J
Wescott
Born in Eaton, Madison, New York, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Jane (Wignal) Tufts
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 40
in Bristol, Lincoln, Nevada, United States
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Biography
Also known as William R Thomas. Was killed in a bar fight. His wife and three children had left him and returned to live with her parents in Salt Lake City. Riley was born in 1843. He passed away in 1884. He fought in the Civil War and was imprisoned at Andersonville.
Sources
- The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin; Roll: 1000; Page: 11a
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Title 1850 United States Federal Census Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher date 2009 Publisher location Provo, UT, USA
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Name Ancestry.com Andersonville Prisoners of War Author Ancestry.com Note Andersonville, Georgia. iAndersonville Prisoner of War Database/i. Andersonville, GA, USA: National Park Service, Andersonville National Historic Site. Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc Publisher date 1999 Publisher location Provo, UT, USA
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Name Ancestry.com Andersonville Prisoners of War Author Ancestry.com Note Andersonville, Georgia. iAndersonville Prisoner of War Database/i. Andersonville, GA, USA: National Park Service, Andersonville National Historic Site. Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc Publisher date 1999 Publisher location Provo, UT, USA
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Name Ancestry.com https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQ45-84P
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Title Salt Lake County, Utah, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1949 Author Ancestry.com Note iUtah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949/i. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher date 2014 Publisher location Provo, UT, USA
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Name Ancestry.com Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database
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Title U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 Author Historical Data Systems, comp Note Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the a href="##AncestryUrlPrefix##/handler/domainrd.ashx?domain=AncestryDomain&url=/search/rectype/military/cwrd/db.aspx"following list of works/a.pCopyright 1997-2009brHistorical Data Systems, Inc.br PO Box 35brDuxbury, MA 02331./p Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc Publisher date 2009 Publisher location Provo, UT, USA
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Name Ancestry.com U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Author National Park Service Note National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <a href="http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/" target="_blank"http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss//a>, acquired 2007. Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc Publisher date 2007 Publisher location Provo, UT, USA
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Name Ancestry.com U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current Author Ancestry.com Note iFind a Grave™/i. Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57970912/riley-j-wescott Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher date 2012 Publisher location Lehi, UT, USA
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Name Ancestry.com National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; NAI: Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Territory of Nebraska.; Record Group Title: Records of the AGO, 1780s-1917; Record Group Number: Web address https://www.fold3.com/image/115536724?xid=6807
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Title U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 Author Ancestry.com Note pa href="##SearchUrlPrefix##/search/dbextra.aspx?dbid=2344" target="_blank"View Sources/a./p Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher date 2011 Publisher location Lehi, UT, USA
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Name Ancestry.com Utah State Archives; Salt Lake City, Utah; Series Number: 81448
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Title Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961 Author Ancestry.com Note Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics. iDeath Certificates, 1904-1961/i. Series 81448. Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.pDepartment of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics. iMilitary Death Certificates: 1941-1953/i. Series 3769. Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah./p Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher date 2014 Publisher location Provo, UT, USA
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