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Ebenezer Finley

Born 12 May 1802 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Son of David Finley and Elizabeth (Wilson) Finley

Brother of John Finley, Joseph Wilson Finley and Thankful Sarah Finley

Husband of Narcissa Wilkerson — married 1828 [location unknown]

Husband of Mariah (Ferguson) Finley — married 22 Aug 1848 in Callaway County, Missouri, USA

Descendants

Father of Elizabeth Finley, Joseph Wilson Finley, William Wilkerson Finley, Harrison Finley, David Finley, Achilles Finley Esq and Martha Louise (Finley) O'Neal

Died 9 Jul 1899 at age 97 in United States

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Note: This Ebenezer should not be confused with another Ebenezer Finley born 1802 Dec and also in Kentucky.

Biography

Ebenezer Finley lived in Appalachia. See Appalachia Project.

This Ebenezer Finley was born in 1802, and was the son of David Finley and Elizabeth Wilson. He moved from Montgomery Co KY to Callaway Co MO between 1830 and 1840, where he still lived in 1850. Shortly after the death of his first wife, Narcissa, in 1848, he remarried to the widowed Mariah/Moon Ferguson Moore, who died in 1852. In 1860 he was living in Bates County MO, on the Kansas border and midway between Kansas City and the Arkansas border, and by 1870 had moved to the southwest corner of Missouri between the Oklahoma and Arkansas borders. Most of these moves are confirmed in Dr Carmen Finley's history of Sonoma County California Finleys. Ebenezer's son Harrison moved from Missouri to California between 1850 and 1860. Ebenezer married Elizabeth, a 3rd wife showing in 1860-1880 US Census records in southwest Missouri counties, and was buried in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, near where some of his children lived.

Sources

Family Bible records once held by Mrs Dayton Coffey, per Dr Carmen Finley.
Yates marriage records database (re Narcissa Wilkerson).
1830 US Census for Montgomery County KY.
1840 US Census for Fulton Twp, Callaway County MO.
Missouri Marriage Records DB: Ebenezer Finley m Mariah Moore in 1848.
1850 US Census for Dist 12 (southwest), Callaway Co MO -- Ebenezer Finley-45bKY, wife Mariah-35bKY; All children born in Missouri. Finley children Elizabeth-19, Joseph-18, William-15, Harrison-12, David-10, Achilles-6, Martha-4; Moore child Martha-10.
1860 US Census for Bates County MO -- Ebenezer Finley-56bKY, wife Elizabeth Finley-50bKY; All chidren born in Missouri: Joseph-27, William W-25, David-22, Chill-18, Martha-15.
1870 US Census for Jasper County MO.
1880 US Census for Newton County MO.
Finley, Carmen: The Finleys of Early Sonoma County, California: Westminster MD: Heritage Books, 2009.
Missouri Newspaper Death Index DB: DOD and location.
Findagrave photo: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5608091/e-finley

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ebenezer by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ebenezer: