Finley, Ebenezer R – Fish, Preserved
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, H. F
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 18, 1833. He was elected to the state legislature in 1861- 62. He was elected commonwealth's attorney in 1862 for six years, which office he resigned in 1866; was re-elected in 1867, and again in 1868 for six years. He was elected to the state senate in 1875; was appointed United States district attorney for Kentucky in 1876, and was elected judge of the fifteenth circuit in 1880, for six years. He was elected to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican.
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, Jesse Johnson
soldier, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 18, 1812, in Wilson county, Tenn. He was elected to the state senate of Arkansas in 1841. He removed to Memphis, Tenn., in 1842, and was elected mayor of Memphis in 1845. He removed to Marianna, Fla., in 1846, and was elected to the state senate of Florida in 1850. He was elected a presidential elector on the whig ticket in 1852, and was appointed judge of the western circuit of Florida in 1853, and was elected to the same office in 1855 and again in 1859. He was appointed judge of the confederate states court for the district of Florida in 1861. He resigned and volunteered as a private in the army of the confederate states in March, 1862, and was successively promoted to the rank of captain, colonel, and brigadier-general. He located at Lake City, Fla., in 1865, and resumed the practice of law; removed to Jacksonville, Fla., in 1871, and continued practice there, and was elected to the forty-fourth congress.
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.
Finley, Samuel
college president, was born Nov. 3, 1723, in Summit Bridge, Del. He was ordained an evangelist in 1747. In 1758 he was elected president of the College of New Jersey. He died Feb. 4, 1761.
Finn, Henry J
actor, was born in 1782 in New York city. In 1811 he appeared in Montreal, and thereafter played at other places, being in Savannah, Ga., in 1818-20. He died Jan. 13, 1840, on Long Island Sound.
CHARLES FINNEY, GRANDISON, clergyman, college president, author. He was a congregational clergyman famous during his earlier career as a revivalist.
He was president of Oberlin college in 1852-66. He is the author of Lectures on Revivals; Systematic Theology; Lectures to Professing Christians; Character of Free Masonry; and Sermons on Gospel Themes.
Finney, Darwin A
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1814 in Shrewsbury, Vt. He was a member for several years of the assembly and senate of Pennsylvania, and in 1866 was elected a representative from that state to the fortieth congress. He died July 25, 1868, in Europe.
Finney, David W
soldier, merchant, miner, miller, legislator, was born Aug. 22, 1839, in Parke county, Ind. He served in the army during the civil war, and was promoted from fifth corporal to first sergeant for meritorious service. He has been justice of the peace, and mayor of Neosho Falls, Kan.; a member of the Kansas legislature for one term; a member of the state senate for two terms; and lieutenant-governor for two terms. He was the elector nominated by the fourth congressional district on the McKinley and Hobart ticket. For many years he was engaged in the mercantile business and stock-raising; two years were spent in securing the right-of-way for the Santa Fe railway, and he is now engaged in the milling business.
Finney, Frederick Norton
railroad president, was born in Boston, Mass.
He is president of the Wisconsin Trust company.
Finney, Thomas M
clergyman, journalist, author, was born July 13, 1827, in St. Louis, Mo. In 1876 he settled in St. Louis, where he has filled pastorates in the methodist episcopal churches. From 1869-72 he was editor of the St. Louis Christian Advocate. He is the author of a work entitled Life of Bishop E. M. Marvin.
Finotti, Joseph Maria
clergyman, author, was born in 1817 in Italy. He was a Roman catholic clergyman who was in charge of a Colorado parish at the time of his death. He was the author of French Grammar; A Month of Mary; Life of Blessed Paul of the Cross; Italy in the Fifteenth Century; Diary of a Soldier; The French Zouave; Herman the Pianist; and The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales.
Bibliographia Catholica Americana, his most important work, was never completed. He died in 1879 in Denver, Col.
Firm, Joseph L
inventor, was born March 19, 1837, in Williamsburg, N. Y.
In 1859 he was engaged in the Frank Leslie publishing house, and since that date his connection with the house has been continuous. He is the inventor of a pro- ⚫cess of printing on glass from electrotype plates, in colors or otherwise.
Fischer, Israel F
lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 17, 1858, in New York city. He was elected to the fiftyfourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.
Fish, Fred Starr
educator, lawyer, was born Feb. 23, 1860, in Litchfield, N. Y.
He is a graduate of the Cornell university, and has had a successful career in educational work. In 1893 he was police justice at Richland Center, Wis., and was attorney for the St. Paul Railroad company at Spring Green, Wis. For several years he was engaged in business in Wisconsin with success; and has always taken an active part in the political affairs of that state. He studied law in Madison, Wis., and is now engaged in the practice of law in Milwaukee, Wis.
Fish, Hamilton
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, governor, was born Aug. 3, 1808, in New York city. For several years he was a commissioner of deeds for the city and county of New York; and in 1837 was elected to the state legislature. He was a representative in congress from 1843 to 1845, and in 1847 was elected to the state senate to fill a vacancy. He was governor of New York from 1848 to 1850, and was a senator in congress from 1851 to 1857. In 1869 he went into the cabinet of President Grant as secretary of state. He died Sept. 7, 1893, in Garrison, N. Y.
Fish, Henry Clay
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 27, 1820, in Halifax, Vt. He was a baptist clergyman of Newark, N. J., and the author of Primitive Piety Revived; The Price of Soul Liberty; Harry's Conversion; Harry's Conflicts; Handbook of Revivals; Bible Lands Illustrated, and several compilations.
Fish, Melanthon Williams
physician, was born March 20, 1828, in Kortright, Del. He settled in Oakland, Cal., where he became in 1872 professor of physiology in the medical department of the university of California.
Fish, Nicholas
soldier, was born Aug. 28, 1758, in New York city. He was appointed adjutant-general of the state in 1786, and was a supervisor of the revenue under Washington in 1794. He died June 20, 1833, in New York city.
Fish, Nicholas
lawyer, diplomat, banker, was born Feb. 19, 1846, in New York city. He was charge d'affaires to the Swiss confederation in 1877-81, and United States minister to Belgium in 1882-86.
Fish, Preserved
shipping merchant, banker, was born July 3, 1766, in Portsmouth, R. I. He has attained prominence as a successful shipping merchant of New Bedford. He was elected president of the Tradesman's bank, and was a member of the chamber of commerce from 1801, serving until his death. He died July 23, 1846, in New York city.