Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - George W. Finley
GEORGE W. FINLEY
George W. Finley, deceased, was born in Virginia, and was educated in
the graded schools of Washington, D. C.; of his early life and his
ancestry but little is now known. He was a coach-maker by trade
and in early life taught school. He was married in Delaware
County, Ohio, in 1851, to Angeline Williams. a daughter of Rev. John
Williams and Anna Smart, his wife, who came to Ohio at an early day and
settled in Fairfield County, where Mrs. Finley was born in 1828.
Her father was a minister of the Methodist denomination. Mr. and
Mrs Finley had five children, viz.: Ellen D., now the wife of T. T.
Jones ; Olive A., wife of Chauncey Hill; Otho Ray, deceased; Carrie
Bell, deceased; and Mary V., wife of E. R. Finley. Mr. and Mrs.
Finley were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; he was a Whig
in politics until the formation of the Republican party, when be became
a Democrat. He was a successful business man. a good farmer and
an extensive stock dealer, and at his death owned 265 acres of
land. Mrs. Finley is a grand-daughter of Joshua Scritchfield, a
Revolutionary soldier, who lived until the year 1842.