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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Adolphus Jessie Riely
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Adolphus Jessie Riely
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| LAST NAME: Riely
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FIRST NAME: Adolphus
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MIDDLE NAME: Jessie
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| BORN: 19 Apr 1835
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DIED: 19 Mar 1868
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BURIED: Mar 1868
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OCCUPATION: Printer
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| BIRTH PLACE: Iowa
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
1860 CENSUS of South Salem, Marion Co., OR, pg. 404, #3254 shows A. J. Riley, age 25 b. Iowa, and S. age 20 and a daughter E. who is presumed to be Elizabeth or "Lizzie" Riley. A. J. is a printer and the children are born in Oregon.
1870 CENSUS shows S. A. Riely, (female) age 28, b. Iowa and her children, M. E. age 11, Cora age 8, Charles age 6 and Lizzie age 4 all born in Oregon. There were others in the household as well.
1880 CENSUS shows his widow, Sarah age 37 b. Iowa, living in East Salem and running a boarding house. Her children are: Nellie, age 21 and a printer, Cora age 18 and a milliner, Charles age 16 attending school, and Lizzie age 13 -- all born in Oregon. Her mother, Cynthia Strang age 72 is living with the family and there are several more boarders and a servant in the household.
The OREGON STATE DIRECTORY of 1881 shows Rieley, Mrs. A. J., High st., between Chemeketa and Center. Marion Co., Probate records show a guardianship of minor children of A. J. Riley, who is deceased. Sarah E. Riley, widow and mother of minors was appointed guardian on 15 July 1871. Minors were: Mary Ellen Riley age 12; Cora M. Riley age 10: Charles M. Riley age 7; and Lizzie Riley age 5; all of Salem, Oregon. Estate of Emily Riley, deceased, lately in Indiana, was the mother of A. J. Riley, deceased.
DISCREPANCY - Spelling variations - Riley; Riely
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OBITUARY:
No obituary found in Statesman (Unionist)
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INSCRIPTION:
Adolphus J. Riely
Born
April 19, 1835
Died
March 19, 1868
GRAVEMARKERS BEARING STONECUTTER’S IDENTIFICATION
Marble tablet gravemarker of Adolphus J. Riely (1835-1868), Salem printer who purchased Plot 024 in 1858 and was first husband of Sarah Strang Riely Small. This marker, on Lot 1NW, is notable for its carved occupational icon, a hand type-setter’s composing tray. Inscription at lower right corner of epitaph (west) face of die: “J.A. McDonald/Salem.” On the headstones of Kitterman and Chitwood in Plot 194 and Armbruster, Plot 692, the stone cutter used the surname style “MacDonald.” The stone cutter employed Eastlake-style gouge work as a decorative frame for A.J. Riely’s epitaph, and carved a sprig of foliate gouge work beneath the epitaphs on the headstones in Plot 194. Photos, May 27, 2012.
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1860 CENSUS of South Salem, Marion Co., OR, pg. 404, #3254
1870 CENSUS of East Salem pct., Marion Co., OR, pg. 32, #270
1880 CENSUS of East Salem, Marion Co., OR, pg. 44, #8/#8. 1881, pg. 644
DAR pg 30
Marion Co., Probate File #434
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CONTACTS:
James Strang purchased Lot #25 on the 25 Aug. 1858 for $10. A. J. Riley purchased Lot #24 on the 25 Aug. 1858 for $10 Adolphus Riely was the first husband of Sarah Strang. He was age: 32 years, 11 months, 0 days old at the time he died; Children were: Charles, Cora E., Mary Ellen and Elizabeth.
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