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JAMES E. FINLEY, M.D., who, for forty years was actively engaged in the practice of medicine but is now retired from professional life, resides in Mt. Pleasant, O., and owns a large estate comprising 600 acres of land, situated in Mt. Pleasant Township. He was born in Mt. Pleasant December 23, 1837, and is a son of Dr. Robert and Angelina (Hamilton) Finley. James E. Finley was educated in the Mt. Pleasant schools and New Athens College, and later attended the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in 1863. He then entered the Union army as a physician and after being examined at Philadelphia was ordered to the King's Street Hospital, Washington, D.C., where he was occupied during the entire following year. He then returned to Mt. Pleasant, later located at Zanesfield, in lOgan County, where he practiced for two years, and then retired to his farm. He continued his medical practice in the township for thirty-five years, in the meanwhile looking after his extensive agricultural and other interests. He is a director in the People's National Bank at Mt. Pleasant and his father was a director in the old State Bank from 1848 until his death and had been offered its presidency but declined. In 1865 Dr. Finley was married to Miss Amanda Hanna, who died in 1888. She was a daughter of James Hanna and was born in Harrison County, Ohio. They had twin sons born to them, Ernest and Robert. The latter died at the age of fifteen years. The former is a practicing attorney at Steubenville. He married Miss Julia White, who died in 1890, their children having been: Lillie, wife of James T. Koch; Carrie, who died after graduating from the Steubenville Seminary; Carita, who died aged fifteen years; Eral, who died aged eighteen months; and Pauline, who resides with her father. In 1892 Dr. Finley was married secondly to Miss Lillie Sharon, a daughter of John Sharon, of Mt. Pleasant Township. Mrs. Finley died November 19, 1909, survived by two children, Robert and Virginia. In politics Dr. Finley is a Republican and fraternally he is a Mason.  Return to Family Tales
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