John Lafayette Riker
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John Lafayette Riker was an American attorney and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Fair Oaks during the Peninsula Campaign.
John Lafayette Riker
James Riker
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James Riker was a New York historian and genealogist. His father, James Riker was a merchant and landowner descended from early Dutch settlers. Riker left school at the age of sixteen to work in his f
John Lafayette Riker
…Van Arsdale, was the daughter of Captain John Van Arsdale of Revolutionary War and Evacuation Day fame. John Lafayette was the younger brother of James Riker, the New York genealogist. John L. Riker is said to have been given his second name, "Lafayette", by his grandfather, John Van Arsdale, in honor of…
James Riker