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William Riley 1903 - 1984

William Riley of Belleville, Republic County, Kansas was born on November 7, 1903, and died at age 80 years old in February 1984.
William Riley
Belleville, Republic County, Kansas 66935
November 7, 1903
February 1984
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  • 11/7
    1903

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    November 7, 1903
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  • 02/dd
    1984

    Death

    February 1984
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    William Riley lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1903, in the year that William Riley was born, the Harley-Davidson Motor Company was begun by two childhood friends, William Harley and Arthur Davidson - with help from Arthur's brother, Walter. Their first prototype - a "motor-bicycle" - couldn't climb hills without also pedaling, so they went back to the drawing board, and in 1904 their new version came in 4th in a race. Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company were the only two major motorcycle companies to survive the Great Depression.
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In 1924, William was 21 years old when J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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