Re: Saxie Riley
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Re: Saxie Riley
Jeffrey Bennett 9/01/02
Just doing some research on my maternal grandfather - George William Riley b. 9/15/1908 in Grafton, WV.I see your reference to Grafton and wonder if we have the same family.George's father is William Riley b. approx 1871 in Kingwood, WV, m. 8/18/1874 to Ida Bell Gandy.They had 5 children - Arba B., Bert A., Virginia, George W., and Charles.Based on my grandfathers stories - Charles died young in an accident, I remember Uncle Bert who was married to Aunt Flora and lived in Grafton.Not too much was ever said about his father - William, other than he worked for the B&O railroad and left his wife Ida Bell when my grandfather was young.He thought maybe he had another family later.My grandfather - George W. (we called him Poe) moved to Akron, OH in the 1930s to work for Firestone with his wife Genevieve A. Barlow (Riley).Ida Bell (his mother) moved with them and died in Akron.Poe had a daughter - Shirley A. (who is my mother) and a son George W. II, who is my Uncle (deceased).Anybody know anything about this family - particularly William?