A Portrait and Biographical Record of Boone, Clinton and Hendricks Counties, Indiana
A.W. Bowen, Chicago, 1895
Page 424
Ira Baldwin, father of Mrs. Riley, was born in Clarke county, Ohio, in 1819; his wife was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1828. They were married in the latter county and came to Indiana in 1848, locating in Benton county on land entered by Thomas Atkinson, father of Mrs. Baldwin, who was a pioneer and one of the leading men of his day. He served two terms in the Indiana state legislature, was a strong abolitionist and Whig, and a leading member in the Society of Friends. He and wife lived for sixty-six years in connubial happiness, reared twelve children, and after death were laid to rest in the same grave. Mrs. Riley was educated in the schools of Oxford, Benton county, Ind., and at the age of sixteen was granted a license for two years to teach, and began this' profession in the primary department of the Oxford academy.
- See memorial for James Riley 1834-1900 for full biography.
A.W. Bowen, Chicago, 1895
Page 424
Ira Baldwin, father of Mrs. Riley, was born in Clarke county, Ohio, in 1819; his wife was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1828. They were married in the latter county and came to Indiana in 1848, locating in Benton county on land entered by Thomas Atkinson, father of Mrs. Baldwin, who was a pioneer and one of the leading men of his day. He served two terms in the Indiana state legislature, was a strong abolitionist and Whig, and a leading member in the Society of Friends. He and wife lived for sixty-six years in connubial happiness, reared twelve children, and after death were laid to rest in the same grave. Mrs. Riley was educated in the schools of Oxford, Benton county, Ind., and at the age of sixteen was granted a license for two years to teach, and began this' profession in the primary department of the Oxford academy.
- See memorial for James Riley 1834-1900 for full biography.
A Portrait and Biographical Record of Boone, Clinton and Hendricks Counties, Indiana
A.W. Bowen, Chicago, 1895
Page 424
Ira Baldwin, father of Mrs. Riley, was born in Clarke county, Ohio, in 1819; his wife was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1828. They were married in the latter county and came to Indiana in 1848, locating in Benton county on land entered by Thomas Atkinson, father of Mrs. Baldwin, who was a pioneer and one of the leading men of his day. He served two terms in the Indiana state legislature, was a strong abolitionist and Whig, and a leading member in the Society of Friends. He and wife lived for sixty-six years in connubial happiness, reared twelve children, and after death were laid to rest in the same grave. Mrs. Riley was educated in the schools of Oxford, Benton county, Ind., and at the age of sixteen was granted a license for two years to teach, and began this' profession in the primary department of the Oxford academy.
- See memorial for James Riley 1834-1900 for full biography.
A.W. Bowen, Chicago, 1895
Page 424
Ira Baldwin, father of Mrs. Riley, was born in Clarke county, Ohio, in 1819; his wife was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1828. They were married in the latter county and came to Indiana in 1848, locating in Benton county on land entered by Thomas Atkinson, father of Mrs. Baldwin, who was a pioneer and one of the leading men of his day. He served two terms in the Indiana state legislature, was a strong abolitionist and Whig, and a leading member in the Society of Friends. He and wife lived for sixty-six years in connubial happiness, reared twelve children, and after death were laid to rest in the same grave. Mrs. Riley was educated in the schools of Oxford, Benton county, Ind., and at the age of sixteen was granted a license for two years to teach, and began this' profession in the primary department of the Oxford academy.
- See memorial for James Riley 1834-1900 for full biography.
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