Butte County CA Archives Biographies.....Riley, George H. 1847 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 30, 2006, 2:46 am Author: Fariss & Smith (1882) GEORGE H. RILEY was born in De Soto county, Mississippi, October 21, 1847. In 1855, his parents came to California and stopped for a time on the Stanislaus river. In 1856, they came to Lovelocks, in Butte county, and the following year went to Forks of Butte, where they resided for five years. In 1863, they removed to Dogtown, where George has since resided. He has followed mining considerably, and is a blacksmith by trade. In 1875, he located the Scott's bar claim, on Big Butte creek, and in 1879, the Mineral Slide, on Little Butte creek, both of which have proved to be fine mining property. Mr. Riley was married in 1870 to Miss Mary E. Orrell, of Dogtown, by whom he has had three children. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, IN TWO VOLUMES. I. HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM 1513 TO 1850. BY FRANK T. GILBERT. The Great Fur Companies and their Trapping Expeditions to California. Settlement of the Sacramento Valley. The Discovery of Gold in California. BY HARRY L. WELLS. II. HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. BY HARRY L. WELLS AND W. L. CHAMBERS. BOTH VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS AND PORTRAITS. HARRY L. WELLS, 517 CLAY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO 1882. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by HARRY L. WELLS, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. FRANCIS, VALENTINE & Co., Engravers & Printers 517 Clay St., San Francisco File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/butte/bios/riley566nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb