hmtl5 Riley Gilkison b. 29 Jun 1864 Fleming County, Kentucky d. 29 Jan 1953 Peoria County, Illinois: Hedges Genealogy
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Riley Gilkison

Male 1864 - 1953  (88 years)

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  • Name Riley Gilkison 
    Birth 29 Jun 1864  Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer and section hand for the Chicago & North Western railroad  [3] 
    Census 1900  Wyoming, Bath County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 29 Jan 1953  Peoria County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial Sugar Grove Cemetery, Sweet Water, Menard County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Person ID I576  Hedges
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2023 

    Father Harry "Burgess" Gilkison,   b. Abt 1842, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1898, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Harriet Elizabeth Million,   b. 2 Nov 1843, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1924, Menard County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage Y  [4] 
    Family ID F361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Evelyn Matilda "Lina" Pendleton,   b. Feb 1869, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1962, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1888  [3] 
    Family ID F362  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Jun 1864 - Fleming County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Wyoming, Bath County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Fleming County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Jan 1953 - Peoria County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Sugar Grove Cemetery, Sweet Water, Menard County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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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.
      [1, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Find a Grave.

    2. [S5] 1900 US census.

    3. [S9] Obituary.

    4. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.


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