WI BIO - Dodge Co - RIELY, Robert

History of Dodge County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1880, p 594

Robert RIELY [not a typo for REILY], superintendent of Beaver Dam Woolen 
Mills [Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin], was born 03 August 1831, four 
miles west of Glasgow, Scotland. He came to Wisconsin on 23 September 1854, 
locating in Green County, served an apprenticeship in woolen and cotton goods 
with the Blackburn Cotton Mills of [headquartered in] Kingsville [Ashtabula 
County], Ohio, for two and a half years, then for one year was superintendent 
of Monterey Woolen Mill of Janesville [Rock County, Wisconsin].

On 17 December 1849 Mr. [Robert] RIELY married Elizabeth CROMPTON [a maiden 
name?] of Lancashire, England. He has [implied that Robert and Elizabeth 
RIELY have] four children living: Jesse Ann, Nellie, Robert, and Bessie. In 
1856 he came to Beaver Dam [Dodge County] and engaged with the Farmers' 
Woolen Mill as superintendent, after which he became superintendent of the 
Beaver Dam Woolen Mills, which position he now holds.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly