Riley Gilkison
1864 - 1953 (88 years)-
Name Riley Gilkison Born 29 Jun 1864 Fleming County, Kentucky 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Occupation farmer and section hand for the Chicago & North Western railroad [3] Census 1900 Wyoming, Bath County, Kentucky Census 1910 Fleming County, Kentucky Died 29 Jan 1953 Peoria County, Illinois [1, 3] Buried Sugar Grove Cemetery, Sweet Water, Menard County, Illinois [1, 3] Person ID I576 Hedges Last Modified 5 Nov 2023
Father Harry "Burgess" Gilkison, b. Abt 1842, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 12 Oct 1898, Rowan County, Kentucky (Age 56 years) Mother Harriet Elizabeth Million, b. 2 Nov 1843, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 1 Dec 1924, Menard County, Illinois (Age 81 years) Married Y [4] Family ID F361 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Evelyn Matilda "Lina" Pendleton, b. Feb 1869, Kentucky , d. 6 Oct 1962, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois (Age 93 years) Married 27 Dec 1888 [3] Last Modified 5 Nov 2023 Family ID F362 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 29 Jun 1864 - Fleming County, Kentucky 
Census - 1900 - Wyoming, Bath County, Kentucky Census - 1910 - Fleming County, Kentucky 
Died - 29 Jan 1953 - Peoria County, Illinois 
Buried - - Sugar Grove Cemetery, Sweet Water, Menard County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Levi Riley Gilkison, 88, died this morning at 6 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Antle, 410 Russell St.
For 36 years, he lived at Sweet Water, Ill, where he farmed and worked as a section hand for the Chicago & North Western railroad. He retired from the railroad in 1935 after working 20 years.
Born in Flemingsburg, Ky. on June 24, 1864, he was a son of Burgess and Harriet Million Gilkison.
He married Lina Pendleton in Kentucky on Dec. 27, 1888.
Surviving are his wife; six daughter, Mrs. Edith Montgomery, of Greenview, Ill.; and Mrs. Walter Snyder, Mrs. Robert Fitzgerald, Mrs. Paul Cantrall, Mrs. John Kerr and Mrs. Antle, all of Peoria; three sons, Alvin, of Greenview; Irvin, of Compton, Calif.; and Isaac, of DeKalb; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Reedes, of Chatham, Ill. and Mrs. Etta Blakemore, of Marion, Ind.; one brother, Russell, of Sweetwater; 24 grandchildren; and 29 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were at the Church of Christ in Sweet Water.
Interment was in Sugar Grove cemetery.
Journal Star. Wednesday, Jan 28, 1953. Peoria, IL. Page: 24.
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- Levi Riley Gilkison, 88, died this morning at 6 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Antle, 410 Russell St.
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