Escambia County AlArchives Biographies.....Finlay, William A. September 7 1850 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    WILLIAM A. FINLAY, merchant of Pollard, son of David H. and Rebecca Finlay,
was born September 7, 1850, in Pike county, Ala. His grandfather, Archibald
Finlay, was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and an early settler of Alabama,
moving to the state a number of years ago, while it was under territorial
government. David H. Finlay was born in Sumter district, S. C., in 1819, came to
Alabama with his parents, when a boy, and located in Pike county, now Crenshaw,
where he still resides. He was a soldier in the late war, and was at one time
tax collector of Pike county, beside filling with distinction other positions,
and for a number of years, has been a prominent and public-spirited citizen of
the community in which he resides. His marriage, which was solemnized in Butler
county in 1849, with Rebecca Staggers, who is still living, has been blessed
with the birth of the following named children: William A.; Robert S., deceased;
David H., deceased; Sarah, wife of Coleman Salter; Elizabeth, wife of Frank
Lasseter; Charles E., James D., Margaret, John S, and Dudley B. William A.
Finlay began life as a farmer in the neighborhood where his parents resided, and
in 1869, when but nineteen years of age, was united in marriage in New
Providence, Crenshaw county, to Elizabeth, daughter of Henry D. and Sarah
Curtis. Subsequently, in 1875, he removed to Santa Rosa county, Fla., and
accepted a position with Milligan, Chaffin & Co., timber dealers, where he was
employed for a period of six years, locating at the end of that time at Pollard,
Ala., at which place, in partnership with W. H. Kennedy, under the firm name of
Finlay & Kennedy, he engaged in business. The firm continued in the trade until
1886, when Mr. Finlay embarked in business upon his own responsibility and has
since been prominently identified with the mercantile interests of the city.
Beginning business on a small scale, Mr. Finlay, by superior management and
intelligent attention to the demands of his customers, has built up a very
lucrative trade and is now classed with the successful merchants of Pollard, his
stock representing a capital of about $7,000. He is an active member of the
Methodist church, has held the office of Sunday school superintendent and
steward, and belongs to the F. & A. M. lodge of Brewton. For a couple so young
in years, Mr. and Mrs. Finlay have an unusually large family, fourteen children;
ten living, namely: John E., Herbert D., Annie, David H., William A., Margaret
E., Minnie, Lulu, Elizabeth R. and Lewis M. Those deceased were Josephine, Katy,
Eva, and Robert S.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 964-965
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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