Martha Emma Riley was born in Bloomfield, Indiana on February 23, 1878 and died in LaGrande, Oregon on January 18, 1962.
Her father was George W. Riley, born 1859 in Indiana and married to Mary A. Lehman on June 18, 1876.
Mary Lehman's parents were John and Caroline Lehman of Pennsylvania, John born 1835 and Caroline born 1844.
George's parents were John, born 1830, and Margaret, born 1833, Riley, both in Indiana.
John's father was another George W. Riley born in Kentucky in 1795, serving as a Lt. Colonel in the Civil War, his wife was Melinda Branham of Lawrence, Indiana, they married on 9/17/1824.
His second wife Frances Brannon b 1811 in Tennessee, she lived in Taylor Twp., Greene Co., Indiana, they married on 2/20/1834, four years after John Riley, my ancestor was born.
Or as a simple chart:
George W. Riley b 1795 KY
m Melinda Branham 9/17/1824
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John Riley b 1830 Ind
m Mary A. b 1833 Ind
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George W. Riley b 1859 Indiana
m Mary A. Lehman 6/18/1876
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Martha Emma Riley b 2/23/1878 Bloomfield, Ind.
d 1/18/1962 LaGrande, OR.
Sources:
Vital Statistics, Indiana and Oregon
"Early Settlers of Greene County from Southern States" Indiana State Library