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Fink, Albert – Finley, Robert

Fink, Albert

civil engineer, was born Oct. 27, 1827, in Frankfort-on-the- Main. He designed and supervised the building of the first important iron bridges in this country, that over the Monongahela river and the viaduct over Trey Run.

Fink, Frederick

artist, was born Dec. 18, 1817, in Little Falls, N. Y. He painted many excellent genre pictures, the most notable of which are The Artist's Studio; The Shipwrecked Mariner; and The Negro Wood-Sawyer. He died in 1849.

Fink, William E

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1822 in Ohio. He was elected to the senate of Ohio, and in 1852 was a member of the national convention which nominated General Scott for the presidency. In 1861 he was again elected a state senator. In 1862 he was chosen a representative from Ohio to the thirty-eighth congress, and was re-elected to the thirty-ninth and the forty-third congresses.

Finkelnburg, Gustavus A

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born April 6, 1837, in Prussia. He served one year in the volunteer army during the rebellion. He was elected to the Missouri state legislature in 1864, and re-elected, and acted as speaker pro tem. In 1868 he was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-first congress, and was re-elected to the forty-second congress. 1

Finley, Ebenezer R

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born July 31, 1833, in Orrville, Ohio. He served in the union army as an officer during the war of the rebellion, and was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-fifth and fortysixth congresses as a democrat.

Finley, James Bradley

clergyman, author, was born July 7, 1781, in North Carolina. He was a methodist clergyman of Ohio, and at one time chaplain in the state penitentiary. He was the author of History of the Wyandot Mission; Memorials of Prison Life; Sketches of Western Methodism; and Life Among the Indians. He died in 1856.

Finley, John

soldier, Indian trader.

He was a major in the continental army, and afterward became an Indian trader.

Finley, John

journalist, author, poet, was born Jan. 11, 1797, in Brownsburg, Va. He was a journalist of Richmond, Ind., mayor of that town for a number of years. He was the author of The Hoosier's Nest and Other Poems. He died Dec. 23, 1866, in Richmond, Ind.

Finley, John Barclay

legislator, banker, was born Nov. 17, 1845, in Philadelphia, Pa. During 1887-92 he was a member of the Pennsylvania legislature and resigned from that position in 1892.

In 1887 he was a member of the revenue commission of Pennsylvania, and subsequently of the coast defence commission. He has been president of the Fifth National bank of Pittsburg, Pa.; an officer in a number of corporations, and is now president of the People's bank of Monongahela, Pa.

Finley, John Park

soldier, author, was born in 1854 in Michigan. He was a lieutenant in the signal service. He is the author of Tornadoes; Manual of Instruction in Optical Telegraphy; and Sailors' Handbook of Storm Track, Fog and Ice Charts of the North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

Finley, Mrs. Martha

author, was born April 26, 1828, in Chillicothe, Ohio.

She is a voluminous writer of religious and moral tales for girls, including more than twenty Elsie Books; The Mildred Books; Casella; Wanted-a Pedigree; and others.

Finley, Robert

clergyman, college president, philanthropist, was born in 1772 in Princeton, N. J. He originated the plan of colonizing emancipated blacks in Africa, and was instrumental in framing the constitution, and in organizing the Colonization society. In 1817 he became president of Franklin college of Athens, Ga. He died Oct. 3, 1817, in Athens, Ga.