Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-02-22
Page Seven

1 the uecedSe or my W1Io, ruL TO re
main In the occupancy of my thre
aforesaid sons, David, Robert an,
James, and after my decease / or
der and appoint my three aforesaid
sons, David, Robert and James t,
choose each of them a man for tt
divide the aforesaid land Except
ing the part that is already be
queathed to my son JOhn) in three
tity and quality, and the award OF
decision of the aforesaid men sc
chosen is to be final and each OF
my three aforesaid sons is to pay
an equal proportion of the money
that is expended in dividing said
land, each Of the above shares sc
divided. / give and bequeath one
third part to Robert, one-third part
to David and one-third part to
James. I order and appoint my
three aforesaid sons Robert, David
and James, to find my daughter
Betsey sufficient victuals and cloth
ing during her natural life, each Of
them to pay his equal part in the
above use. If there should be any
dispute arise between my three
above named sons and my said wife
about her maintenance, and they
did not fulfill their duty to her ac-
cording to my aforesaid appoint
ment, / order and appoint my three
aforesaid sons to pay my said wife
So in cash once in every year dur
ing her natural life, in lien of her
yearly support, excepting and re-
serving the aforesaid creatures in
their keeping as is expressed above
to her own proper use and behoof
/ give and bequeath to my daugh-
ters hereafter named, Immediately
after my decease sums hereafter
pamed. First I give and bequeath
to my daughter Nancy Clark, one
dollar; Sarah Davis, one dollar;
Jennie McNeaI, one dollar. Mar
garet Concy, one dollar: Hannah
Miller, one dollar. Which bequeath
to my said daughters / order and
my three aforesaid sons
Robert. David and james, to pay
to each of them the
sum annexed to their names above
and number, as touching my NOV
able property, such as horses, cows,
etc. After my said wife gets her
part out that is mentioned above,
the remainder to be equally divided
between my three aforesaid sons,
Robert, David and James, to each
a third.
The Finleys that migrated to
Morgan county over one hundred
years ago, were sons of Robert Fin
ley whose will appears above. The
three sons to come here were John,
David and Robert Finley. one son
James Finley remaining near Clays-
Vile, Pa.
The ancestry of John Finley can
De traced down to Amos, David AL
bert Finley, Clem Finley and broth
er the late Judge H. M Finley,
rrouts and Zeiglers, and others;
he ancestry of Robert Finley to S.
A. Finley, banker at McConnels-
Vile, and brother Joseph; to chill
dren of the late Eber Finley of
Deerfeld township; to the late Will
Finley who was once in the gro
,ery business at McConnelsville,
Ind others; the ancestry of David
Finley to Frank and Walter Fin
ey, we'll known meat men of Nc
and their sisters; to
Clark Finley of Kansas. Mrs. Alma
sawyer of Malta township; Mrs.
Bertha Watson of Granville; the
ate James Moore and sister Mrs.
3has. Harper; the writer of this
iketch and his sister Mrs. j. B.
Clements of Columbus, ard others.
Several descendants of Jas. Fin
ey are still residing in and around
ylaysville, Pa. Among them are
frank and John Finley, Mrs. Mary
Jotterel, Mrs. Anna Archer, Trus-
els and others.
Pennsylvania as I have mention
I'd was the early home of the Fin
eys in this country, and East and
West Finley township as we'll as
carry the name. A few
years ago I had the pleasure of Wis
ting there and drinking from the
I'D spring that was so dear to my
the late James Fin
ey in his early boyhood days. That
clear, cold water Pennsylvania can
,oast of coming out of the hillside
lust like it did in those early days,
f any experience or thought can
get closer to one than that, it Is
he thought of good Christian
mother which can truly say I had.
Just allow me to say I read two ar
icles in your paper lately, on
nothers-one saying a mother is
mans best friend. How true that
S. / never realized what real trOu-
)le was until / came back to the
I'D home after mothers funeral, to
My lips can not tell how 1 miss
Ter; my heart can not tell what to
,ay; God alone knows how I miss
Ter, in a home all alone today"
The late President Coolidge said:
When I started to Washington
hat night or early morning follow
ng the death of President Harding,
turned aside from the main road
o make a short devotional visit to
he grave of my mother. 1t had
,een a comfort to me during my
,oyhood when I was troubled, to be
lear her last resting place. even In
he dead of night; some way that
morning she seemed very near to
ne."