William Elliott Finley and Rachel C. Moore

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Husband William Elliott Finley ¹

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           Born: 7 Apr 1843 - Menallen Twp, Adams Co, PA 1
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           Died: 11 Mar 1905 1
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         Father: Eli H. Finley (1807-1892) 2 3
         Mother: Maria Baird (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 6 Apr 1870 4

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Wife Rachel C. Moore ⁵

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           Born: 5 Apr 1849 - German Twp, Fayette Co, PA 6
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         Father: Abraham Moore (1823-1902) 7
         Mother: Adeline McClean (1823-1894/1895) 4

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   Other Spouse: Jasper N. Sharpnack (      -1868) 4 - 1 Oct 1868 4

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   Other Spouse: Edward Fennelley (      -      ) 6

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - William Elliott Finley

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He was educated in the public school and remained at the home farm until his departure for the front during the Civil War. He enlisted in August. 1861, in Company I, Eighty-fifth Regiment. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving three years and four months, when he received his honorable discharge. He was severely wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks and was confined in the hospital at Philadelphia for three months before he was able to rejoin his regiment. After the war he returned to Fayette County and for seventeen years thereafter he cultivated his father's farm.
Immediately after the sale of the farm and the erection of the Buffington Works thereon, he moved to Uniontown, where he engaged in teaming very successfully until his death. He was a Republican in politics and served as assessor and borough auditor. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Presbyterian church.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 327.

2 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 36.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 326.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 328.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 260, 328.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 260.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 259, 328.