Minnie Bell Riley

1870 - 1961

• Born	26 Sep 1870	Loudoun County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Dec 1961	Boliver, West Virginia   [1]
  Buried	Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, West Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I182	Virts
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	James W. Riley,   b. 7 Sep 1845, Loudoun County, Virginia ,   d. 4 Jan 1918, Loudoun County, Virginia
  Mother	Martha Ann Griggs,   b. 14 Apr 1846, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia ,   d. 4 Nov 1934, Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia
  Family ID	F16649	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Louis Joseph Virts,   b. 4 Jul 1869, Lovettsville, Virginia ,   d. 30 Jan 1934, Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia
  Married	31 Mar 1889	Loudoun County, Virginia   [2]
  Children	1. James Elmer Virts,   b. 3 Jan 1890, Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia ,   d. 27 Sep 1927, Charles Town, West Virginia   2. Raymond Lester Virts,   b. 13 Jun 1891, Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia ,   d. 27 Feb 1956, Charles Town, West Virginia   3. Guy Leonard Virts,   b. 25 Oct 1893, Charles Town, West Virginia ,   d. 28 Oct 1961, Cumberland, Maryland   4. Lena Viola Virts,   b. 4 Dec 1894, Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia ,   d. 22 Jan 1984   5. Garland Lewis Virts,   b. 7 Apr 1898, Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia ,   d. 5 Feb 1968, Charles Town, West Virginia   6. Nona E. Virts,   b. 22 May 1900, Jefferson County, West Virginia ,   d. 9 Oct 1981, Charles Town, West Virginia   7. Martha Louise Virts,   b. 27 Feb 1912, Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia ,   d. 1 Jan 1959, Winchester, Virginia
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2012
  Family ID	F103	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Minnie Bell Riley Virts Minnie Bell Riley was born September 26, 1870 in Loudoun County Virginia and died December 14, 1961 in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. She married Lewis Joseph Virts on March 20, 1889. Lewis was born July 4, 1869 in Lovettsville, Virginia to Joseph Lewis and Sarah A. Long Virts. He died January 30, 1934 in Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia. Both are buried in Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, West Virginia.

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Source Unknown. Mrs. Minnie, 91, of Shenandoah Junction died last night in the Locust Grove Rest Home at Harpers Ferry. The widow of L. J. Virts, she had spent practically her entire life in Jefferson County, where she came at the age of 17 years from Loudoun County, Va., where she was born September 26, 1870, a daughter of the late James and Martha Long Riley. Two daughters and a son survive. Mrs. Charles F. Snyder, of Shenandoah Junction, Mrs. Shirley E. Algar and Garland L. Virts of Charles Town; and one sister, Mrs. Charles Harding, of Mansfield, Oh.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5268] West Virginia Death Certificate No. 2923. [S572] Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940.