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Daniel W. FINLEY

Daniel W. FINLEY

Male 1861 - 1943  (82 years)


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  • Name Daniel W. FINLEY
    Birth 12 Jul 1861  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation cobbler, shoe repair  [5] 
    Death 13 Oct 1943  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Person ID I10522  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2020

    Father David R. FINLEY,   b. CA 1829, Morgan Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1862, Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 33 years)
    Mother Octavo WILCOX,   b. Jul 1841, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1918 (Age ~ 76 years)
    Family ID F13035  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Gertrude HOSKINSON,   b. 30 Dec 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1964, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)  [7]
    Marriage 7 Nov 1886  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • Local news item, "West Union Record," Friday, October 16, 1914:
      "D. W. Finley and family, of Piggin Run; and his daughter and son-in-law, Charles Baker and wife, of Nutters Fork, have moved into the Foley property on Court Street."

      Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Nov 6 1921, in its entirety:
      "D. W. Finley, the accommodating shoe doctor, will leave the latter part of this month for California, where he will spend the winter with his two sons Ira and Clyde, who reside there."
    Children 
    +1. Clay Christopher FINLEY,   b. 12 Jan 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1977, Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    +2. Clyde L. FINLEY,   b. 14 May 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1949, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    +3. Ira John FINLEY,   b. 26 Jan 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1968, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +4. Irma Octavia FINLEY,   b. 24 Sep 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1979 (Age 85 years)
    +5. Ross FINLEY,   b. 23 Jul 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1965, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +6. Olive M. "Ollie" FINLEY,   b. 16 Dec 1901   d. 2 Jan 1995 (Age 93 years)
    Family ID F3797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    6. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    7. [S981] Leola Williams Andrews, Jupiter, FL .