John R. Finley Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: John R. Finley: was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, April 8, 1824. He was brought to now Hancock County, West Virginia in 1831, by his father, Thomas Finley, who settled just across the Ohio River, from East Liverpool, Ohio. John R. Finley is a carpenter by trade, which he follows in connection with farming as his vocation. He married Louisa Scott, daughter of Nathan Scott, in 1860. They settled in now Grant District. They have a family of eight children, six sons and two daughters.