Birth Date: December 27, 1842 at NYC
Date of Death: : February 23, 1928, in Brooklyn, NY
Enlistment Date: August 30, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve 3 years
Mustered In:
Description:
5 Feet 6 Inches
Gray Eyes
Brown Hair
Light Complexion
Company: D
Muster Out Date: Discharged, June 3, 1865 at Arlington Heights, VA
Promotions:
Wounded/Sick:
Taken Prisoner:
Details: May 9, 1863 to June 30, 1863 at Headquarters Army of the Potomac
Subsequent Service: Transferred to Company C, 5th New York Veteran Infantry,
June 2, 1864.
Discharged, June 3, 1865, at Arlington Heights, VA.
Marriage Date and Place: January 17, 1867, at his home 56 Flatbush Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY
Wife's Maiden Name: Margaret Keyes Born 1846, Boston MA, Died December
18, 1909, Brooklyn, NY
Wife's Father's Name: Philip Keyes, Born in Germany
Wife's Mother's Maiden Name: Theresa Bonzer, Born in Germany
Father's Name: Robert Riker, Born July 12, 1816 at NYC, Died July 15,
1899 at Brooklyn, NY
Mother's Maiden Name:Catherine M. McDougall Born 1824, Died March 7,
1900, at Brooklyn, NY
Occupations: Pre War: 1) City Clerk
Occupations: Post War:
1) Undertaker
2) Brooklyn City Park employee
Fraternal Organizations:
1) 14th Regiment War Veterans Association
2) O.E.S Flatbush Chapter No. 177
G.A.R. Post:
Known Addresses:
1) 1867 56 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
2) 1880 546 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
3) 1889 641 Baltic Street, Brooklyn, NY.
4) 1928 115 Woodruff Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
Last Pension Rate:
Children:
1) Catherine M. Riker Born November 10, 1867
2) Ella Estelle Riker Born November 4, 1869 Died 1906
3) Irene Isabel Riker Born March 28, 1873
4) Robert Riker Born December 4, 1875
5) Robert A. Riker Born November 15, 1877 Died 1944
6) Jennie Delenoye Riker Born March 27, 1879
7) Dollie Riker Born Unknown Died 1906
8) Ira E. Riker Born October 4, 1881 Died 1944
9) William Charles K. Riker Born July 13, 1887 Died 6-27-1944
10) Daisy M. Riker Born September 1888 Died 1889
11) Elise M. Riker Born October 12, 1891