Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Barnabas Riley and Mary Sheets




Husband Barnabas Riley 1

           Born: 1799 - Adams Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Nov 1880 - Fairfield, Adams Co, PA 3
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife Mary Sheets 2

           Born: Aug 1805 - Freedom Twp, Adams Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


Children
1 F Margaret Riley 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when seventeen years old
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 F Lucinda Adeline Riley 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rev. William Gerhardt (      -      ) 3


3 F Allah E. Riley 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Butt (      -      ) 1


4 M Paxton H. Riley 1




           Born: 23 Feb 1838 - Caledonia Furnace, Franklin Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1886
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Harriet Musselman (1838-      ) 3
           Marr: 14 Feb 1861 3


5 M Isaac Trimper Riley 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Melinda Sprenkle (      -      ) 1


6 F Lucretia V. Riley 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Frederick Shully (      -      ) 1


7 M Daniel B. Riley 4

           Born: 14 Sep 1848 - Liberty Twp, Adams Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Amanda A. Musselman (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 27 Dec 1870 2


8 F Isadore A. Riley 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1878 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Nunemaker (      -Bef 1886) 1


9 U [Unk] Riley 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


10 U [Unk] Riley 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - Barnabas Riley


His father settled in Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

He was a carpenter by trade, but later bought a farm in Liberty Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, which he sold a few years before his death, when he removed to Fairfield.
He built the Maria Furnace Works, in Hamiltonban Township, and the Caledonia Iron Works, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was a deacon in the Lutheran Church for many years.

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Sources


1 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 446, 471.

2 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 446.

3 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 471.

4 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 444, 446, 471.


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