Jul-28-2018
Husband: Daniel W. Finley
Born: Jul-12-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,2,3,4
Died: Oct-13-1943 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,3
Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5,1
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: David R. Finley (1829 - 1862)
Mother: Octavo Wilcox (1841 - 1918)
Notes
Wife: Mary Gertrude Hoskinson 6
Also known as: Gert Hoskinson
Married: Nov- 7-1886 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
Born: Dec-30-1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: May-24-1964 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,3
Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Robert Lee Hoskinson (1847 - 1933)
Mother: Rebecca Dixon Vincent (1853 - 1946)
M Child 1: Clay Christopher Finley 6
Also known as: Christopher Clay Finley 8
Born: Jan- -1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,4
Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1920 grocery merchant 9
Wife: Letha May Powell b. Sep- -1889
Married: May-16-1914 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4
M Child 2: Clyde L. Finley 6
Born: May-14-1890 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,2,4
Died: Jul-23-1949 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,10
Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Wife: Edna Knight b. Mar-10-1892 d. Jul-30-1970
Married: Jul-31-1910 in Doddridge Co, WV 11
Wife: Zelma Pearl Farley b. Apr-23-1905 d. Mar-13-1996
Married: Jun-15-1946 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4
M Child 3: Ira John Finley
Born: Jan-26-1892 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: May- 4-1968 in Los Angeles Co, CA 1,3
Buried: in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles Co, CA 1
Resided: 1915, 1938 in Los Angeles, CA 12,13
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Wife: Dessie Mabel Marsh b. Oct- 2-1896 d. Jun- 3-1980
Married: Oct- 8-1916 in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV 14
F Child 4: Irma O. Finley
Born: Sep- -1893 2
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 5: Ross Finley
Born: Jul-23-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 15,16,2
Died: Apr- -1965 16
Census: 1940 in Tulare, Tulare Co, CA
Resided: 1935 in Los Angeles, CA 17
Census: 1930 in Los Angeles, CA
Census: 1920 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1940 beverage distributor 17
Occupation: 1930 car salesman 18
Occupation: 1920 garage owner-manager 9
Occupation: 1916 Finley Brothers confectioners and ice dealers 19
Wife: Nancy L. "Nannie" Kinney b. Aug- 6-1895 d. Sep-29-1985
Also known as: Nannie Kinney 20,4,19
Married: Jun- 4-1916 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,19 (see note 1)
F Child 6: Olive M. "Ollie" Finley 6
Born: Dec-16-1901 21,22
Died: Jan- 2-1995 21
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 22
Husband: Harold Herbert Ford b. Dec-24-1898 d. Feb- 2-1979
Also known as: Herbert Harold Ford 8
Married: Mar- 6-1926 in Doddridge Co, WV 23,24,25
Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com.
(2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District)
(3) Headstone (year only)
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(5) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)
(6) Leola Williams Andrews, Jupiter, FL .
(7) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101.
(8) Birth record of son.
(9) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
(10) Headstone.
(11) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(12) West Union Herald, 8/15/1940.
(13) Obituary of wife's mother.
(14) Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Herald, 10/12/1916.
(15) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(16) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in California before 1951.
(17) 1940 Census.
(18) 1930 Census.
(19) Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Record, 6/8/1916.
(20) Obituary of father.
(21) Social Security Death Index.
(22) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)
(23) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Harold H. Ford, 27, of Doddridge Co; and Olive Finley, 24, of Doddridge Co. Married Mar 6
1926.
(24) Obituary of husband.
(25) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 142.
Event Notes
Note (1) At the home of Roy Meeks.
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