Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed.,
1886. Allen County.

JOHN M. BRILEY was born in Allen County, Ky., June 15, 1829.  His
father, John Notts Briley (born 1790), was a native of North Carolina.
He was of a rambling disposition and when a young man came to Kentucky,
where he soon afterward married Levina Browning, of Monroe County.  This
marriage occurred in 1812.  They lived together happily until 1861, when
Mr. B. died, leaving four sons and two daughters.  John Notts Briley; in
the latter years of his life was successfully engaged in agriculture;
when a young man he entered into the pleasures of life with unusual
zest, but in 1835, he united with the Baptist Church, and from that time
until his death, was noted for his strict attention to religious duties,
and as a constant and true Christian worker.  He was for many years a
deacon in his church, and during the last twenty-five years of his life
he wielded an influence for good that was almost phenomenal.  He died in
1866.  He was a kind father, a public-spirited citizen and a true
Christian.  He was a son of William and Margaret (Notts) Briley; they
were Carolinians of English parentage.  John M. Briley is the youngest
of the family and remained with his parents until their death and cared
for them in their declining years.  His education was obtained in the
free schools where he mastered the rudiments of English and mathematics,
and his contact with the affairs of life has made him expert and correct
in business transactions.  In accordance with his father's will he
became heir to a part of the home farm, to which he has added 120 acres
since.  His farm contains 300 acres, 200 of which are enclosed, mostly
in cultivation and well improved.  His land is adapted to stock-farming,
and Mr. B. exhibits some of the best stock in the county.  He married,
on the 31st of October, 1861, Camelia J. Marion, daughter of Thompson
and Elizabeth Marion, of Allen County, Ky,; their union is blessed in
the birth of five sons and three daughters; Levina E., Thomas H., Robert
L., Charles B., Albie J., William A., Nannie E. and Walter S.  Mr. B.
and his wife and three children are members of the Baptist Church.  In
political matters Mr. Briley takes little interest further than to cast
his ballot for whom he considers "the best man for the office;" he is a
Democrat and makes no compromise either in law or politics.  He is not a
Prohibitionist, but takes a strong stand against the traffic in
spirituous liquors.

Briley Browning Marion Notts
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Monroe-KY NC

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