Rufus Finley^[1]

1814 - 1847  (32 years)

• Name	Rufus Finley
  Birth	22 Dec 1814	, Overton, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1840	, Monroe, Indiana, USA   [3]
  Death	2 Jan 1847	Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA   [2]
  Burial	Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I35263	Master
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	George Finley, Jr,   b. 15 Feb 1789, , Lincoln, Kentucky, USA d. 3 Nov 1851, Perry, Monroe, Indiana, USA (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Frances "Fanny" Hancock,   b. 5 Jan 1796, , Laurens, South Carolina, USA d. 9 Jan 1875, Perry, Monroe, Indiana, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1 Mar 1812	Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, USA
  Family ID	F8463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Mitchell,   b. 22 Mar 1816, , Harrison, Kentucky, USA d. 4 Jan 1900, Smithville, Monroe, Indiana, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1835	, Monroe, Indiana, USA   [4, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Mary Ann Finley,   b. 25 Sep 1836, , Monroe, Indiana, USA d. 22 Aug 1914, Clear Creek, Monroe, Indiana, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Infant Finley,   b. 11 Aug 1838, , Monroe, Indiana, USA d. 11 Aug 1838, , Monroe, Indiana, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]   3. William Finley,   b. 2 Jan 1840, Monroe, Adams, Indiana, USA d. 27 Apr 1928, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural] + 4. Mitchell Finley,   b. 29 Jan 1842, , , Tennessee, USA d. 22 Aug 1908, Perry, Monroe, Indiana, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]   5. George Finley,   b. 21 May 1845, , , Tennessee, USA d. 20 May 1922, Kinderhook, Pike, Illinois, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F8461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Dec 1814 - , Overton, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 4 Nov 1835 - , Monroe, Indiana, USA Residence - 1840 - , Monroe, Indiana, USA Death - 2 Jan 1847 - Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA Burial - - Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Sudden Death of Rufus Finley "Rufus was living in Tennessee, where he had a tannery. He died suddenly on a business trip and was buried in Jackson, Mississipi. John Mitchell sent a man with a team and wagon to move his sister Nancy and her children to Monroe County, Indiana." Information is from: The Mitchell Family Descendents of James and Nancy Campbell Mitchell, by Homer Rawlins Mitchell of dallas, Texas; Miss Grace E. Mitchell of Greencastle, Indiana; and Mrs. Laura Emery of Bloomington, Indiana Published 1952.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=156037712&pid=260 [S751] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S245] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), Year: 1840; Census Place: Monroe, Indiana; Page: 66; Family History Library Film: 0007732. [S1060] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). [S925] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1892, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). [S805] Ancestry.com, Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Book: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT; Page: 1295699.