Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Capt. John Finley and Polly Stokely




Husband Capt. John Finley 1 2 3

           Born: 6 May 1782 or 1790 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 4
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           Died: 1813 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Andrew Finley, Esq. (1750-1829) 1 2 4 5 6
         Mother: Jane Jack (      -      ) 2 4 6 7


       Marriage:  - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA



Wife Polly Stokely 1

            AKA: Mary Stokeley,2 Polly Stokley 4
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         Father: Nehemiah Stokely (      -      ) 2 8
         Mother: 




Children
1 M Nehemiah Finley 1 2

           Born: 6 Jan 1821 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Josephine Kerr (      -      ) 8


2 M Stokeley Finley 2

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. John Finley


He always followed farming. He commanded a militia company for many years and served as justice of the peace for several terms. He was a democrat and a presbyterian and died on the family homestead farm.

He and his wife had nine children, of whom seven were dead before 1890.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 581.

2 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 34.

3 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 234.

4 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 246.

5 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 650.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 96.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 21.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 582.


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