San Benito-Marin-Santa Cruz County CA Archives Biographies.....Finch, M. F. 1854 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

M. F. FINCH, one of the leading citizens of Erie, California, came to the State
in 1864, from Michigan, Berrien county, six miles from St. Joe, where his
father, Isaac, had been a pioneer. The mother of our subject, Miss Miranda
Shippy, was a native of New York State, as was her husband. After 1840 Mr. and
Mrs. Finch located in Michigan, where Mr. Finch engaged in farming until his
demise. His widow married again, and her second husband was D. D. Wilder, of
Santa Cruz, where he had the largest estates in that county. The death of the
father of our subject occurred in Michigan, in 1858, and he left four children,
all sons, of which our subject is the second.

  Upon coming to California, our subject, who was then but ten years of age,
having been born February 10, 1854, in Berrien county, located in Marion county
and followed dairying until he came to Santa Cruz, in 1871. Here he remained
until 1884, when he located near Hernandez valley, on San Benito creek, where he
bought 800 acres of cleared land, on which he placed cattle and horses. Of the
latter he now has draught, saddle and carriage horses. Mr. Finch is now serving
as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of San Benito county, and has proved
himself an efficient official. He is a good business man, thorougly [sic]
understanding all forms of commercial transactions, as he is a graduate of
Heald's Business College of San Francisco. Mr. Finch was married in 1877 to Miss
Adah Merrill, daughter of Robert Merrill, of Santa Cruz. She is a native of New
Hampshire. No children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Finch. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Finch are estimable people, and are highly esteemed by all who know them.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

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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