Ebenezer Finley, Jr. and Phoebe Woodward
Husband Ebenezer Finley, Jr. 1 2 3 4
Born: 24 Oct 1804 - Fayette Co, PA 1 4 5 Christened: Died: 28 Dec 1891 4 5 Buried:
Father: Ebenezer Finley (1758/1760-1849) 1 4 6 7 8 Mother: Violet Lowrey (1775-1804) 4 5 7
Marriage: 9 Feb 1826 1 4 5
Wife Phoebe Woodward 4 9 10
AKA: Phoebe Wood Ward 5 Born: - Fayette Co, PA Christened: Died: Aft 1889 Buried:
Father: Caleb Woodward (cal 1779-1856) 10 11 12 13 14 Mother: Phebe McCarty (cal 1780-1856) 15 16 17
Children
1 M Rev. Caleb Woodward Finley 1
Born: 15 Jan 1849 1 Christened: Died: 13 Apr 1877 - London, Madison Co, OH 1 Buried:
2 M Ebenezer L. Finley 1
Born: 2 Oct 1828 1 Christened: Died: 10 Sep 1849 1 Buried:
3 M Robert F. Finley 18
Born: 29 May 1830 18 Christened: Died: Buried:
4 M Evans Finley 18
Born: 16 Aug 1832 18 Christened: Died: Buried:
5 M Elijah V. Finley 18
Born: 10 Jul 1834 18 Christened: Died: 25 Nov 1859 18 Buried:
6 M James G. Finley 18
Born: 16 Apr 1836 18 Christened: Died: Buried:
7 F Phebe Jane Finley 18
Born: 25 Jul 1840 18 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Thomas Porter ( - ) 18
8 M Albert W. Finley 18
Born: 23 Mar 1843 18 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Emma Mosier ( - ) 18 Marr: 18 Jul 1872 18
9 M Dr. John Huston Finley 18
Born: 7 Apr 1847 18 Christened: Died: 16 Nov 1883 - Streator, LaSalle Co, IL 18 Cause of Death: Railroad collision Buried:
10 F Violet Finley 18
Born: 18 Apr 1849 18 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Dr. C. D. Chalfant ( - ) 18
General Notes: Husband - Ebenezer Finley, Jr.
Menallen Twp, Fayette Co, PA - a farmer
He was raised on a farm and received but limited educational privileges during his boyhood days.
He was identified with the temperance cause in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, for over half a century, and for forty years or more was president of the New Salem Temperance Society.
On August 13, 1834, he was elected a ruling elder in the Dunlap's Creek Presbyterian church.
He was a very useful man in Fayette County, settled thirty eight estates, wrote sixty-four wills, seventy-one deeds, served as executor, administrator, guardian and assignee. He also served three years as poor house director, and in 1841 was elected school director in Menallen township.
1 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 332.
2 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 953.
3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 218, 326.
4 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 36.
5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 326.
6 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 725.
7 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1136.
8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 325.
9 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 953, 1044.
10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 218.
11 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 548, 655.
12 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 332, 403, 484.
13 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 953, 1043, 1178.
14 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 30.
15 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 548.
16 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 403, 484.
17 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1044, 1178.
18
John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 333.
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