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John and Matilda's Family |
John Andrew Finney was a successful business man who started his life in Ravenswood West Virginia. As a 17 year old he pestered his mother into allowing him to join the Union Army during the Civil War which ended two months later, but helped us located information about him through his military records. He moved to Marietta Ohio, basically across the river from Ravenswood, where he met and married Matilda Woodward. John and Matilda eventually settled in 1894 in Hunting Arkansas, near Fort Smith. He was involved in mining operations and he owned a store there and a great deal of property. He and Matilda had a large family and were involved in the church and community in Huntington.
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