Charles Alexander Martin Finley

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Charles Alexander Martin Finley

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Marianna, Jackson, Florida, United States
Death: May 22, 1934 (85)
Graceville, Jackson, Florida, United States
Place of Burial: Jackson, Florida, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Brig. General Jesse J. Finley (CSA) and Margaret Harris Finley
Husband of Arabella Finley (Montcrief)
Father of Maggie May Hayman; Myra Moncrief Himes; Annie Belle Helvenson/Sarau; Corinne Finley Patterson; Jesse Johnson Finley II and 3 others
Brother of Emily Finley and Arthur Finley
Half brother of Samuel Yerger Finley

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About Charles Alexander Martin Finley

Civil War Service Record:

Enlisted as a Private on 01 August 1864 at the age of 15

Enlisted in Company C, 1st Reserves In Regiment Florida on 01 August 1864.

Oath Allegiance on 14 May 1865 at Madison, FL

In the 1880 Census, Charles is listed as a newspaper editor. In the 1920 and 1930 census, he is living with his daughter Corine and her husband Ezra D Patterson in Graceville, Jackson, Florida.

Born April 22 1849 died May 22 1934. 5th son of General Jesse J. Finley. He was a Cpt. in the Reserve corps during the Civil War. Owned and operated Florida newspaper The Lake City Reporter for 14 years before retiring due to ill health. Like his father and brothers Cpt. Finley enjoyed a healthy political career serving as Secretary of the Florida State Senate for a number of years and was unamimously elected as Secretary Emeritus a postion he heald untill the time of his death.

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Charles Alexander Martin Finley's Timeline

1849
April 22, 1849
Marianna, Jackson, Florida, United States
1874
March 1, 1874
1875
November 16, 1875
1880
September 9, 1880
1882
September 1882
1884
September 19, 1884
Lake City, Florida, United States
1887
June 27, 1887
Lake City, Florida, United States
1892
October 15, 1892
Lake City, Columbia, Florida, United States
1934
May 22, 1934
Age 85
Graceville, Jackson, Florida, United States