| S.B. Finney |
| S.B. Finney, farmer,
section 32: post office Postville: son of R. A. and E. S.
Finney; born in Essex County, New York, in 1844, where he
remained till in 1866 he came to Allamakee county, his
parents following two years later. He was married to Miss
Marcia M. Root in November 1869, she being also a native
of Essex County, New York. She died in 1872. He was again
married to Miss Ella M. Bike, a native of Pennsylvania,
in 1874, by whom he has two children, Ross L. and Elmira
E., having lost one daughter by his first wife. Mr.
Finney owns a farm of 200 acres with first-class
improvements upon it, and convenient to Postville, where
he has good church and school privileges; is a member of
the M. E. Church and a zealous worker in the Sabbath
schools; is also a member of A.O.U.W. and V.A.S. pg 490 |