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Riley, Reuben Alexander

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Last Name Riley
First Name Reuben
Middle Name Alexander
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Death Date 12/1/1893
Birth Date 1/1/1820
Obituary Source Mooresville Guide, Dec. 15, 1893
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Other Age 73. Lawyer. During WW I, was wounded and partially paralyzed. Died at his home in Greenfield, Ind. Father of James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier Poet. James had been lecturing in Chicago and arrived 30 minutes too late to see father alive. [note: newspaper gives his name as Capt. Reuben K. Riley.]
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