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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. from Missouri to the forty-first and forty-second congresses. Finlay, George Irving, educator, geologist, author, was born July 9, 1876, in Ulster Since 1901 he has been ascounty, N.Y. sistant geologist in the United States geological survey. He is the author of Monographs on geology. Finley, Clement Alexander, soldier, was born in Ohio. He served in the civil war; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Sept. 8, 1879. Finley, David Edward, lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 38, 1861, in Trenton, Ark. He was educated in the schools of Rock Hill; at Ebenezer, S.C; and at the South Carolina college. In 1890-91 he was a member of the South Carolina house of representatives; and in 1893-96 was a member of the state senate. In 1890 he was a trustee of the South Carolina university. In 1899-1911 he was a representative from South Carolina to the fifty- sixth, fiftyseventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, the sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a democrat. Finley, Ebenezer B., soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born July 31, 1833, in He received a thorough eduOrrville, Ohio. „^—^^^^^— cation ; studied law;

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the bar in 1863. served in the union army during the civil war as first lieutenant in the sixty-fourth regiment Ohio volunand infantry teer participated in numerous battles and skirmishes. In 187781 he was a representative from Ohio to the forty-fifth and forty-sixth congresses as He became adjutant-general democrat. a, of Ohio; and also served as circuit judge of the third circuit of Ohio. He has always been prominently identified with the business and public affairs at Bucyrus, Ohio. Finley, H. F., lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 18, 1833, of Scotch-Irish paIn his youth he worked on a farm; rents. in 1856-58 read law; and in 1859 began the In practice of law. 1861-63 he vras a member of the Kentucky

state

legislature ;

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1862-74 was commonwealth attorney; and in 1870 was an unsuccessful candidate for In 1875 he congress. was elected a member of the Kentucky state senate; in 1876 was appointed United States attorney for Kentucky; and went out with the Grant adminIn 1880-86 he was judge of the istration. 29

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In 1887-91 he was a representative from Kentucky to the, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican. He is now president and general manager of the Proctor coal company of Kentucky; and resides in Williamsburg. Finley, James Bradley, clergyman, author,

fifteenth circuit court.

was born July

7,

1781, in

North Carolina.

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a methodist clergyman of Ohio ; and at one time chaplain in the state penitenHe was the author of History of tiary. the Wyandot Mission; Memorials of Prison Life; Sketches of Western Methodism; and He died in 1856 Life Among the Indians. in Ohio.

Finley, Jesse Johnson, soldier, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 18, 1813, in Wilson county, Tenn. He was elected to the state senate of Arkansas in 1841. He removed to Memphis, Tenn., in 1843; and was elected mayor of Memphis in 1845. He removed to Marianna, Fla., in 1846; and

was

elected to the state senate of Florida He was appointed judge of the 1850. western circuit of Florida in 1853, and was elected to the same ofiice in 1855 and again in 1859. He was appointed judge of the confederate states court for the district of in

Florida in 1861". He resigned and volunteered as a private in the army of the confederate states in 1863; and was successively promoted to the rank of captain, colonel, and brigadier-general. In 1875-79 and 188183 he was a representative from Florida to the forty-fourth, forty-fifth and forty-seventh congresses. He Finley, John, soldier, Indian trader. was a major in the continental army; and

afterward became an Indian trader. He was one of the earliest settlers in Blue Licks of Kentucky. He died in Kentucky. Finley, John, journalist, author, poet,

was

born Jan. 11, 1797, in Brownsburg, Va. For a number of years he was mayor of RichHe was the author of The mond, Ind. Hoosier's Nest and Other Poems. He died Dec. 23, 1866, in Richmond, Ind. Finley, John Barclay, legislator, banker, 17, 1845, in Philadelphia, Pa. During 1887-92 he was a member of the Pennsylvania legislature; and resigned from that position in 1893. In 1887 he was a member of the revenue commission of Pennsylvania; and subsequently of the coast defence commission. He has been president of the Fifth national bank of Pittsburg, Pa.; an officer in a number of corporations; and is now president of the People's bank of

was born Nov.

Monongahela, Pa. Finley, John Park, soldier, author, was born April 11, 1854, in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was a, lieutenant in the United States signal service during 1884-91; lieutenant of infantry, regular army, 1891-98; and since then captain of infantry. He is the author of Tornadoes; Manual of Instruction in OpTelegraphy; Sailors' Handbook of tical