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     George Finley was born circa 1846 at Guernsey Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Archibald Finley and Margaret Secrest.¹

     George W. Finley was born in February 1856 at Beaver Twp., Noble Co., OH.^1,2 He was the son of Philip Finley and Mary Wolfe.^1,3 George W. Finley married Sarah Jane Mercer on 4 September 1878 at Washington Co., OH. George W. Finley lived on 17 June 1880 at Fairfield Twp., Washington Co., OH, farming. George was also listed with his parents' family in Perry County, Ohio in 1880, and interestingly was shown there with a marital status of "S".⁴ He lived on 11 June 1900 at Harrison Twp., Perry Co., OH, coal miner.² He died on 3 June 1944 at Roseville, Muskingum Co., OH, at age 88. He was buried on 6 June 1944 at Mount Horeb Cemetery, Crooksville, Perry Co., OH, Findagrave #43456380.

     Gertrude Irene Finley was born on 24 August 1902 at Quaker City, Guernsey Co., OH. She was the daughter of Oscar Finley and Anna S. Carper. Gertrude Irene Finley died in 1903 at Quaker City, Guernsey Co., OH. She was buried in 1903 at Greenlawn Cemetery, Quaker City, Guernsey Co., OH, Findagrave #152515573.

     Goin Finley married Margaret Weir.

     Grace Finley was born circa 1877 at Williamsburg (now Batesville), Noble Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Finley and Elizabeth Lindsey.¹

     Grace Finley was born circa November 1908 at Belmont Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Fred L. Finley and Essie (?)¹

     Halleck Johnson Finley was born on 25 November 1895 at Knoxville, Marion Co., IA; or 1896, per the 1900 census.¹ He was the son of Samuel Judson Finley and Laura Ellen Johnson. Halleck Johnson Finley began military service WW I service, U.S. Army, Sgt. He died on 27 January 1987 at Sunrise Beach Village, Llano Co., TX, at age 91. He was buried in 1987 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX, Findagrave #3023979.

     Hannah Finley was born circa 1836 at Guernsey Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of William M. Finley and Mary Ann Webster.¹

     Hannah Finley was born on 1 May 1786 Date calculated from headstone inscription, "41Y 2M 5D." She married Col. John Lodwick on 13 July 1802 at West Union, Adams Co., OH. Hannah Finley died on 6 July 1827 at Adams Co., OH, at age 41. She was buried in July 1827 at West Union Village Cemetery, West Union, Adams Co., OH, Find A Grave Memorial# 35826386.

     Hannah Finley was born circa 1847 at Guernsey Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of William Finley and Margaret Eagon.¹

     Harold Finley was born in November 1899 at Noble Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Charles M. Finley and Minnie Hartley.¹

     Harold Mansel Finley was born on 21 July 1882 at Quaker City, Guernsey Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Samuel Judson Finley and Laura Ellen Johnson. Harold Mansel Finley lived in 1909 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, Harold relocated from New York City to Los Angeles in 1909, for his health. He married Irene Clara Dahl on 17 October 1932; no children. Harold Mansel Finley died on 28 March 1950 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, at age 67

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

HAROLD MANSEL FINLEY, BA 1906. Born July 21, 1882, Quaker City, Ohio; died March 28, 1950, Los Angeles, CA. Father, Samuel Judson Finley (BS Muskingum Coll 1877), superintendent schools Oskaloosa and Knoxville, Iowa, son of Daniel and Nancy (Roe) Finley. Mother, Laura Ellen (Johnson) Finley, daughter of Thomas Mansel and Margaret (Irwin) Johnson.

Oskaloosa High School, Ph B William Penn College 1904. First dispute appointment at Yale, editor Intercollegiate
Sociological work New York Federation of Churches 1906-7, press agent Charity Organization Society, New York City, 1907-8, on staff Bisbee (Arizona) Daily Review 1908, on editorial staff The Times, Los Angeles, 1909 until retirement 1948. Real-estate and financial editor 1915-18, editor Farm and Garden magazine section 1918-37, editorial writer 1937-48).

Married (1) April 1, 1912, San Diego, Jessica Marshall,
daughter of Oliver P Dennis. Mr and Mrs. Finley were divorced
1928. Married (2) October 17, 1932, Yuma, Ariz., Irene, daughter of Ivar Thompson and Althea (Sangstad) Dahl.

Death due to coronary thrombosis.

Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Los Angeles.

He was buried in 1950 at Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, Los Angeles Co., CA, Findagrave #184409125.

     Harry Coleman Finley was born on 23 March 1879 at Randolph Co., IL.¹ He married Grace Lee Quisenberry in 1914. Harry Coleman Finley lived on 14 January 1920 at 3834 South Benton Avenue, Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO, Assistant manager, radiator company.¹ He died on 17 April 1923 at Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO, at age 44.

     Harry Vance Finley was born on 5 August 1904 at Quaker City, Guernsey Co., OH. He was the son of Oscar Finley and Anna S. Carper. Harry Vance Finley died in 1920 at Guernsey Co., OH. He was buried in 1920 at Greenlawn Cemetery, Quaker City, Guernsey Co., OH, Findagrave #152515014.

