COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Wheeler Collection
Record
Filename:
MW.B4.F21.166(i).jpg
Identifier:
MW.B4.F21.166(i)
Title:
Clabe Riley
Creator:
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
Subject:
Roustabouts
Subject:
African American music -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Children -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
African Americans -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Black history -- Paducah (KY)
Description:
Former roustabout Clayton "Clabe" Riley stands with his cane. It is thought that former roustabout, Clayton 'Clabe" Riley was born March 28, around 1860. According to Henry County, Tennessee marriage records he married Tennie (Tennessee) Phillips on June 19, 1890. They moved from Paris, TN too Paducah, KY sometime around 1901 and lived at 1026 North 10th St, 925 Burnett St. and 1111 Burnett St. Clayton died of pneumonia on February 26, 1937 and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Paducah. Mary Wheeler notes in her book Steamboatin' Days, that after working on the river Mr. Riley became a preacher. He appears in Steamboatin' Days on pages 67-72 and is responsible for the songs I Come Up Out uv Egypt, Red Sea and Gabriel's Trumpet.
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Date:
Circa 1935
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Image/TIFF
Language:
English
Coverage:
Lower Ohio River Valley
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
Citation:
Ancestry Library Edition. ProQuest, n.d. Web. Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, KY. Louisville, KY: Caron Directory Company Inc., 1908-1959. Print. "Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records." Web. 2014. "Paducahky.gov." Oak Grove Cemetery. City of Paducah. Web. 2014. Way, Frederick, Jr. Way�s Packet Directory, 1848-1983. Athens, OH: Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, 1983. Print. Way, Frederick, and Joseph W. Rutter. Way's Steam Towboat Directory. Athens: Ohio UP, 1990. Print. Wheeler, Mary. Steamboatin� Days: Folk Songs of the River Packet Era. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1944. Print. 1860-1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com)
