United States Colored Troops

George W. Riley

According to his headstone, George Riley was born around 1855. He served in the U.S.C.T., and lived in in the Cumberland County area. While it may not be the same person, a George Riley and his wife lost two young children to a house fire in 1880.1 He died on May 15, 1887, at the age of 32, and is buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.2

  1. “Two Sleeping Babes Roasted Alive”, The Valley Sentinel, Nov 5, 1880.
  2. Find a Grave Memorial 43417720

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