About
fifty years ago [about 1827], Cornelius Riley opened
a tavern, at Riley’s Corners, on the road extending northward into
Crawford, which was the first road in [Sugar Grove] township. This hotel
was kept open for a number of years, until the death of its proprietor,
who was killed between his house and Greenville. Co-temporary with the
hotel a store was established by James Nesbit,
near the present [1877] Nesbit residence.
History
of Mercer County,
1877, page 83
Cornelius
Riley opened a tavern in the township many years ago. He was killed
while on his way from home to Greenville.
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