John Finley and Margaret Rowlands

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Husband John Finley ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Scotland
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           Died:  - Allegheny Co, PA
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         Father: [Father] Finley (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage:  - Maryland

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Wife Margaret Rowlands ³

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            AKA: Margaret Rowland 2 4
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           Died:  - Allegheny Co, PA
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Children

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1 M William Finley ⁵

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           Born: 16 Jan 1788 6
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Gen. Robert Finley ⁵

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           Born: 27 Mar 1790 6
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M John Finley ⁵

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           Born: 17 Jan 1792 6
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4 F Jane Finley ^{7 8}

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           Born: 20 May 1793 6
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           Died: 1875 9
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         Spouse: Dr. Joseph Curry (1778-1861/1862) 8 10

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5 F Sarah Finley ⁵

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           Born: 19 Apr 1795 6
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         Spouse: [Unk] Neal (      -      ) 3

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6 M Levi Finley ^{1 2}

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           Born: 3 Jan 1798 - Allegheny Co, PA 6
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           Died: 21 Jun 1861 - Finleyville, Washington Co, PA 11
         Buried:  - Mingo, Washington Co, PA

         Spouse: Rachel Neel (1795-1883) 2 12 13
           Marr: 31 Jan 1822 4

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7 F Margaret Finley ⁵

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           Born: 30 Mar 1800 6
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         Spouse: [Unk] Baldwin (      -      ) 6

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8 F Isabel Finley ⁶

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            AKA: Isabelle Finley 3
           Born: 11 Mar 1802 6
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         Spouse: [Unk] Cochran (      -      ) 6

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9 F Mary Finley ⁵

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           Born: 28 Nov 1804 6
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         Spouse: [Unk] St. Clair (      -      ) 6

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10 M James Finley ⁵

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           Born: 10 Jun 1806 - Washington Co, PA 6
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           Died: 1857 - Finleyville, Washington Co, PA 6
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         Spouse: Catherine O'Neil (Abt 1822-Aft 1893) 6

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11 F Susan Finley ⁵

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           Born: 23 Jun 1808 6
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         Spouse: [Unk] Curry (      -      ) 6

         Spouse: [Unk] Wilson (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - John Finley

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The Finley family are numbered with the earliest pioneers of Washington County, Pennsylvania, and are of Scotch origin. John Finley was born in the "land of the mountain and the flood," whence in early days he emigrated to America, first settling in Maryland, whence he moved to Pennsylvania, and took out a patent for 1,000 acres of land in Allegheny County.

He came to western Pennsylvania from Cecil County, Maryland, immediately after the close of the Revolutionary war, he having served in that war. He located first in Allegheny City, shortly after moving to a point eight miles west of Pittsburgh near White Hall and Sargents Hall, six miles east of Finleyville, or as it was then called "Rowgalley," where he had a sister married to James Barclay, who had also come from Cecil County.
John Finley was a farmer, and owned a body of land, on which Finleyville was built. The original tract on which the town was located was called "Mount Pleasant," and the warrant was taken out by John Wall, December 3, 1787, purchased by James Barclay, who sold the most of it to John Finley in 1788. It was named Finleyville, in honor of John Finley.

He was a Democrat in politics, and in religion a member of the Presbyterian (Dr. Marshall's) Church.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 246, 346, 907.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 568.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 346.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 907.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 246, 346.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 246.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 246, 346, 842.

8 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1262.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 842.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 246, 842.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 349.

12 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 387.

13 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1108.