Faulk County, SD Biographies.....Finley, John H. 1861 - 
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Author: C. H. Ellis
    JOHN H. FINLEY was born July 1861, in Guernsey county, Ohio, and came to

Faulk county, South Dakota, May 1883, and located in -what is now the town of

Union, In March, 1893, he married Miss Cevilla Roth of Independence, Iowa. In

common with all pioneers of this county he experienced all the hardships and

privations from hail and storm, from hot winds and drouth, but with a great

climatic change no doubt brought about by the great num-of artesian wells,

bringing to the surface vast quantities of pure, clear water, forming beautiful

lakes, abundant crops have followed., bringing prosperity, as indicated by his

fine farm buildings and immediate surroundings.



    He finds himself possessor of eight hundred and forty acres of fine land,

three hundred and fifty acres of which is under cultivation. With thirteen

horses, fifty head of neat stock and sixty hogs, with all necessary farm

machinery, making a complete outfit for successfully carrying on his farm work.

Forty dollars an acre would be refused for this fine Dakota farm.



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HISTORY OF

FAULK COUNTY

SOUTH DAKOTA

CAPTAIN C. H. ELLIS



TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS AND PROMINENT CITIZENS



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