Contributed: May 2004
The John Thomas Riley Family: Pictured in the front yard of the Riley's New Chapel Farm are John Thomas and Amelia Rankin Riley (seated), and children Carl, Murl, Daisy Dean, Sam and Wallace. John Thomas Riley was born 22 September 1856 in Itawamba County, the son of John Thomas and Elizabeth Williams Riley, early settlers from Edgefield County, South Carolina.