James Riley Foley

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James Riley Foley

Also Known As: "James Riley Foley", "James R. Foley"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Buchanan, Missouri, United States
Death: September 28, 1915 (69)
Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States (Chronic Gastritis and Duodenal Ulcer)
Place of Burial: Buchanan, Missouri, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of James Wesley Foley and Rhoda Ann Foley
Husband of Mary Francis Osborn
Father of Thurseta Foley; Beulah Foley; James William Foley; Walter B. Foley; Arthur Foley and 1 other
Brother of Benjamin Foley; Martha Jane Foley; Mary Elizabeth Foley; Nathan Foley; Zachary Taylor Foley and 12 others

Occupation: Stationary Engineer
Managed by: Holly Dianne Faulkner
Last Updated:

About James Riley Foley

Listed as working in a brick yard, living with his wife and two children in the household of Nancy Osborn in the 1870 Federal Census, Weston, Platte, MO.

Listed as a butcher in the 1880 Federal Census, Saint Joseph, Buchanan, MO.

Listed as a stationary engineer in the 1900 Federal Census, St Joseph Ward 1, Buchanan, MO.

Listed as an engineer for a packing company in the 1910 Federal Census, St Joseph Ward 1, Buchanan, MO.

Sources:

1. "Historical Southern Families," Volume XI, Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967.

2. 1900 Federal Census, St Joseph Ward 1, Buchanan, MO.

3. 1880 Federal Census, Saint Joseph, Buchanan, MO.

4. Missouri Certificate of Death.


  • Residence: Marshall, Platte, Missouri, United States - 1850
  • Residence: Marshall Township, Platte, Missouri, United States - 1860
  • Residence: Missouri, United States - 1870
  • Residence: St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States - 1880
  • Residence: Washington Township St. Joseph city Ward 1, Buchanan, Missouri, United States - 1900
  • Residence: St Joseph Ward 1, Buchanan, Missouri, United States - 1910
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James Riley Foley's Timeline

1846
May 25, 1846
Buchanan, Missouri, United States
1865
December 1865
Missouri, United States
1870
March 1870
Missouri, United States
1873
February 7, 1873
Missouri, United States
1877
June 1877
Missouri, United States
1879
May 1879
mi, United States
1882
February 3, 1882
St. Joseph, Missouri, United States
1915
September 28, 1915
Age 69
Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States
October 1, 1915
Age 69
Buchanan, Missouri, United States