George
Riley
"Riley Pierce"
Perse
aka Pierce
Born in Kinderhook Michigan
Son of William Riley Perse
and Rhoda Ann (Neal) Perse
[uncertain]
Brother of
Polly Mary (Perse) Worden, Charles Carroll Perse, Ruth (Perse) Klingensmith, William Perse, Cora Bell (Perse) Fachmann and Frank Perse
Husband of
Mary Jane (Foutch) Caselman
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Parmelia (Folsom) Drake
— married
about 1878 [location unknown]
Husband of
Delila Elvira (Loggains) Perse
— married
1884 in Choctaw Nation
Descendants 
Father of
Flora Belle (Perse) Rogers, Gilbert Sherman Perse, Nettie Rose (Perse) Andersen and Velma (Perse) Watkins
Died
at about age 81
in Ft. Smith Arkansas
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jan 2016
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Biography
Entered the military once under the name George Perse, went back in again later as Riley Pierce. Buried at Ft. Smith National Cemetery
George Riley was born in 1846. [1]
He married firstly Mary Foutch in Newton, Missouri on 18 August 1871.
Married Choctaw Nation, Parmenlia Folson (From FindAGrave, "It is therefore, the opinion of this Commission that George R. Perse is entitled to be enrolled as a citizen by intermarriage of the Choctaw Nation, in accordance with the provisions of the acts of Congress appoved June 28, 1898 (30 Stat., 495) and July 1, 1902 (32 Stat., 641), and it is so ordered.")
Sources
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Ramona Perse.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 November 2020), memorial page for Pvt George Riley Perse (6 Jan 1848–23 Nov 1925), Find A Grave: Memorial #74157956, citing Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by First Families of America (contributor 47494024) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
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~6.25%
Ramona Perse
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M257257 [compare]
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Categories: Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Second wife Parmelia (Folsom) Morris Third wife Delila Elvira Loggains
Noel Perse testified in to the Dawes commission that his aunt Parmelia Folsom married George around 1878. Alice Bell testified it was around 1871. Jane T. Page also testified. All of this can be found in Georges Dawes Application.
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/28621630?h=306c7f
edited by Shirlea Smith
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/28621483?h=c416db