Biography of George W. Finch - Craighead Co, AR

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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas.
Goodspeed Publishers, 1889.

page 331

George W. Finch, a farmer and stock raiser of Buffalo Island, was born
in Campbell County, Georgia, February 20, 1849, and is the son of
Willis and Elizabeth (Harrison) Finch, both natives of South Carolina.
They moved to Georgia and later to Alabama, where the father died in
1868. George W. was reared mainly in Alabama, and began farming for
himself when eighteen years of age, and in 1869 he was united in
marriage with Adaline Maith, a native of Alabama. In 1880 he came to
Arkansas, locating on Buffalo Island, where he rented for two years,
and then bought his present place of residence. He has a farm of 400
acres, with 100 improved. May 26, 1884, Mrs. Finch died, leaving five
children: Belle (wife of George Hogar), Oscar, Ethel, Luther and Itha.
Mr. Finch chose a second wife, this time selecting Nannie Goss, who
lived but a short time, dying June 22, 1887, His present wife was Mrs.
Skelton, nee Stoddard, a native of Alabama; a widow and mother of eight
children: William, Florence, Joseph, Sarah, Walter, Clinton, Jennie,
and James (deceased). Mr. Finch is one of the public-spirited and
enterprising men of the Island, and his wife is a member of the
Methodist Church.