Riley Harvey

ID Number: T06834

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Biographical Data

Basic Identification

Gender: male Ethnicity: Immigration: Attributed Race: black Free or Enslaved:

Birth & Family

Birth Date: c.1805/00/00 Birthplace: Mother: Father: 1st Spouse: 2nd Spouse:

Age Details

Age: 81 Age Group: elder adult (60+)

Life Details

Occupation(s): tobacco horn blower (called to the breaks) Last Church: Military Service: Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia Last Address: 810 Lynch (Commerce) Street

Death

Death Date: 1886/08/08 Death Note: none Place of Death: home Cause of Death: entero-fever

Burial & Undertaking

Burial Date: 1886/08/09 Funeral Home: Diuguid Indigent?: private interment

Gravesite and Grave Marker Data

Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: none Section: unknown Confirmation Source for Location: Grave Marker Erector(s): Confirmation Source for Interment: Diuguid records

Obituary and Biographical Detials

Tribute of Respect from Lynchburg Tobacconists:

“…The deceased was probably the oldest employee in the tobacco business in this city. He was 83 years old. His duty was to blow the horn notifying the buyers of the opening break, and well he stood by this post. Many days the old man was hardly able to walk, yet still he would allow no one to assist him. A great many of the tobacconists attended his funeral yesterday.”