. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. orn Auofust 14,1S47, at Huntsville, Mo., his ])arents beinof John F. and Elizabeth(Patton) Riley, natives of Ind. and Tenn. After attendino^ the districtschools, our subject com])leted his education at the old Mt. PleasantColleo-e, of Huntsville. Mo., at that time one of the most popular in-stitutions of the state. Tpon attainino^ a suitable ao^e he chose thecallinor of a contractor and builder as his life occupation and on Octo-l)er 1, 1866, he entered an apprenticeship under the well knownmechanic, C. (x. Anderson
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. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. orn Auofust 14, 1S47, at Huntsville, Mo., his ])arents beinof John F. and Elizabeth(Patton) Riley, natives of Ind. and Tenn. After attendino^ the districtschools, our subject com])leted his education at the old Mt. PleasantColleo-e, of Huntsville. Mo., at that time one of the most popular in-stitutions of the state. Tpon attainino^ a suitable ao^e he chose thecallinor of a contractor and builder as his life occupation and on Octo-l)er 1, 1866, he entered an apprenticeship under the well knownmechanic, C. (x. Anderson, of Huntsville, Mo. Servino^ a regularapprenticeship he branched out for himself, locatinof at Jacksoville, Mo. It was at this place that he met and >)ecame enamored with MissSarah J., daughter of James B. and America Herndon, with whom hewas united in marriage, April 1, 1869. Mrs. Eileys parents werenatives of Kentucky, but emigrated to Missouri at a very early day.Mr. and Mrs. Riley are the parents of six children, live of wdiom are 42 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.. now living, namely, E(lo;{ir N., Cella May, Lela A., Hardy M., and M^m. H. Edcrar N. was mar-ried to Miss Maofgie Morehead, ofWhiteright, Tex., in which state henow resides, engaged as instructorof band music. Cella May wasmarried to Clarence B., son ofJudge J. B. Hyde of Salisbury, Mo. and now engaged in the druobusiness in Ladonia, Texas. Theothers are yet single and at home.Desiring a larger field for theprosecution of his occupation oursubject removed from Jacksonvilleto Himtsville where he remainedand |)rotitably worked at his pro-fession until March 2i>, 18S0, whenhe removed to Salisbury, Mo., ac-cepting a position with the well known lumberman, T. G. Dulany, with whom he remained for seven years. During that time Mr. Kileydid not fail to keej) himself thoroughly posted u})()n all the changesand improvements in modern architecture and since 1888 has been rec-ognized as the leading contractor and builde