     Henry Taylor Finley was also known as Taylor.³ He was born circa 1846 at Guernsey Co., OH.^1,2 He was the son of William M. Finley and Mary Ann Webster.² Henry Taylor Finley married May (?).³

     Hester Ann Finley was born circa 1842 at Guernsey Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of William Finley and Margaret Eagon.¹

     Homer Finley was born on 29 August 1876 at Beaver Twp., Noble Co., OH, per Ohio Births and Christenings Index, or 1875 per WW I draft registration.¹ He was the son of Robert Finley and Elizabeth Lindsey.¹ Homer Finley died after January 1920.
Note: Unmarried as of 1920 census, no further record found.

     Homer Glen Finley was born on 23 May 1876 at Beaver Twp., Noble Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Albert Henry Finley and Lydia Ann Peters.¹ Homer Glen Finley married Ann V. (?) circa 1901.² Occupation: Principal, High School in 1910 at Bridgeport, Belmont Co., OH.² Homer Glen Finley died on 2 April 1923 at Noble Co., OH, at age 46.

     Howard F. Finley was born in May 1892 at Belmont Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Albert Henry Finley and Lydia Ann Peters.¹

     Iona Finley was born circa October 1879 at Ohio.¹ She was the daughter of Webster H. Finley and Phoebe A. (?)¹

     Iowa Finley was born circa 1867 at Noble Co., OH.^1,2 She was the daughter of James W. Finley and Elizabeth Jones.¹ Iowa Finley married George H. Moore on 3 September 1890 at Simpson Church, Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., IA, no children as of the 1900 census. Iowa Finley died Possibly died and buried at St. Louis, Missouri.

     Irene Sarah Finley was born on 10 August 1918 at Neffs, Belmont Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Ross Albert Finley and Arizona Naome Rowand.¹ Irene Sarah Finley married Clarke Elmer Schworm on 11 February 1938 at Belmont Co., OH, Irene remarried to Arthur L. Miller (1908 - 1976) in 1971, and again to Willard Priest (1908 - 1986) in 1981. Irene Sarah Finley died on 7 May 1997 at Newark, Licking Co., OH, at age 78

Obituary -- The Newark Advocate, Newark, Ohio; Friday, 9 MAY 1997, p.10 (Newspapers.com):

Irene Sarah Priest
Aug. 10, 1918 - May 7, 1997

Funeral services for Irene Sarah (Finley) Priest, 78, of Newark are 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Newark Chapel of Henderson, Van Atta & Johnston. Burial will follow in Newark Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Priest, a member of the Southgate Church of Christ, died May 7, 1997, at her home. She was born Aug. 10, 1918, in Neffs, to the late Ross Albert and Zona Naomi (Rowand) Finley.

She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Ross and Dawn Schworm of Newark, and Gary and Linda Schworm of Midland, Mich; one daughter and son-in-law, Zona and Tom Mauller of Newark; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one brother and sister-in-law, Myles and Lettie Finley of North Canton, and Irene Finley of Ohio; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by three husbands, Clarke E. Schworm, Art Miller and Willard Priest; two brothers; one sister; and a great-granddaughter.

Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, 50 N. Fifth St.

She was buried in May 1997 at Newark Memorial Gardens, Newark, Licking Co., OH.

     James Finley was born circa 1849 at Beaver Twp., Guernsey Co., OH.¹ He was the son of William Finley and Margaret Eagon.¹

     James Finley was born circa 1800 at Virginia.¹ He married Hester (?) on 27 November 1845 at Beaver Twp., Guernsey (now Noble) Co., OH.

     James A. Finley was born on 20 August 1895 at Clayton, Perry Co., OH.¹ He was the son of George W. Finley and Sarah Jane Mercer.¹ James A. Finley married Mary Hamilton on 22 November 1919 at Perry Co., OH. James A. Finley lived in 1944 at Roseville, Muskingum Co., OH. He died on 16 November 1982 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, at age 87.

     James E. Finley was born on 26 February 1914 at Mahaska Co., IA.¹ He was the son of Carl Winter Finley and Margaret Alice Donnelly. James E. Finley died on 11 September 1925 at age 11. He was buried in September 1925 at Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., IA, Findagrave #12532472.

     James Finley Jr. was born circa 1825 at Ohio. He was the son of James Finley and Hester (?)¹ James Finley Jr. married Charlotte Eagon, daughter of James Eagon and Margaret Starr, on 27 November 1845 at Beaver Twp., Guernsey Co., OH. James Finley Jr. lived on 24 August 1850 at Beaver Twp., Guernsey (now Noble) Co., OH, Farming, lived adjacent to his brother William and sister in-law Margaret (Eagon) Findley.¹ He began military service Civil War service, 110th Ohio Infantry. He died in 1864 Died in service, per widow's pension application.

