Wilson Camanza Riles (1917 - 1999)

Born 27 Jun 1917 in Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Louise (Watkins) Riles — married 21 Nov 1941 in Florence, Pinal, Arizona, United States

Died 1 Apr 1999 at age 81 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA

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Biography

Wilson Riles is Notable.

Wilson Riles was awarded the Spingarn Medal for outstanding achievement by an African American.

Wilson Riles was a notable educator and politician, and the first African American to be elected to statewide office in California.

Sources

• Wikipedia Profile: https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Riles
• Wilson Camanza Riles, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Free Ancestry Saring Link
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYW2-D4B : 4 January 2021), Wilson Comanza Ryles in household of Leon J Bryant, Supervisorial District 2, Coconino, Arizona, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-4, sheet 2A, line 8, family 19, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 101.