Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Christopher, Reily D. 1826 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, pg 540
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    Reily D Christopher, one of Luzerne's useful citizens, 
was born in 1826 in Luzerne township, Fayette county, Penna, 
and is a son of Bernard Christopher and Mary Reily 
Christopher, the former a farmer and a son of Bernard 
Christopher, Sr, who was also a farmer of the same township. 
 The latter was a daughter of Dennis Reily, a farmer of 
Luzerne.
    Reily D Christopher was educated in the subscription 
schools of German township.  Leaving school he engaged in 
farming till 1863 when he began operating a grain threshing 
machine.  From that time to the present he has been 
continuously and successfully engaged in threshing grain.  
Some years ago he abandoned the old horse power machine, and 
now runs and operates one of the latest improved steam 
threshers in the country.  He does a large amount of work in 
Luzerne and adjoining townships.  His only brother, John T 
Christopher, enlisted in the late Civil War and died at New 
Berne, North Carolina.
    He was married to Eliza Roberts, daughter of Isaac 
Roberts.  They have ten children: Bernard Christopher 
(dead); Mary F Christopher, wife of J L Christopher; William 
Christopher; Isaac N Christopher, married Hettie Ensley; 
Ellazan Christopher, married W Christopher; Susanna 
Christopher, married Josiah Honsaker; Hettie Christopher, 
wife of Jacob Johnson; Hannah Christopher, wife of William 
Johnson; Elliott Christopher and Thomas Christopher.
    Reily D Christopher owns a valuable farm of 127 acres of 
land which is among the best in Luzerne township.  He is a 
republican, a good citizen, and a successful businessman, 
and has served as road supervisor.

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