Born in Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Millard Fillmore Riley
and Isadora Helen (Staats) Riley
Sister of
Robert H Riley, Clerc Riley, Paul Riley, Greek (Riley) Fleming, Warren Staats Riley, Mae Riley and Mary Elizabeth (Riley) Langford
Wife of
Charles Ernest Burton
— married
5 Jun 1918 in Rickreall, Polk, Oregon, USA
Mother of
Filmore Ernest Burton
Died
at age 97
in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2022
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Biography
"AlmaRiley (b. Feb. ll, 1888). She attended normal school in Monmouth,Oregon and then taught school in Oregon for a period. Prior to normal school, she had taught in West Virginia. Alma went to Huntington to school also. On June 5, 1918, she married Charles E. Burton (May20, l882—0ct. 9, 1965) of Herndon, Vir ginia, in Oregon where they met. Afterwards they returned to Washington, D.C. where he was first employed by the Sanitary Grocery Stores and later the Safeway Stores. During most of this time they lived in Hyattsville, Md. After retirement they moved to St. Petersburg, Florida where Alma now lives.
They were the parents of a son Fillmore Ernest Burton (Oct. 10, l9l9—Feb. 28, 1942). He served in the Navy and lost his life on the Battle Cruiser Houston when it was sunk by the Japanese in World War II."[1]
When Alma Riley was born on February 11, 1888, in Ripley, West Virginia, her father, Millard, was 38, and her mother, Isadora, was 32. She married Charles Ernest Burton on June 5, 1918, in Rickreall, Oregon. They had one child during their marriage. She died on September 5, 1985, in St Petersburg, Florida, at the age of 97.
Sources
- ↑ Lanford, Mary Riley. Riley Family: Ancestors and Descendants of Robert R. Riley - 1812-1899, Jackson County, West Virginia. Published by the Author: 1979. College Park, Maryland: LDS Sacramento Branch, Genealogical Library.
See Also: www.wvancestry.com Reference Materials - Ancestors and Descendants of Robert R. Riley 1812-1899 Jackson County West Virginia.pdf Accessed by L Ortt on 7 Feb 2022
- Obit: Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida) · Friday, September 6, 1985 ·Page 37
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Obit: Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida) · Friday, September 6, 1985 ·Page 37