Rebecca (Gaffney) Finley (1807 - 1856)

Born 6 Oct 1807 in West Newton in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Wife of John Alexander Finley — married 17 Aug 1828 in Vermillion Twp., Richland Co., Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1856 at age 48 in Stark County, Illinois, USA

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1. ↑ Entered by Sir William Arbuthnot, Monday, December 30, 2013.

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Feb. 26, 1856 MRS. REBECCA GAFFNEY FINLEY -- Died, in Stark Co., Illinois, on the 26th day of February 1856. Rebecca, wife of John Finley, Esquire, daughter of John and Priscilla Gaffney, in the 48th year of her age. The deceased was born in West Newton, Westmoreland Co., Pa. Having been blessed in early life with praying parents, she was led to the Saviour in her 15th year at a camp meeting on Fairchild's Campground, Connersville Circuit. Then and there she joined the M. E. Church and ever after was a consistent member of the same. She was a warm friend of the church of her choice. The week before our last quarterly meeting her leader, Bro. Witter, and his wife called upon her. While there, the quarterly meting was spoken of; she then requested Sister Witter to bring her purse to her, and taking a dollar from it, she handed it to Bro. Witter saying at the same time, "Give this to Bro. Haney and tell him it will be the last quartering I shall ever pay, for before the next quarterly meeting I shall be in Heaven." She bore her sickness with great patience and resignation. On the day she died she called her husband and children around her bed and exhorted them to meet her in heaven. Just as she was stepping in the cold waters of death, her husband asked her if she was happy, she answered "Yes...nearer my journey's end, the brighter my prospects." by W. Haney, Lafayette [Stark Co.] April 3, 1856

Sources

• 1850 US Census for Stark Co IL: JohnFinley-48bPA, wife Rebecca-42bPA, Andrew-21bOH, William-19bOH, Priscilla-17bOH, John-16bOH, Robert-14bIL, Mary-12bIL, Albert-10bIL, James-7bIL, Caroline-3bIL, Willis-0bIL.

• Pedigree Resource File as submitted TFZ to Family Search.org. Click here to see it: [1].

• REBECCA GAFFNEY FINLEY's Stark County IL Obituaries and Death Notices. Click here to see it: [2].

• Find A Grave Memorial# 53562533. Click here to see it: [3].

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Dave McNally for adopting and adding sources to this profile 26 Sept 2015.

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