Riley Bartholomew

Riley Lucas Bartholomew (May 30, 1807 – September 23, 1894) was a Minnesota pioneer and politician who served as state senator from 1859 to 1860.

During his Ohio years, Riley joined the state militia, rising through the ranks to the status of general.

Bartholomew's parents, Benjamin and Susannah, settled in Ohio's northeast corner in 1807, the year of Riley's birth.

Upon arrival in Minnesota Territory, Bartholomew claimed a piece of land on the east side of Wood Lake straddling the western boundary line of the original Fort Snelling reservation.

During the Dakota War of 1862 Bartholomew joined a volunteer company that came to the relief of soldiers at Fort Ridgely.