Belle S. Riley is the daughter of Ann Eliza Pumphrey and Samuel Smith Riley. She was born 14 September 1875 in Indiana. She died 30 December 1929 at age 54. She is buried at Blue River Cemetery, Thorncreek, Whitley, Indiana.

• On 22 September 1895, at age 20, she married Clide Burton Groesbeck, who was age 22, in Whitley county, Indiana. He was born in September 1873 in Indiana. He died September 1946 at age 73 in Whitley county, Indiana. He is buried at Green Hill Cemetery, Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana. After Belle's death he married Belle's first cousin, Gladys F. Yontz.

Children of Belle S. Riley and Clide Burton Groesbeck:

1. Laura Belle Groesbeck was born 30 March 1897 in Indiana. She died 15 December 1979 at age 82 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. She is buried at Blue River Cemetery, Thorncreek, Whitley, Indiana.
   • She married Bates Farnem Taylor. He was born 12 December 1891 in Quincy, Adams, Illinois. He died 1 October 1979 at age 87 in Cook county, Illinois.
2. Mary Alice Groesbeck was born in January 1899 in Indiana.

Sources

Belle:

• Birth, Death and Burial from Blue River Cemetery index [Groesbeck Belle - born September 14 1875 died December 30 1929 - wife of Clide B Groesbeck dau of Samuel Smith & Eliza Pumphrey Riley lot 23 - Blue River-A-19-16-1].
• Birth, Death and Burial from her headstone.
• Marriage to from the Whitley County Marriage index [GROESBECK, Clyde B to Belle S RILEY on September 22, 1895 - Book 5:353].

Clide:

• Birth, Death and Burial from Green Hill Cemetery index (which gives his birth as 1874) [Groesbeck Clide B — born 1874 died 1946 Gladys — GH-Brand--2-3].
• Birth, Death and Burial from his headstone (which gives his birth as 1874).

Laura:

• Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index [Name: Laura Taylor; SSN: 338-26-6777; Last Residence: 60625 Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Born: 30 Mar 1897; Last Benefit: 60637 Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Died: Dec 1979; SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)].
• Birth, Death and Burial from her headstone.
• Death from the Cook County Illinois Death Index [Name: Laura B Taylor; Death Date: 15 Dec 1979; Death Location: Cook County, IL; File Number: 68915; Archive collection name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Deaths); Archive repository location: Chicago, IL; Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk].

Bates:

• Birth from his WWI draft card [Name: Bates Farnem Taylor; County: Marion; State: Missouri; Birthplace: Illinois; Birth Date: 12 Dec 1891; Race: Caucasian (White); FHL Roll Number: 1683404; DraftBoard: 0].
• Birth from his WWII draft card [Name: Bates Farnem Taylor; Birth Date: 12 Dec 1891; Birth Place: Quincy, Illinois; Residence: Chicago, Illinois; Race: White].
• Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index [Name: Bates Taylor; SSN: 338-26-2377; Last Residence: 60625 Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Born: 12 Dec 1891; Died: Oct 1979; SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)].
• Death from the Cook County Illinois Death Index [Name: Bates F Taylor; Death Date: 1 Oct 1979; Death Location: Cook County, IL; File Number: 56781; Archive collection name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Deaths); Archive repository location: Chicago, IL; Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk].

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Belle: 1900 census. Smith, Whitley, IN p. 18.
• 1930 census. Thorncreek, Whitley, IN p. 6.