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FINLEY

founded the American Mathematical Monthly de- voted to elementary and liigber mathematics. He was married July 17, 1890, to Hannah Cokely, also a graduate in the scientific course in the Ohio normal university. He published : A 3Iath- cmtitioal Solntion Book (1894, 3d ed., 1899) ; and A Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calcidus (1899).

FINLAY, John Borland, clergyman, was born in Loughgiel parish, county of Antrim, province of Ulster, Ireland, Feb. 13, 1826; son of Gawn and Elizabeth (Borland) Finlay. He attended the Royal college at Belfast, Ireland, and was grad- uated from the Universitj' of Leipzig A.M. and Ph.D. in 1846. The following year he immigrated to tlie United States, spent some time in Canada, and in 1848 returned to New York city. In July, 1849, he was licensed to preach by the presby- tery of Philadelphia of the Reformed Presby- terian church, and acted as assistant to the Rev. Dr. Samuel B. Wylie in Philadelphia, until the following October, when lie was appointed to visit the prominent Presbyterian churches of Ohio. In 18.50 he was ordained jjastor of the Reformed Presbyterian church at Williams- burgh, King's county, N.Y', and also was sent as a delegate to the general synod at Xenia, Ohio. During his pastorate at Williamsburgh he edited and published the Protestant, edited the True Freeman, contributed to the Daily Times, and taught Latin, Greek and liistory in the collegiate institute. In June 18.56, he resigned his pastorate, was admitted to the Penn.syl- vania bar the following October, and removed to Kittanning, Pa., where he was connected with several banks. In 18.57 he was elected a member of the Pennsylvania historical society. In 1860 he was admitted an attorney and counsel- lor of the U.S. supreme court, and in 1861 was commissioned by Secretary Cameron to organize a U.S. camp at Kittanning from which a com- pany of cavalry and several regiments of infantry went to the front. In 1866 he was appointed Pennsylvania commissioner to the World's Fair at Paris and in 1873 to the Vienna exposition, after which business kept him in Europe until 1880 ; and while abroad lie was elected a fellow in various Ein-opean societies. Upon returning to the LTnited States he removed to Omaha, Neb. , where he was an active supporter of Bellevue college, the originator of the Omaha theological seminary, also originator and president of the board of trustees of the Universitj' of Omaha. On March 20, 18.56, he was married to Jane Brat- tan, daughter of James E. Brown of Kittanning, Pa. The degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him in 1858 and that of D.C.L. in 1866 by the Ohio State and Union law college. He died in Omaha, Neb., Sept, 18, 1897.

FINLEY, Clement Alexander, surgeon, was born ill Newville, Cumberland county. Pa., May 11, 1797; son of Major Samuel and Mary (Brown) Finley, and grandson of John and Martha, (Berkley) Finley. He was graduated from Wash- ington college in 1815 and attended the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, suUsequently, in 1834, receiving the degree of M.D. from the latter institution. He became surgeon's mate, 1st U.S. infantry, Aug. 10, 1818; assistant surgeon, June 1, 1831, and surgeon, with the rank of major, July 13, 1832. He served actively as medical director in the Black Hawk war in Wisconsin and Illinois, 1832; the Seminole war in Florida, 1836-42 ; and the Mexican war, 1846-47 ; and was also for several years on the frontier. In 1835 he accompanied Gen. Henry Dodge on his exploring expedition to the Rocky Moun- tains. On May 15, 1861, he was promoted sur- geon-general, U.S.A., and on April 14, 1862, was retired from active service on his own applica- tion. He was brevetted brigadier-general, March 13, 1865, and was retired in 1876 with the full retired jiay of a brigadier-geueral. He died in Philadelphia, Pa.. Sept. 8, 1879.

FINLEY, Hugh Franklin, representative, was born in Whitley county, Ky., Jan. 18, 1833; son of Robert and iVnuey (Gattiff) Finley ; grandson of James and Marj' (Marlin) Finley of "Ya., and of Cornelius Gattiff; and great-grandson of Capt. Charles Gattiff of Grunbriorleo, Va. He worked on a farm till 1854, then began life for himself. He read law 1857-58, and was licensed to practise in 1859. He was elected to the lower house of the state legislature in 1861, and commonwealth's attorney in 1862, for six years. He resigned in 1866, was re-elected in 1867 and again elected in 1868 for a term of six years. In 1870 he was an unsuccessful candidate for representative in the 42d congi'ess ; was elected to the state senate in 1875 ; was United States district attorney for Kentucky, 1876-77; was judge of the 1.5th circuit, 1880-86; and represented the 11th Kentucky dis- trict in the 50th and 51st congresses, 1887-91. At the close of his term he retired from active politics.

FINLEY, James Bradley, clergyman, was born in North Carolina, July 1, 1781; son of the Rev. Robert W. Finley (1750-1840), a pioneer Presbyterian missionary who labored in the Car- olinas and Georgia, 1777-84, in Virginia, 1784-86, in Ohio, 1786-88, and in Kentucky, 1788-96. re- turning in 1796 to Ohio where in 1808 he joined tlie Methodi.st church, becoming an itinerant preacher in 1812. The son was admitted to the Ohio Methodist conference in 1809, and served as minister and presiding elder in various places in Ohio until 1821, when he was appointed superin- tendent of the Wvandot Indian mission in Ohio.