Thomas Charleton Riley was born on September 14, 1890 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, the youngest of six children of George M. D. Riley and Eliza Englert Miller Riley. He also had two older half-sisters. Charleton's ancestry was German and Irish. He had light hair, grey eyes, and, as an adult, was tall. In 1910 he was working as a clerk in a printing house in Savannah. In 1917 when he registered for the draft, he was married to Lorraine Todd Riley; living in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; and a salesman of pencils for Eberhard Faber out of Brooklyn, New York. (Eberhard Faber was originally located at the present site of the United Nations. Eberhard Faber became Paper Mate.) Charleton had served in the National Guard for four years prior to registering for the draft. During World War I he was a sergeant and operated a machine gun. He died on September 16, 1960 in Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana at age 69 and is buried at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church Cemetery in Hammond by his wife.
Thomas Charleton Riley was born on September 14, 1890 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, the youngest of six children of George M. D. Riley and Eliza Englert Miller Riley. He also had two older half-sisters. Charleton's ancestry was German and Irish. He had light hair, grey eyes, and, as an adult, was tall. In 1910 he was working as a clerk in a printing house in Savannah. In 1917 when he registered for the draft, he was married to Lorraine Todd Riley; living in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; and a salesman of pencils for Eberhard Faber out of Brooklyn, New York. (Eberhard Faber was originally located at the present site of the United Nations. Eberhard Faber became Paper Mate.) Charleton had served in the National Guard for four years prior to registering for the draft. During World War I he was a sergeant and operated a machine gun. He died on September 16, 1960 in Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana at age 69 and is buried at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church Cemetery in Hammond by his wife.
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Louisiana. Sgt. Co. A, 345 Machine Gun Bn. World War I.
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