Monterey County CA Archives Biographies.....Finch, James M. 1830 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

JAMES M. FINCH was born in Stafford, Connecticut, June 10, 1830. His father
Stephen B. Finch, a cooper by trade, was for many years a resident of Stafford.
He moved from there to New York, and in that city continued work at his trade.
James is the oldest in a family of nine children. When a young man, he came, in
1854, to California, and in 1858 was followed to this coast by his brother
Charles. He made the journey thither via the Isthmus of Panama.

  Upon his arrival in this State, Mr. Finch clerked for two months in a hotel in
San Francisco; came to Monterey and ran a fruit store two years; kept wine rooms
two years, and then conducted a hotel three years. In 1861 he located at the
head of Cashagua creek, in Monterey county, and engaged in stock-raising. This
ranch he still owns. During the past five years he conducted a livery in
Monterey, which he sold in 1891.

  Mr. Finch was married in 1881, to Miss Ellen O'Neal, by whom he has two
daughters, Ethel E. and Alma J.

  Being one of the early arrivals to this coast, Mr. Finch has witnessed the
wonderful progress and development of California. His brother Charles lives, in
the upper Carmel valley, and is a prosperous and highly respected stock-raiser.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.

HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.

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