Draft:James Allen Finley
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Comment: The entire article is just the quotation, and it is understandably hard to add meat to the bones since there is only one source. This indicates he is not notable; in fact, the article does not meet Wikipedia:Notability (people) right now. There is only one source given. Sungodtemple (talk • contribs) 01:37, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
James Allen Finley
[edit]According to a family biography written The History of Dyer County, Tennessee, published by Godspeed Publishing Company in 1887:
"A. Finley, a prominent citizen and farmer residing in the village of Finley, was born in Carrol County, Tenn., August 26, 1827, being one of eleven children, two of whom are living, their parents being Thomas and Mary Finley. His Father was born in Robertson County Tenn., in 1800, was married there, and moved to Carroll County; in 1854, he moved to Dyer County. He was a wagon-maker by trade and followed that until his death in 1878. Mr. A Finley's Mother was born in Robertson County about 1802 and died in in 1876. He was educated in Dyersburg Academy, and in 1851, he married Mary, daughter of David Doyle. Mrs. Finley was born in Mississippi in 1832 and died in 1866. Four of their children are living: Carroll T., James B., Mary (wife of Robert Bradshaw), and Ella (Wife of Britton Pickard). In 1858, Mr. Finley moved to a farm nine miles west of Dyersburg, and lived there until 1875, when he moved to his present home. He owns about 500 acres of land and since moving to this place had been in the mercantile business, and had a post office established at his store, which is named after himself, at that point there are several stores. It is surrounded by perhaps the best farming land in the county. In 1870 he married Bettie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hardie. Mrs. Finley was born in Madison County in 1852; they have five children: Samual, Bettie S., James, Chester and Egbert. Mr. Finley has been school director of his home school for 14 years; he is an enterprising man and known all over the county. He is a Methodist and does all he can to advance school and church interests and has always been a Democrat."[1]
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[edit]- ^ Godspeed Publishing Company (1887). "mygeneaolgyhound". www.mygenealogyhound.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.