Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-09-02
The Finley Reunion

The Finley Reunion
The second annual Finley reunion
was held at the Deerfeld Presbyter-
ian church in Deerfeld township. on
Thursday. Aug. IS The family was
exceptionally well represented, as
about 130 OF the family and their
friends were present
The forenoon and part OF the af-
ternoon were spent in visiting and
getting acquainted; a very pleasant
feature was the presence of IL Of
the family from Claysville, Pa,
which was the original home of the
entire family. The Pennsylvania
folks were not acquainted with the
Ohio families until at the reunion,
but now all are we'll acquainted and
the relationship is fully established
Something over 100 years ago the
Finleys migrated from Pennsylvania
to this county, settling in DeerfeId.
Union and Malta townships The
first to come was David Finley, later
known as Squire David" but he
was followed soon by his father and
two uncles. His father was John
Finley, and the two uncles were
Robert and David From these three
ancestors ali the Morgan county Fin
+ leys descend. These three brothers
/ left brother James in Pennsyl-
Tania VINO is the ancestor of the
+ fCIaysvil!e folks mentioned above
/ The first and second generations os
these three pioneers are nearly all
] lying in the Deerfeld cemetery OF
, the third generation, there were
present G. ". Finley Of McConnels-
vile, past 50 years of age, Hiram
Finley Of Sayre, past 88 years Of
| age. both descendants OF John; and
Eber Finley and Mary E. Mcdonald,
! brother and sister. descendants of
! Robert. Others down TO the sixth
generation were present W B. Fin
Hey and Martin Finley Of Claysville
we're OF the third generation Of the
| family Of James
A wonderful dinner was prepared
| BY the ladies. and served in the
pleasant dining room of the church
| II was served cafeteria style. and for
Equality and quantity it surpassed
the hungriest's expectations and was
enjoyed by all. Some had driven
over $50 miles that morning in or
der to be present, and many had
driven from ~ 10 so miles, and
| were ready to do justice TO the din
lner.
After the dinner was over and the
tables cleared. all repaired 10 the
church auditorium where short
program Of music and speaking was
rendered. Mrs Clara Clements and
Charles Finley had charge Of the
music. The meeting was opened
with "BIest Be the Tie Which Binds
land closed with God Be With You
Till We Meet Again" Mr. Finley
and Mrs. clements rendered two Sc
lecticns which were well received
Miss Faye Trout read g letter from
Mrs. Alice Horridge Of Bolton, Mo-,
iaCd followed / with short reading
Harold Finley gave brief account
Of his visit 10 the sesqui-centennial.
Brief talks were made by Hiram
Finley, Martin Finley of Claysville,
Mrs. Bertha Watson of Granville,
Mrs. Lizzie Alderman. the president
of the association. and others. Let
tars were read from J. N. Finley Of
SCOTS Bluff. Nab: Mrs Mertie STAN,
berg Eona1 Of Pleasant Hill. Mo-;
Mrs. Nettie Finley Chiles of Grand
view, Mo-; J. V. Thompson OF In
iontown, Pa. and Mrs. Horridge as
stated above.
II was with deep feeling that the
passing OF two close friends of the
family was mentioned. namely E. A.
Fouts and Mrs. Silena NJ. Stanbery,
both OF whom were present last
year.
Al The business m.s':Ig which
followed it was voted TO hold the
1927 meeting at the same place and
at about the same time. The officers
elected are: President, Fl. NJ. Fin
ley; vice pres. S A. Finley; sec'y-
treas, Mrs. Fern Finley, all of Nc
Connelsville.
A few of those present from dis
tance were W. H. Trout, wife and
daughter Faye of Bremen; Mr.. and
Mrs. Otis Trout, New Lexington;
George L. Finley and wife. Franklin,
Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. John Finley, Mr..
and Mrs. ". B. Finley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin Archer, Mrs. Mary Cotterel
and Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Rattan. all OF
Claysville, Pa; Mrs. Bertha Watson
and son. Granville, O.; Miss Hor
tense Ziegler, Miss Matte Ziegler
and Will TanneLill, Zanesville; Mrs.
". NJ. Payne and children. Colum-
bus.
The day was perfect, not single
incident to mar the memory Of the
occasion. Everyone had a good time
and all went home feeling sorry for
those who were not present.-XX.