Rev. William Findley, D.D. and Elizabeth Cunningham

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Husband Rev. William Findley, D.D. ^{1 2 3 4}

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            AKA: William Finley 5
           Born: 4 Feb 1808 - Mercer, Mercer Co, PA 2
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           Died: 9 May 1886 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Findley (1773/1776-1855) 2 6 7 8
         Mother: Elizabeth Amberson (1783-      ) 2 4 7 9

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Wife Elizabeth Cunningham ^{2 5 10}

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           Born: 20 Jan 1819 2
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           Died: Aft 1909
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         Father: Thomas Scott Cunningham (1790-1855) 5 11
         Mother: Matilda Cook (      -      ) 10

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Children

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1 F Dorcas Findley ²

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         Spouse: Thomas Dobie (      -      ) 2

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2 M Rev. Dr. James G. D. Findley ²

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         Spouse: Mary Gormly (      -      ) 2

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3 F Elizabeth Findley ²

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4 M William L. Findley ²

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         Spouse: Carlibelle Chase (      -      ) 2

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5 F Jane Findley ²

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           Died: Bef 1911
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         Spouse: Robert B. Taggart (      -      ) 2

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6 F Grace Findley ²

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         Spouse: William E. Browne (      -      ) 2

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7 F Frances Emma Findley ^{2 12}

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           Born: Abt 1850
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           Died: 9 Oct 1892 12
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         Spouse: Malcolm McConnell (1851-1904) 2 13 14
           Marr: 9 Aug 1876 12

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8 M John Thomas Findley ²

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           Born: 4 Apr 1852 - Prospect, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Kate Oudry (1859-      ) 2
           Marr: 22 Mar 1887 2

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9 F Isabella Findley ²

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. William Findley, D.D.

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He was a graduate of Jefferson College of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. His theological education was obtained at Princeton Theological and Allegheny Theological seminaries. His early career was begun in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where he served several charges as pastor until 1857. From that date until 1876 he was connected with Westminster College as Professor of Latin. After 1876 he retired from professional duties although he filled pulpits occasionally until his death. He was a strong Abolitionist, but he never took active part in politics.

He was born in Mercer, Pennsylvania, and reared under the ministry of Rev. James Galloway and Rev. James L. Dinwiddie. He was a graduate of Jefferson College and of the Associate Reformed Seminary, Allegheny; was licensed by the Lakes Presbytery May 16, 1832, and, after visiting the churches in South Carolina and elsewhere, was ordained by the same Presbytery, and installed pastor over White Oak Spring and Prospect congregations in Butler County, at White Oak Spring Church, May 25, 1837. In 1857 he became Professor of Latin Literature in Westminster College, and resigned his charge and removed to New Wilmington. In 1867 he was transferred to the office of general agent of the college. This office he resigned in 1871, and after supplying the churches by Presbyterial appointment for some years settled, in 1876, at Chesley, Ontario, Canada, where a new and active congregation in the United Presbyterian Presbytery in Samford erected for him a church and parsonage. He was in vigorous use of his powers, clear and forcible as a thinker and reasoner, and strong as an expounder of the Scriptures. During his term as professor in Westminster College, he held for over six years, conjointly, the pastorate of Shenango congregation, namely, from July, 1859, till April, 1866. [TCHNCLC, 271]

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Cunningham

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Residing in New Castle, PA, in 1888; New Wilmington, PA, in 1911.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 258, 662.

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

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 271.

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

5 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 439.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 651, 661, 959.

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

8 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 409.

9 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 651, 662.

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

11 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 258, 652.

12 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 220.

13 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 217.

14 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 925.