Contra Costa-Calaveras-Amador County CA Archives Biographies.....Finley, Harrison 1837 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

HARRISON FINLEY.—Born in Callaway county, Missouri, December 26, 1837. When
fifteen years of age he moved with his parents to Morgan county, and in 1853
transferred his abode to Bates county, same State, where he resided until his
coming to California. May 12,1860, he joined a company, and with a train of five
wagons and ox-teams started on his weary journey to the land of the fig and
vine, and, after an uneventful trip of four months, arrived in Calaveras county,
August 12,1860. After a sojourn of a short time, he moved to Amador county, and
in 1863 came to Contra Costa, leased land in the Tassajara valley until October,
1875, when he purchased his present home, consisting of one thousand and eighty
acres, situated at the head of the above valley, and is now engaged in farming
and stock raising. Mr. Finley was married in Amador county, April 3, 1862, to
Miss Lavina J. Ray, a native of Missouri. They have eight living children; their
names are: Mattie L., Matilda N., Eliza B., Wilson E., Mary F., Abbie J., Lucy
R. and Livonia L.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.

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