Garrison Origins - Stafford County, Virginia - Person Sheet
Garrison Origins - Stafford County, Virginia - Person Sheet
NameMary Catherine Riley
BirthMay 1867, Warren County, Virginia
Residence1870, Warren County, Virginia Age: 2
Memowith mother and brother; status: Paupers at PH
Residence1880, Rockingham County, Virginia Age: 12
Memo“Father”, Richard G Sly.
Residence1900, Rockingham County, Virginia Age: 32
Memo“Inmate” Ashby, Rockingham County
FatherJohn Thomas Riley (ca1835-1870)
MotherJosephine Broyles (ca1838-1900)
Spouses
Birthca 1864, Rockingham County, Virginia
Death<1900, Rockingham County, Virginia Age: 36
MemoSee Person Sheet Notes
Residence1880, Rockingham County, Virginia Age: 16
FatherWilliam Plunkett Morris (1838-1920)
MotherColumbia Jane Burton (ca1833-1886)
Marriage13 Sep 1888, Rockingham County, Virginia
ChildrenRussell Ashby (1892-1940)
Notes for Mary Catherine Riley
Name: Mary Catharine Riley (Note “Riley”, not Morris. in the 1900 census.
Gender: Female
Marital status: Single
Age: 21
Birth Date: 1867
Birth Place: Rockingham, VA
Marriage Date: 13 Sep 1888
Marriage Place: Rockingham, Virginia
Mother:
Josephine
Spouse:
Chas. A. Morris

There is a Richard T Sly, born about 1823, in Warren County, Virginia. He is in Rockingham County in 1880. His wife, Martha J Bradley, died in 1878, in Rockingham County. They do not have a daughter, in the 1870 Warren County census. Richard must have taken Mary Riley in as his “daughter” in the 1880 census. Obviously, there was a connection between Richard Sly and Josephine Riley, Mary’s mother, as they all lived in Warren County, Virginia, in 1870.
Notes for Charles A (Spouse 1)
“widowed” when he married Mary Catharine Riley.

“Catherine” Riley shows as an inmate (jail/prison) in the 1900 Ashby, Rockingham County, census. Charles disappears after the 1880 census. Coincidence?
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