     James R. Finley was born between 1843 and 1844 at Guernsey Co., OH.^1,2 He was the son of William M. Finley and Mary Ann Webster.² James R. Finley married Lydia S. (?).³

     James W. Finley was born on 6 June 1832 at Beaver Twp., Guernsey (now Noble) Co., OH.^1,2 He was the son of Daniel Finley and Nancy Roe.¹ James W. Finley was educated in 1853 at Wittenberg College, Springfield, Clark Co., OH; attended during the spring and summer of 1853. He married Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Thomas Jones and Sabrah Robinson, on 19 November 1861 at Ohio. James W. Finley lived on 2 June 1880 at Oskaloosa Twp., Mahaska Co., IA, farming.³ He died on 9 July 1907 at Mahaska Co., IA, at age 75

Biography -- (Findagrave.com):

Portrait & Biographical Album of Mahaska Co., Iowa, 1887

JAMES W. FINLEY, a well-known citizen of Spring Creek Township, resides upon section 30, and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He was born in Guernsey, now Noble County. Ohio, June 6, 1832, and is the son of Daniel and Nancy (Roe) Finley, the former a native of Shenandoah Valley, Va., and the latter of the eastern shore of Maryland.

In childhood they were taken by their parents to Ohio, where they became acquainted and were subsequently united in marriage. Ten children were born of this union, three sons and seven daughters, of whom the three sons only are now living: James W., the subject of this sketch; Thomas M., a machinist of Ottumwa, Iowa; Samuel J., Principal of the public schools of Quaker City, Ohio.

Daniel, the father of our subject, was by occupation a farmer, and, moving to Ohio when the greater portion of the State was unoccupied territory, he endured all the toils and privations of pioneer life. He and his wife were consistent members of the Lutheran Church, respected and loved by all who knew them. Daniel Finley died Sept. 5, 1865, and his wife June 12, 1883.

James W. Finley was the oldest child of the family, and as a matter of course, living upon a farm, he was soon made acquainted with the duties of a farmer's son. Until nineteen years of age he assisted his father upon the farm in the summer and attended the district school in the winter.

The winter following his nineteenth birthday, he went to Batesville, Ohio, and entered the High School there. The next summer he returned to the farm and assisted his father until winter, when he was solicited to teach the school of his home district, where he had himself attended for so many winters. Accepting the position, he filled it successfully, and in the spring of 1853 entered Wittenburg College at Springfield, Ohio, attending during the spring and summer. In the winter of 1853-54, he again taught a term of school in a district adjoining the first.

Young Finley now desiring to see something more of the world, together with a laudable ambition of bettering his fortune, determined to visit California, and in the fall of 1854 he made the trip to the New Eldorado, by way of the Isthmus of Panama, where he remained five years engaged in hydraulic mining, in which he was fairly successful.

He then returned to his home in Ohio to visit his parents, with the intention of remaining but a few months, but "the best laid schemes of mice and men gang oft agley," says the poet Burns. On his arrival home he found his mother in delicate health, and for her sake he postponed his return to California, and finally abandoned the idea altogether.

Up to this time Mr. Finley was "heart free," but believing it was not good for man to live alone, on the 19th day of November, 1861, he was married to Elizabeth Jones, who was a native of Ohio, born Dec. 13, 1840, and the daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Robinson) Jones.

To them have been born eight children: Thomas D. died in infancy; Sarah F. died at thirteen years of age; Iowa I., Mary A. and Samuel J. died in infancy; the others are Ann Lisa, Carl W. and Pearl M.

After his marriage, Mr. Finley engaged in farming in his native State for two years, and in the spring of 1864, with his family, moved to Mahaska County, and for a few months was a citizen of Oskaloosa. While living in this city he was on the lookout for a good farm in its vicinity, and finding one to his satisfaction on sections 29, 31 and 32, Spring Creek Township, he purchased and moved on it in March, 1865.

His father dying in September following, as already stated, Mr. Finley returned to Ohio to assist in settling up the estate, He was appointed administrator, and knowing that it would take a long time to close it up, returned to Mahaska County in the spring of 1866, packed up and stored his household goods, rented his farm, and took his family back to Ohio, where they remained until the spring of 1869.

The business requiring his attention now being satisfactorily settled, he returned to his farm in Spring Creek Township. Mr. Finley, in 1882, added to his original purchase eighty acres on section 30, but adjoining the home place. To the new farm he subsequently moved.

The whole now consists of 240 acres of excellent farming land, all of which is underlaid with a thick vein of bituminous coal of the best quality, and a shaft has been opened on the place. The land is well improved, and the buildings and other auxiliaries are of the best quality. Mr. Finley is a member of the Masonic fraternity. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he is a Greenbacker.

He keenly appreciates the demand of the country for constant watchfulness and protection against the frequent endeavors of the money power to control legislation. In his business of farming he has made a success, and in his transactions with others he is honorable and upright, and enjoys the respect of neighbors and friends. We herewith present excellent portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Finley, which will be viewed with pleasure by their friends, who are legion.

He was buried in July 1907 at Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., IA, Findagrave #12532473.

     John Finley was born circa 1845 at Guernsey Co., OH. He was the son of William Finley and Margaret Eagon.