John Findley and Melissa Painter

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Husband John Findley ¹

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           Born: 19 Jul 1838 - Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: David Findley (      -Bef 1888) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Grace Sarah Cunningham (      -      ) 1 5

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       Marriage: 1861 6

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Wife Melissa Painter ⁶

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         Father: Philip N. Painter (      -      ) 7 8
         Mother: Jane McCoy (      -      ) 7 8 9

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1 M William Edgar Findley ⁶

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2 F Ada Grace Findley ⁶

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3 M Charles Donald Findley ⁶

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4 M Norman Painter Findley ⁶

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5 F Lucretia Jane Findley ⁶

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6 U [Infant] Findley ⁶

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General Notes: Husband - John Findley

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He was born on the Findley homestead in Mercer County, Pennsylvania; was reared on the home farm, and received his early education in the public schools. Later he graduated at Iron City Commercial College; removed to Butler County in 1878 and to Butler in 1886. In politics, he was a stanch Republican, served as a member of the school board for a number of years, and was sometime secretary of the board. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Butler, of which he was treasurer. He was also a member of the R. T. of T., and the K. of P., in both of which he filled positions of trust.
He was secretary and treasurer of the Pittsburgh Refining Company, Limited, of Pittsburgh.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 807.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 258, 622.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 681.

4 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 411.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 258.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 808.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1220, 1235.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 149.

9 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 915.