Joseph Finley
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Joseph Wilson Finley (1794 - 1867)

Joseph Wilson Finley
Born in Virginia, USAmap
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Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married 24 Nov 1825 in Hardin County, Kentucky, USAmap
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Father of , , , , , and
Died at about age 72 in Cote San Dessein, near Wainwright, Callaway, Missouri, United Statesmap
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Biography

Joseph Finley is related to a US President.

Joseph W Finley was born on 27 Feb 1794. He was a stone mason, per the 1850 US Census for Cote Sans Dessein, Callaway County, Missouri. He and his wife's and other nearby grave markers are thought by descendants to have washed downstream during one of many disastrous Missouri River floods affecting that area.

  • CALIFORNIA STATE PIONEER: SAMUEL LARUE FINLEY, father of namesake Flagstaff AZ mayor, was Joseph's son.
  • CALIFORNIA STATE PIONEER: HUGH McELROY LARUE was the grandson of (Joseph's wife) Louisa LaRue Finley's uncle William LaRue. Hugh LaRue was a member of the California State Legislature, a member of the 2nd California Constitutional Convention, and an early Sheriff of Sacramento County.
  • CALIFORNIA STATE PIONEER: ASA WALLACE FINLEY was the grandson of William Finley, who was a grand-uncle of Jospeh. Asa Finley was a Santa Clara County pioneer, and married SARAH MARY CAMPBELL the daughter of California Pioneer and founder of Campbell CA, WILLIAM M CAMPBELL.
Joseph Finley is related to US President George Washington. Here is the trail.
  • US Pres GEORGE WASHINGTON, via marriages to Spotswood to Dodge to LaRue to Finley line.
Joseph Finley is related to US President Abraham Lincoln. Here is the trail.
  • US Pres ABRAHAM LINCOLN (married the sister-in-law of 3rd cousin 3XR); via marriages to Todd to Helm to LaRue to Finley line.
Joseph Finley is related to US President Theodore Roosevelt. Here is the trail.
  • US Pres THEODORE ROOSEVELT via marriages to Barnhill to Finley line.
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  • First Lady ELEANOR ROOSEVELT via marriages to Barnhill to Finley line.
Joseph Finley is related to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Here is the trail.
  • US Pres FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT via marriages to Aspinwall to Cartwright to Nicholas to Castleman to LaRue to Finley line.
Joseph Finley is related to US President Joseph R. Biden. Here is the trail.
  • US Pres JOSEPH R BIDEN via marriages to Robinette to Johnson to Finley line.
Joseph Finley is related to US President Harry S Truman. Here is the trail.
  • US Pres HARRY TRUMAN.

Name

Name: Joseph Wilson /Finley/
Given Name: Joseph Wilson
Surname: Finley

Birth

Date: 27 Feb 1794
Place: Clark, Kentucky, United States

Death

Date: 1867
Place: Cote San Dessein Now Wainwright, Callaway, Missouri, United States

Sources

  • 1850 US Census records for District 12, Callaway County, Missouri -- listing Joseph W Finley-54bKY, Louisa Finley-45bKY, Amanda-22bKY, Mary-20bKY, Samuel-18bIL, Eudosia T-12bMO, David D-10bMO, Narcissa-8bMO, Louisa-4bMO.
  • 1860 US Census records for Cote Sans Dessein Twp, Callaway Co MO -- listing J/Joseph W-66bVA(inclKY), Louisa W-55bKY, David D-20bMO, 'Narisa W'-18bMO, John-14bMO, Samuel-7bMO, David-5bMO and son-in-law Daniel W Green-25bNY.
  • Mather, Otis. Six Generations of LaRues and Allied Families. Hodgenville or Louisville KY, 1921. Page 62.
  • Source: S170 Abbreviation: Public Member Trees Title: Public Member Trees Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;; Repository: #R1 Paranthetical: Y.
  • Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: www.ancestry.com Name: www.ancestry.com

Acknowledgements

Finley-1384 was created by A Roberson through the import of Curtis export direct line.ged on Dec 13, 2015.





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Louisa W LaRue marries Joseph W Findley/Finley (son of David Finley b1765ca + Eliz Wilson)
Louisa W LaRue marries Joseph W Findley/Finley (son of David Finley b1765ca + Eliz Wilson)
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[Living Finley]
Joseph Wilson Finley (son of David Finley and Elizabeth Wilson) was my 2nd great grandfather. A descendant of his son, David D Finley, I lived, from birth to age 17, about 10 miles from where he lived in Missouri. My aunt Florence was a genealogist, but her genealogical records, and the copy I made, were lost after I moved to California in 1979. Nonetheless, I remember key elements from when I copied, in writing and sometime around 1970, the tree she compiled. Far more important than that, the marriage between Joseph Wilson Finley and Louisa LaRue is clearly substantiated via the Otis Mather history of the LaRues, Kentucky marriage records even if the handwritten "Jos." was misread and transcribed as "Jas." or "James", causing confusion, and by US Census records in Missouri and possibly also earlier in Kentucky. I have tried to include a copy of the marriage records where applicable to show how Joseph's name was recorded as an abbreviation subject to misinterpretation. While Joseph's descent from the earlier namesake David (David D's grandfather), as I recall from copying Florence Finley Loyd's tree data, is not included in Stout's 'Clan Finley' genealogy, communications from Dr Carmen Finley once reported Joseph's father's name to be substantiated by a letter (preserved by descendant Annabel Wesson) from Achilles Finley, nephew of Joseph (and son of Ebenezer Finley). This confirms my memory of the records of the genealogist great-granddaughter of Joseph, who lived nearly all her life in the same county where Joseph and Louisa LaRue Finley lived after moving to Missouri from Kentucky.
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[Living Finley]
The Mather (LaRue descendant) history of the LaRues indcates marriage 1825Nov24 but the Hardin Co marriage records indicates Nov23. Consider possible marriage ceremony the day after a license was issued.
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[Living Finley]
Town of Cote Sans Dessein, along Missouri River coastline, destroyed twice, even after relocation, due to Missouri River floods. No known grave markers, possibly washed downstream. The town of Cote Sans Dessein is shown in various historic Atlases of Callaway County Missouri (republished by the Callaway Historical Society in Fulton MO), showing that the town had to relocate due shoreline changes due to floods. Its location as of the early 1980s is shown in a map published by the Missouri State Highway Department in 'A History of Callaway County Missouri 1984', also pubished by the Callaway Historical Society in Fulton.
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