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1850 Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas census:
Felicity M. Finley, 35, f, Ohio
Jas. W. Finley, 13, m, Ohio
FINLEY, James W. - 2nd Lieutenant, Enlisted 4/20/61, Died 6/61
The Pulaski Light Artillery immediately offered its services to the State, and new recruits rushed to join the battery. Its effective strength was doubled within a couple of weeks. Woodruff’s battery was first ordered back to Fort Smith, leaving Little Rock on May 23, 1861, on the steamer “Tahlequah.” The men were presented with a flag from the young ladies of Little Rock before their departure, with Miss Juliet Langtree making the presentation, and Lieutenant James W. Finley accepting on behalf of the battery. Miss Langtree closed her presentation speech with these stirring words: Take then this flag and let your determination be like that of the Spartan mother’s advice when she presented her son with his shield: ‘Come home with it or come home on it’. Prophetic words indeed for Lieutenant Finley, who would be dead a month later.
Jimmy Finley [probably James W. Finley] has been quite sick with the measles & mumps but is better now. [Letter from Francisa Hutt to Nathaniel Gaines, 1850]
"On the 18th of June orders were received from General Pearce to move by steamer Talequah to Van Buren, go into camp and complete the outfit of the battery with horses, harness, ammunition, etc. Here we met a great loss, that of Lieut. Jas. W. Finley. He was invalided at Fort Smith and went on home to Little Rock on the same boat that transported us to Van Buren. He died a few days after arrival there. He was of a delicate frame, and the faithful, hard work at drill was too much for him. He became an efficient officer, acquiring the good will of everybody^ officers and men. His death was a loss as grievous to the service as to his family." --Woodruff, W. E. With the light guns in '61-'65; reminiscences of eleven Arkansas, Missouri and Texas light batteries, in the civil war, 1903.
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Source: S470 Title: West Virginia Marriages, 1853-1970
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Thank you to Greg Newton for creating WikiTree profile Finley-486 through the import of huttgedcom.ged on Feb 12, 2013.
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