John Samuel FINLEY

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Census
Name: Jack Finley
Age: 14
Birth Date: Aug 1885
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1900: Memphis Ward 18, Shelby, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son (Child)
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi
Mother's name: Elizabeth H Finley
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi
Household Members:
Elizabeth H Finley 52
Brodie Finley 27
Augusta Finley 24
Susie Finley 21
Dabney Finley 18
Jack Finley 14
Henry Gray 27 [roomer]
T G Scarbrough 27 [roomer]
Lady Scarbrough 22 [roomer]
Molly Murphy 52 [servant]

1920 Census
Name: Jack S Finley
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1885
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1920: Memphis Ward 20, Shelby, Tennessee
Street: Buena Vista Place
House Number: 280
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Sarah J Finley
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Salesman
Industry: Cotton
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Jack S Finley 35
Sarah J Finley 28
Sarah Harris 28 [servant]

Birth:
Name: John Samuel Finley
City: Memphis
County: Shelby
State: Tennessee
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1885
Race: White
Occupation: cotton salesman
Next of Kin: Sara Jordan Finley

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134230611

Died:
Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874?1955 Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010
Name: John Samuel Finley
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1885
Birth Place: Mississippi
Age: 58
Death Date: 6 Jun 1944
Death Place: Memphis, Shelby County,Tennessee
Burial Date: 7 Jun 1944
Burial Place: Memphis, TN
Cemetery Name: Elmwood
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Street address: Grove Park Road
Residence Place: SHELBY, Tennessee
Occupation: Cotton Broker
Father's name: John Finley
Father's Birth Place: Mississippi
Mother's name: Betty Hull Lee
Mother's Birth Place: Mississippi
Spouse's Name: Mrs J SFinley
FHL Film Number: 2137348

John married Sarah Jordan. Sarah was born ca 1892, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]