from The Pettit Correspondent, Vol. 3, No. 3, page 152
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                        Obituary of Mrs. Nancy Riley
      
                          Transcribed by Cris Reed
                         (Route 1, Malta, OH 43758)
      
      Editor's notes: This Nancy Riley is the same Ann Pettit, widow of
      Plummer Pettit, that married Hugh Riley in Morgan County, Ohio in
      1834. She appears on the 1850 and 1880 census in Morgan County as
      Nancy but during the Rileys' years in Putnam County, Missouri she
      appears in  many records as Ann. In an 1854 deed in Putnam County
      (Book B, page 57, Hugh Riley to Hiram Hearing) she is referred in
      one line  as Ann  and another as Nancy. Although further evidence
      is needed,  I am beginning to suspect that she was the Nancy Ann,
      daughter of Elijah Pettit (see separate article for Elias Pettit,
      this issue).  If true,  it would  mean that  she m-1  an  unknown
      Pettit, probably  in  Fairfield  County,  Ohio,  m-2  her  cousin
      Plummer Pettit,  m-3 her  brother-in-law Hugh Riley. She was born
      at the  right time  and place  to fit  in - Westmoreland Co., PA,
      1792. Also,  her daughter,  Mrs. Martha (Pettet) Pettit, was born
      19 December  1818 in  Perry County,  "2 miles south of Deerfield"
      (Morgan County).  It is  known that  Elijah's family  was in that
      area by 1815. She had three sons with Plummer Pettit, two of whom
      also moved  to Putnam  County, MO. It is not known if she was the
      mother of any of Hugh's children.
      
        Nancy Riley  was born  in Westmoreland  Co., Pennsylvania, Dec.
      23, 1792, and died Jan. 5, 1887, aged 94 years, 12 days.
      
        When a  little girl  she  emigrated  to  this  state  with  her
      parents. In  early life she united with the M.E. Church. The calm
      sweet peace  of the Christian has been hers; her great desire was
      to see  her friends  and neighbors  do right; her constant prayer
      has been  for salvation of sinners; for years she has never had a
      feeling of  anger in her bosom. She died in the full assurance of
      a blessed  immortality. In  the language of the poet we would say
      of her:
      
        "Lifes work  well done!  Lifes race  well run! Lifes crown well
      won! Now comes rest."
      
        Her funeral  took place  from the  home of  her son-in-law, Wm.
      Pettit,  near  Triadelphia,  Morgan  Co.,  Ohio,  on  6th  inst.,
      conducted by G.W. King, pastor M.E. Church, Philo, Ohio.