History of Clinton, (Hinds County) Mississippi United States of America

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Franklin Lafayette Riley, historian, was born near Hebron, Lawrence county, Miss., Aug. 24, 1868; son of Franklin Lafayette and Balsorah (Weathersby) Riley; grandson of Edward Miles and Mary (Shows) Riley and of Edward Duncan and Elmira (McDaniel) Weathersby, and a descendant of Edward Riley, who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, about 1747. He was graduated from Mississippi college, A.B., 1889, A.M., 1891; began teaching at the Hebron high school, 1889; and was married at Clinton, Miss., July 15, 1891, to Fanny Townes, daughter of Charles Henry Leigh of Cleburne, Texas. He was a fellow at Johns Hopkins, 1895?96, receiving his Ph.D. degree there in 1896; was president of Hillman College for Young Women, 1896?97, and became professor of history at the University of Mississippi in 1897. He re-organized the Mississippi Historical society and organized the University Historical society in 1898; became secretary and treasurer of the former, and a member of other similar organizations. His published works include: Colonial Origin of New England Senates (1896); School History of Mississippi (1900); Transition from Spanish to American Control in Mississippi (1900); Descriptive and Historical Sketch of Mississippi (1901); Extinct Towns and Villages of Mississippi (1902). He edited five volumes of the publications of the Mississippi Historical society, and contributed numerous historical articles to periodicals.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Clinton, (Hinds County) Mississippi

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