Montgomery County PA Archives Bibles .....FINLEY Bibles from the Journals of Josiah V Thompson ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Beatty ************************************************ V10 Page 485 of Mark Hunter Finley 634 Noble St Norristown Pa Nov 3, 1923 8:25 PM Mr Finley has brought out the bibles of his grandfather John Finley Sr printed at Phila by Kimber & Sharpless but undated & I am copying from the record which is on two detached leaves four pages. Marriages John Finley, son of David Finley & Ruth his wife, was born Oct 15, 1813 & married Mch 28, 1839 to Phebe Rhoads, daughter of Peter & Hannah Rhoads his wife, who was born Aug 30, 1817. Births Their children: 1. David McKenzie Finley born December 29, 1839 2. Rebecca Ann Finley born Oct 28, 1841 3. Charles Henry Finley born Jany 11, 1844 4. John Ellwood Finley born Oct 21, 1846 5. Samuel Rhoads Finley born Oct 7, 1848 6. William Anderson Finley born May 13, 1853 7. James Harrison Finley born Mch 9, 1855 8. Albert Vernon Finley born Feby 8, 1860 Deaths Rebecca Ann Finley died Oct 7, 1849 aged 7 yrs 11 m 21 days Charles Henry Finley died Sept 2, 1875 aged 31 yrs 7 m 22 days Phebe the wife of John Finley died July 10, 1878 aged 61 yrs 10 m 11 days V10 Page 486 John E. Finley's bible is a fine big one & well preserved & was published by Baird & Dillon NY but no date. It only gives the births of his three children viz: Births 1. Ellwood Graham Finley born Mch 21, 1885 2. Mark Hunter Finley born Oct 27, 1892 3. Nelson Hammond Finley born Apr 15, 1896 Mark says he & Nelson were born here in Norristown Pa & is not sure whether Ellwood G. was born here or in Conshohocken Pa. Elwood also born in Norristown [this added later CW] Mark H. says that John E. Finley married Eliza Jane Graham Oct 16, 1883 a native of Co Tyrone, Ireland where she was born _______ & died in Norristown Pa Nov 24, 1914. John E. Finley died Norristown Pa Jany 13, 1920 Nelson H. Finley died Norristown Pa Oct 10, 1918 of the flu. All three are buried in the Riverside cemetery here. Ellwood G. Finley is unmarried & lives here at the Hartranft Hotel & is in the grocery business. Mark H. Finley is in the lumber business & was married Aug 28, 1917 at Petersburg VA by Rev F.W. Moore (Baptist) to Ida Mae Avent daughter of Roger William Avent & his wife Ella Mae Halloway, who was born in Dinwiddie Co VA Sept 3, 1890 & have two children both born in Norristown Pa viz: 1. Ida Mae Finley born Dec 17, 1919 2. John Roger Finley born Nov 10, 1922 V10 Page 487 Death notice cards: John Finley Sr died June 17, 1891 in the 78th yr of his age, Mark's grandfather. Leaving 9:15 PM Mark gives me the address of some Finleys in Delaware Co who he has met in the lumber trade: J.A. Finley Phila office address Fuller Bldg abt 15 S 18th St, Home address: Media, Delaware Co Pa Also: J.J. Finley, mgr of the H.M. Bickford Co Greensboro NC Also: Dr Mark F. Finley Grand Master (mason) of D.C. Washington D.C. ------------------------------ of Phoebe Rhoades Bucke No 16 E. Main St Norristown Pa Nov 3, 1923 Mrs Bucke has the bible of her father Charles Henry Finley which was published by John Smith Phila Pa in 1867. A folder of two leaves together but detached from the bible had family records on the first three pages as follows: Marriages On June 29, 1862, Chas H. Finley to Josephine Burton Asholter both of Phoenixville Pa. Their children all born in Norristown Pa. Births 1. John Rapp Finley born Mch 21, 1863 ob Aug 30, 1866 2. Charles Vernon Finley born Sept 10, 1865 got his record above. 3. Phoebe Rhoades Finley born May 28, 1868 4. Anne Rapp Finley born Nov 3, 1869 5. David Asholter Finley born Sept 13, 1874 ob Jany 3, 1879 -------------- Abraham Finley No 222 Chain St Norristown Pa Nov 4, 1923 the bible of his grandfather David McKenzie Finley, who in starting it says he is the son of David Finley & Sarah his wife. I copy from the said bible record: V10 Page 504 Marriages David Finley, son of David Finley and Sarah his wife, was born Feby 10, 1781 & was married January 9th, 1809 to Ruth Mills, daughter of Maskell Mills & Phebe his wife who was born Aug 26, 1789. Their children: 1. Mary Finley was born Jany 19, 1809 ob Sept 15, 1809 aged 7 mos 27 days 2. Ruth Finley was born Apr 30, 1810 died same day she was born 3. Hope Finley was born Apr 30, 1810 died same day she was born 4. Sarah Ann Finley was born Sept 21, 1811 5. John Simms Finley was born Oct 15, 1813 6. Richard Finley was born Dec 15, 1815 7. Mary Finley was born Aug 10, 1817 ob Sept 12, 1817 aged 4 weeks & 5 days 8. Thomas McKenzie Finley was born Mch 14, 1819 9. Susan Iseral [sic] Finley was born June 5, 1821 10. David Finley was born Dec 5, 1823 ob Dec 3, 1824 aged 11 mos & 28 days 11. Job Finley was born Nov 28, 1824 12. Phebe Finley was born May 27, 1828 ob May 27, 1828 aged one day. Deaths I am noting those of the children opposite their births. Ruth Finley, wife of David Finley died Jany 29, 1850 aged 61 yrs 5 months & 7 days. David Finley died July 23, 1863 aged 82 yrs 5 mos & 13 days. ------------------------ V10 Page 510 Mrs Laura Louisa McCracken No 709 Arch St, Norristown Pa Nov 4, 1923 down her mother's bible with variegated red back covers & binding all broken which was published by Whilt & Yost Phila in 1857 & there are three columns of records on two pages from which I copy: Marriages David McKenzie Finley, son of John & Phoebe Finley was born Dec 29, 1839 and Susan Longaker daughter of John & Susan Longaker was born ______ They were married Sept 27, 1860 at Port Providence, Mont. Co Pa. Their children were all born in Norristown Pa except Mrs McC, my informant who was born in Phoenixville Pa. The names & dates are as follows: 1. Laura Louisa Finley born July 12, 1861 2. Eliza Phebe Finley born Mch 27, 1863 3. Elmer Ellwood Finley born Sept 22, 1864 4. George Elton Finley born Feby 5, 1868 5. David Schall Finley born June 23, 1870 6. John Essick Finley born Jany 28, 1874 Deaths Susan L. Finley wife of David M. Finley V10 Page 511 died Aug 3, 1890 aged 54 years. David Schall Finley died Jany 18, 1892 in the 22d yr of his age. David McKenzie Finley son of John & Phoebe Finley died June 1st, 1901 in his 62d yr. John Essick Finley died Oct 6, 1907 in his 34th year. ------------