Foster G. Finley Bible Record

August 1847

Page 5

Record of my father & mothers fam

Obadiah G. Finley was born May 24th 1787

Mary L. Finley was born Aug 20th 1791

Sarah G. Finley was born May 1st 1788

Jesse G. Finley first son of OG & Mary L was born Nov 17(?)th 1812

Napoleon B. Finley was born Dec 30th 1814

William M. Finley was born Oct 11th 1816

Mary Eliza first daughter of OG & ML was born Sept 15th 1818

John B. Finley was born June 18 1820

Foster G. Finley was born March 22, 1822

Sarah A. Finley was born Nov 15, 1823

Mary Eliza Finley 2nd do called was born Dec 4, 1826

 

Jessie Johnson was born the 27 of July 1753

Mary Johnson was born the 2nd day of April 1760

And we were married Thursday the 24th of Dec 1778. = Grand-Parents of F.G. Finley

(father) of Mary L. Finley Peyton

 

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Foster G. Finley married his wife Altamire G. Taylor daughter of Isaac & Margaret Taylor 17 July 1845

M.L. Finley daughter of F.G. & A.G. Finley was married to Joseph M. Peyton on February 25th 1874 by Dr. D.C. Kelly, Lebannon, Tenn

Philip H. Parsley & Elizabeth Peyton were married on 14th of November(?) 1899

David(?) Rhea Peyton and Elen McKinley(?) Boyd were married in ...(?)... June 12th at 10 a.m. in El Paso, Texas year 1916

Foster G. Finley was born on the 22nd March 1822

Altamira G. Finley was born on the 10th October 1826

Altamira G. Finley wife of Foster G. Finley...?...

Chas G. Peyton & Madeline Hussenwinkle(?) were married in El Paso Texas

 

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Isaac Taylor Finley sone of Foster & Altamire G. Finley was born the 20th June 1847

Mary Luella Finley daughter of Foster & Altamira Finley was born Dec 1st 1852

Margaret Taylor Finley daughter of F.G. & A.G. Finley was born Jany 16th 1856

William M Finley son of FG & AG Finley was born 10th Nov 1857

Charles D. Finley son of FGF & AG Finley was born 11th Nov 1860

Obadiah G. Finley son of FG & AG Finley was born 1st Oct 1866 on Monday

Maggie Lin(?) Finley daughter of OG & LM Finley was born 12th Feb 1896

Foster G. Finley, Jr was born to OG & ML Finley Thursday July 28th 1898 bet 6 & 7 oclock a.m.

 

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Mathew Johnson was born July 30th 1793 and wrote these inscriptions of his father's and mother's births and date of their marriage in a little book the Title of which "The Solemn Warnings(?) of the Dead", or, an Admonition to the unconverted Sinners by Mr. Joseph Alleine, and a Call to the Unconverted by Mr. Richard Baxter. This book had my father's name in ..?.. Foster Gaines Finley. This book ..?.. written many years before Method(?) ..?.. was known in the world, the ...?... (my father's mother M.L. Peyton)

 

Jessie Johnson was born July 27th 1753

Mary Johnson was born 2nd day of April 1760

And we were married Thursday the 24th Dec 1778.

Charlotte Johnson was born Saturday the 29 of Sept 1798.

Rebecca Johnson was born 2nd day of December 1801.

(these were brothers and sisters of my grandfather Finley's wife)

 

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Charles D. Finley son of FG & AG Finley departed this life by drowning in ..?.. River, Fla. drowned on the 29th Nov 1886.

Jessie G. Finley Departed this life in Lake(?) City, Fla. Nov 6 1904, age ..?..

A.G. Finley departed this life May 14th 1893 wife of F.G. Finley died Sunday a.m. when Sunday school bells were wringing, died happy in the Lord.

F.G. Finley departed this life in Lebannon Tenn on Tuesday night at 12 oclock July 10th 1906 after a great & nobly spent life.

Augustus B. Lampton departed this life on the 29th of April 1882.

Margarett T. Lampton wife of Augustus B. Lampton departed this life Febr 20th 1928 on Monday at five o clock a.m. Lived a ...?...

Mary L. Finley consort of O.G. Finley departed this life Feby 14 1830

Mary E. Finley 1st daughter of OG & ML departed this life Oct 2 1821

Napoleon B. Finley departed this life Sept 25th 1826

Mary Finley mother of OG Finley departed this life Oct 10 1830 aged 65 years

Sallie G(?) Finley consort of OG Finley departed this life Aug 22 1857

(next two entries unreadable)

OG Finley departed this life March(?) 22nd 1871

(rest of page unreadable)

 

. . . from the Tn State Library and Archives, 403 Seventh Ave., North, Nashville, TN

37219, Finley Family Bible Records

 

Records written in:

Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together with The Aprocrypha.

Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson, 1889(?)

 

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