The Family Bible of the Rial / Riel Family Bible, who lived in Lawrence County, Ohio, was submitted by Peg Schreiber
Rosa Fullerton Rial/Riel’s bible
(Bible in bad condition, Rosa carried it to church every Sunday and read from it daily. She was a Baptist until her second marriage, and her new husband was a Presbyterian–together, they became Methodist. She was the daughter of Francis Marion and Elizabeth Keyser Fullerton)
( ) are my explanations and/or updates, Peg Schreiber
FAMILY REGISTER
PARENTS NAMES DEATHS
Samuel Riel d 8 Mar 1890 (Lawrence Co, Ohio) 42 y, 3 m, 10 d b 28 Dec 1848 (Lawrence Co). Married 28 Sept 1882, South Point, Lawrence Co, Ohio
Rosa Riel (nee Fullerton) 12 Apr 1911 (WVa) mother b 8 Dec 1865 (Wayne Co, WVa) (Buried Williams Cem now in New Martinsville)
(Samuel was married 1st to Phebe Ann Whaley) (Phebe d bef 1880, Sam and son Lydious are listed in the 1880 c living with brother Jonathan Riel.) (They had one child, Lydious David Riel (Rial) (Rosa went to court to obtain custody of him)
CHILDREN’S NAMES
George Washington Riel 22 July 1930-45 y, 8 m, 23 Days b 29 Oct 1884
John Leslie Riel 19 Jul 1886, 19 Oct 1903-17 years, 3 mos
Mabel Beatrice Riel 6 Jul 1889 23 May 1890 1 y, 10m, 17 days
(2nd Marriage to brother of Samuel Riel-he was a widower with 9 children. They raised his 9, Sam’s 1 and their own 4 children together as one family)
(Benjamin) Franklin Pierce Riel b 13 day of Aug 1853 (Lawrence Co, O). Second Union 12 Oct 1896, Proctor WVa., (by Rev Nana in BFP’s home) Franklin Pierce Riel,father, died 11 Apr 1942 88y, 8 m Wetzel Co., W Va
CHILDREN’S NAMES Second marriage
Elizabeth Mildred D Riel 2 Nov 1897 (Marshall Co, WV) (Died 17 June 2003 at 105, 7 mos. Chestertown, Maryland)
Paul Fullerton Riel 31 Mar 1899 (?Marshall Co. WV?) 7 Apr 1957, 58y, (Alliance, Ohio)
Alma Grace Rial (in later years, she switched her names around so that she was Grace A –she hated Alma) 2 Jun 1902 (?Marshall Co, WV?) 2 Jan 1998, 95 y, 7 m (Chestertown, Maryland)
Alice Vivian Riel 13 May 1904 (?Marshall Co, WV?) 3 Jul 1907, 3 y 2m (screamed one afternoon with pains in her abdomen, several days and several doctors later, she died…unknown causes)
(Elizabeth A) Aunt Betsy Riel (b Oct 1832, Lawrence Co, Ohio to Isaac and Elizabeth Melvin Rial, sister to Sam and Franklin)) d Dec 1911-(buried
beside Rosa and Vivian in William’s Cem-New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WVa)(Betsy Ann Riel had “brain Fever” as a child and was mentally slow. After the death of her parents and the remarriages of Rosa and Franklin, she came to live with them. She wove the materials for the family to make their clothing. Betsy fell down the stairs one Sunday morning and suffered skull/brain injuries. She died shortly afterward.)
MARRIAGES
George Washington Riel age 30 yrs, 23 Mar 1914 (Mary Virginia Jergens)
Elizabeth Mildred D Riel age 20 years, 29 Dec 1917 (To Ernest Edward Heinzman, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV, son of William Heinzman and Lily Aldina Wilhelmina Protzman)
Paul Fullerton Riel age 29 yrs, 11 May 1829 (Bertha Schmid)
Alma Grace Riel age 26 years, 14 Nov 1928 (Roy H Bowser, St Marys, WV)
(Children from first marriage to Samuel Riel— George Washington Riel, b 29 Oct 1884, d 22 Jul 1930 Youngstown, Ohio, Gertrude and Curtis at birth, John Leslie Riel b 19 Jul 1886, d 19 Oct 1903 WV, Mabel Beatrice Riel b 6 Jun 1889, d 23 May 1890 Ohio.)
(Samuel and Phebe Whaley’s son, Lydious–b 27 Dec 1875 Lawrence Co, d 24 Aug 1953 WV.)
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