BIO: Finley, Samuel s/o Finley, Jefferson - Unknown Co

FINLEY,  BROOKS,  ELLIOTT

"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, INDIANA"  GOODSPEED
BROS.  1884

ORLEANS TOWNSHIP, ORANGE COUNTY, INDIANA

PAGE 607
SAMUEL FINLEY, son of Jefferson and Mirian (Brooks) Finley, is a native of
this county, his birth occurring July 10, 1828. The father was a native of
Kentucky, and was born May 16, 1805; his wife, a native of the same fine
State, was born November 5, 1803. David Finley, the paternal grandfather,
whose wife was Elizabeth, was born June 1, 1754, and came to Orange County
before the war of 1812; he died April 19, 1848, more than four score years
and ten, well known and respected. His wife, born in 1763, died in 1835.
Jefferson died November 19, 1829, and his wife December 12, 1848. They were
excellent people of much prominence and worth. Samuel is a farmer by
occupation, and owns the old farm (Orleans Township). His education is
limited, but sufficient fort the business of life. December 7, 1848, he
married Elizabeth Elliott, who was born in Washington County March 5, 1830.
Their children are: Jefferson L., born April 25, 1850; Sarah J., born
February 11, 1852; William J., born June 18, 1854; Susan, born January 27,
1856; Charles S., born January 8, 1858; Preston T., born March 25, 1860
(deceased); Oliver P. M., born October 24, 1863; Ulysses S. G., born
February 9, 1868 (deceased); Reed, born November 14, 1869, and one which
died in infancy. Mr. Finley is a Republican and a prominent and useful 
citizen.


Transcribed by: Diana Flynn 
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Date: 3 Oct 1997