John Lafayette Riker

1824–1862 (age 38)

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About John Lafayette Riker

John Lafayette Riker (1824–1862) lived to age 38. Born in Manhattan, they died in Fair Oaks. They are buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in New York.

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