The son of John & Margaret (Rosser) Finney, in 1860 he was an apprentice miller living with and/or working for miller Benjamin Keeney in Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 7" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Baltimore, Maryland, July 26 as a private with Co. D, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves (30th Pennsylvania Infantry). He was wounded in the left leg above the knee at the battle of Charles City Crossroads June 30, 1862, and captured while lying in a field hospital at Savage Station, Virginia. He remained incarcerated in Richmond until paroled at Aiken's Landing on September 23, 1862. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer and promoted to corporal February 18, 1864, only to suffer capture a second time, this time at Petersburg, Virginia, on August 19, 1864. This time, he was held in the stockade at Salisbury, North Carolina, where he remained until paroled May 17, 1865. Later, a fellow inmate accused him of having joined the Confederate Army, a charge the army successfully refuted.
He married Amanda Maria Morris February 6, 1868, in Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio, and fathered Gretchen M. (b. 10/07/89 - married Parley Burdette Niebel). They apparently had no children prior to Gretchen or at least any who survived. Given the late date of her birth, one must ask if she were adopted.
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Name: Finney, Jacob H.
Date of Death: 9/28/1915
Place: Mercer Co., PA
Date of Birth: 10/10/1842
Place of Birth: York Co., PA
Name of Cemetery: Forest Hill
Location: Harrison Township
War Served In: Civil War
Date Enlisted: 1861-06-08
Date Discharged: 1865-06-03
Branch of Service: Army Rank: Corporal
Company, Outfit or Ship: Co. D, 1st Regiment PA Reserves
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Baltimore, Maryland, July 26 as a private with Co. D, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves (30th Pennsylvania Infantry). He was wounded in the left leg above the knee at the battle of Charles City Crossroads June 30, 1862, and captured while lying in a field hospital at Savage Station, Virginia. He remained incarcerated in Richmond until paroled at Aiken's Landing on September 23, 1862. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer and promoted to corporal February 18, 1864, only to suffer capture a second time, this time at Petersburg, Virginia, on August 19, 1864. This time, he was held in the stockade at Salisbury, North Carolina, where he remained until paroled May 17, 1865. Later, a fellow inmate accused him of having joined the Confederate Army, a charge the army successfully refuted.
He married Amanda Maria Morris February 6, 1868, in Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio, and fathered Gretchen M. (b. 10/07/89 - married Parley Burdette Niebel). They apparently had no children prior to Gretchen or at least any who survived. Given the late date of her birth, one must ask if she were adopted.
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Name: Finney, Jacob H.
Date of Death: 9/28/1915
Place: Mercer Co., PA
Date of Birth: 10/10/1842
Place of Birth: York Co., PA
Name of Cemetery: Forest Hill
Location: Harrison Township
War Served In: Civil War
Date Enlisted: 1861-06-08
Date Discharged: 1865-06-03
Branch of Service: Army Rank: Corporal
Company, Outfit or Ship: Co. D, 1st Regiment PA Reserves
The son of John & Margaret (Rosser) Finney, in 1860 he was an apprentice miller living with and/or working for miller Benjamin Keeney in Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 7" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Baltimore, Maryland, July 26 as a private with Co. D, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves (30th Pennsylvania Infantry). He was wounded in the left leg above the knee at the battle of Charles City Crossroads June 30, 1862, and captured while lying in a field hospital at Savage Station, Virginia. He remained incarcerated in Richmond until paroled at Aiken's Landing on September 23, 1862. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer and promoted to corporal February 18, 1864, only to suffer capture a second time, this time at Petersburg, Virginia, on August 19, 1864. This time, he was held in the stockade at Salisbury, North Carolina, where he remained until paroled May 17, 1865. Later, a fellow inmate accused him of having joined the Confederate Army, a charge the army successfully refuted.
He married Amanda Maria Morris February 6, 1868, in Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio, and fathered Gretchen M. (b. 10/07/89 - married Parley Burdette Niebel). They apparently had no children prior to Gretchen or at least any who survived. Given the late date of her birth, one must ask if she were adopted.
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Name: Finney, Jacob H.
Date of Death: 9/28/1915
Place: Mercer Co., PA
Date of Birth: 10/10/1842
Place of Birth: York Co., PA
Name of Cemetery: Forest Hill
Location: Harrison Township
War Served In: Civil War
Date Enlisted: 1861-06-08
Date Discharged: 1865-06-03
Branch of Service: Army Rank: Corporal
Company, Outfit or Ship: Co. D, 1st Regiment PA Reserves
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Baltimore, Maryland, July 26 as a private with Co. D, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves (30th Pennsylvania Infantry). He was wounded in the left leg above the knee at the battle of Charles City Crossroads June 30, 1862, and captured while lying in a field hospital at Savage Station, Virginia. He remained incarcerated in Richmond until paroled at Aiken's Landing on September 23, 1862. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer and promoted to corporal February 18, 1864, only to suffer capture a second time, this time at Petersburg, Virginia, on August 19, 1864. This time, he was held in the stockade at Salisbury, North Carolina, where he remained until paroled May 17, 1865. Later, a fellow inmate accused him of having joined the Confederate Army, a charge the army successfully refuted.
He married Amanda Maria Morris February 6, 1868, in Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio, and fathered Gretchen M. (b. 10/07/89 - married Parley Burdette Niebel). They apparently had no children prior to Gretchen or at least any who survived. Given the late date of her birth, one must ask if she were adopted.
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Name: Finney, Jacob H.
Date of Death: 9/28/1915
Place: Mercer Co., PA
Date of Birth: 10/10/1842
Place of Birth: York Co., PA
Name of Cemetery: Forest Hill
Location: Harrison Township
War Served In: Civil War
Date Enlisted: 1861-06-08
Date Discharged: 1865-06-03
Branch of Service: Army Rank: Corporal
Company, Outfit or Ship: Co. D, 1st Regiment PA Reserves
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