Extracted from obituary in the "Wayne County Press,"1/11/1894:
Richard Watts Finley died at his residence six miles west of Fairfield, at 3 o'clock p.m. 1/1/ 1894. Richard Watts Finley, son of James and Margaret Finley, aged 46 years, 10 months and 17 days. Richard was born in Hocking County, Ohio, 2/15/1847. He came to Wayne County, Illinois with his parents in the spring of 1866. Was married to Miss Rebecca C., daughter of D.G Buis 3/27/1873. He leaves a wife and 8 children . . . Richard volunteered in Co. A. 31st Reg. Ohio Infantry on 2/20/1864 and was discharged at Louisville, KY at the close of the rebelion in 1865. He was with General Sherman on his celebrated march from Atlanta to the sea. Remains were deposited in the Bovee Cemetery.
Extracted from obituary in the "Wayne County Press,"1/11/1894:
Richard Watts Finley died at his residence six miles west of Fairfield, at 3 o'clock p.m. 1/1/ 1894. Richard Watts Finley, son of James and Margaret Finley, aged 46 years, 10 months and 17 days. Richard was born in Hocking County, Ohio, 2/15/1847. He came to Wayne County, Illinois with his parents in the spring of 1866. Was married to Miss Rebecca C., daughter of D.G Buis 3/27/1873. He leaves a wife and 8 children . . . Richard volunteered in Co. A. 31st Reg. Ohio Infantry on 2/20/1864 and was discharged at Louisville, KY at the close of the rebelion in 1865. He was with General Sherman on his celebrated march from Atlanta to the sea. Remains were deposited in the Bovee Cemetery.
Inscription
Another link is broken in our household band, but a chain is forming in a better land.
Gravesite Details
He was 46 years, 10 months, and 17 days old when he died.
Family Members
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Sarah Elizabeth Finley Neavill
1875–1917
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Walter Buis Finley
1878–1959
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Garrett Buis Finley
1880–1884
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James Robert Finley
1881–1961
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Nancy Ann Finley Legg
1882–1919
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Richard Franklin Finley Sr
1884–1975
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Eugene Finley
1890–1890
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Eualee Finley
1890–1890
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Eulalia Finley Lawrence
1890–1972
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Liberty Otis Finley
1892–1959
