Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Finkle, Gilbert 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Gilbert Finkle, general farmer, resident on section 1, Jordan Township, was 
born July 5, 1834, in Delaware Co., N. Y. At the age of 20 years he found 
himself possessed of the privilege of making a hand-to-hand struggle with the 
world on his own account. In March, 1845, a few months before he reached the 
age of 21 years, he came to Illinois, and located at Buffalo Grove, Ogle 
County. He found ready employment as a farm laborer, and spent three years in 
the service of N. N. Shaver. Meanwhile he was married to Nancy Sanford. An 
account of her parents is to be found elsewhere in this work, her father, 
Vernon Sanford, being one of the pioneers of Whiteside County. Her marriage to 
Mr. Finkle took place Oct. 22, 1857. She is one of the first white children 
born in Whiteside County, where her birth occurred April 15, 1839. She has 
been the mother of eight children, all of whom are living with two exceptions. 
Irving is a farmer in Jordan Township; Mary J. married Fletcher Schryver, a 
farmer in Eagle Point Township, Ogle Co., Ill.; David E., Arthur, Vernon and 
Sarah C. are at home; Adam V. died March 23, 1865; Cyrenus died March 3, 1879. 
After becoming the son-in-law of Mr. Sanford, Mr. Finkle acceded to the 
management of his homestead, and spent some years in the prosecution of its 
interests. He is now the owner of nine acres in Jordan Township, and 230 acres 
in Ogle County. Mr. Finkle is a Democrat in his political principles.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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