NameJohn Riley Click
Birth29 Jun 1854, Kentucky
Death29 Aug 1930, Bath Co., Kentucky
BurialJones Cemetery, Salt Lick, Bath Co., Ky
SpouseElizabeth “Bettie” Myers
Birth27 Apr 1864 (?), Kentucky
Death13 Jun 1932, Salt Lick, Bath Co, Kentucky
BurialJones Cemetery, Salt Lick, Bath Co., Ky
Notes for John Riley Click
His death certificate records John Riley Click, age 76 years 2 months 23 days, born 29 June 1854 in Ky, died 29 Aug 1930 in Bath Co., Ky, married, husband of Mrs. Bettie Click, farmer, father John Click, mother’s maiden name Amanda Adkins, birthplaces don’t know, cause of death chronic valvular heart disease died sudden, informant Mrs. Bettie Click, Salt Lick, Ky, burial in Jones Cemetery.
Notes for Elizabeth “Bettie” Myers
Her death certificate records Bettie Click Chambers, age 67 years 0 months 16 days, birthdate blank, born in Kentucky, died 13 June 1932 in Salt Lick, Bath Co., Kentucky, married, wife of C. C. Chambers, father James Myers, mother’s maiden name DK (for don’t know), cause of death arteriosclerosis, informant Fred Click, Salt Lick, Ky.
Her gravestone gives her date of birth as 27 April 1864, which is inconsistent with the death certificate (it would imply 28 May 1865.) The 1900 census gives her birthdate as Feb 1863, which is consistent with neither.
Census Notes for John Riley & Elizabeth “Bettie” (Family)
1900 census of Bath Co., Ky, White Sulphur precinct, enumerated 8 June, lists on p. 7B as family #125:
Click, Riley J., 42, b. June 1857, farmer; Elizabeth, wife, 37, b. Feb 1863, married 16 years, mother of 4 children, 3 living; Berley, son, 15, b. Aug 1885; Maudie, dau, 14, b. Jan 1886; Fred, son, 7, b. July 1892; Elizabeth, mother-in-law, 72, b. Sep 1827, widowed, mother of 10 children, 4 living. All born Ky Ky Ky.
The surname for Riley’s mother-in-law should be Myers. The reported age and birthdate for Berley are inconsistent with each other. If the months are correct, then it is probably the age that is right and the year wrong, because there are only 5 months between Aug 1885 and his sister Maudie’s reported birthdate of Jan 1886.