Reuben Leonard Finton

Reuben Leonard Finton was a circuit preacher. After the death of his first wife, Mary Harbaugh, he married Katherine Bash, but abandoned her and her children, not to be heard of for many years.

Children of Reuben and Mary Harbaugh Finton:

1. Female, died young.

2. Abigail Finton, b 11 Mar 1832, Tuscarawas Co. d 24 May 1915, bu Lewistown Cem., Logan Co., OH. Married Samuel Hover as second wife. Samuel had married another cousin, Rebecca Finton, as his first wife. Samuel Hover: b 3 Feb 1824, Logan Co., Ohio, d 22 Jun 1909, Logan Co. Burial Lewiston Cemetery. Issue:

2a. Emanuel "Man" Hover, b 28 May 1860, m Florence McMillan.

2b. Albert "Bert" Hover.

2c. Byron "Ben" Hover.

2d. Harry Hover

2e. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hover, b 1858 d 1915, bu Lewiston Cem., m Elisha Houchin,b 1852. d 1931, bu same.

Children of Reuben and Katherine Bash Finton:

3. Eli, died young.

4. Philip, died young.

5. David Johnson Finton,b 2 Mar 1847, m Emma Henry.

6. Catherine, died at age 16 of TB.

7. Phoebe, b Mar 1850, d 1883 Kosciusko Co., IN. m Isaac H. Harvey.

8. Samuel H. Finton (Little Sam) b 26 Oct 1851, Lakeview, Ohio. d 17 Sep 1895 N.

Manchester, OH. m 1) Laura Sipes 2) Jennie Evans, d/o Elijah Evans. Issue:

8a. Walter Lloyd Finton, b 8 Jul 1885, d 14 Feb 1963, Jackson, Michigan. m 1910

to Ella Sarah Hobart, b 7 Sep 1886, Grass Lake, MI.

8aa. Dr. Walter Robinson Finton, b 9 Jul 1911, Jackson, Michigan, m 1936

Marianne Steiff.

8ab. Dr. Robert Evans Finton, b 14 Oct 1914, Jackson, MI., m Catherine Jarman

of Wilmington, DE.

Children of Reuben and Sarah Tritch Hershey Finton:

10. Darius Stoker Finton, b 13 Jul 1863, Findlay, Ohio. d 21 Jul 1944, m 23 Dec 1889

Lulu May Smith, b near Wooster, Ohio, 4 Jan 1870. d 25 Oct 1963, Findlay, Ohio. d/o Leander Clinton Smith of Wayne Co., Ohio. Bu Maple Grove Cem. Issue:

10b. Clarence S. Finton, b 3 Feb 1892, Findlay, OH. d 26 Mar 1917, m 4 Jul 1915 to Edith Reamsnyder. Issue:

10ba. Richard S. Finton, Findlay, OH., b 24 Mar 1916

10c. Ruth Finton, m Charles Mack, had two children.

11. Parley Tritch Finton, b 7 Dec 1864, d Jul 19433, m 29 Apr 1890 to Maude Snyder

of Pierceton, IN. b 12 Jul 1870. Issue:

11a. Joseph A. Finton, 837 Wilson St., Findlay, Ohio.

12. Amelia, b 5 Nov 1866, d Mar 1950, Sandusky, OH. m William Martin, b 10 Apr

1863, d 29 Jun 1931, bu Maple Grove Cem.

13. Charles Osterlin Finton, b 4 Sep 1869, d 28 Feb 1825. m 1) 10 Mar 1891, Inez Slaybaugh, no issue, d 1893. 2) Myrtle French, b 14 Mar 1873, d 17 Jul 1933. Bu Maple Grove Cem. Issue:

13a. Roy French Finton, b 15 Sep 1896, Findlay, OH., d 16 Nov 1960, Ft Wayne, IN. m 27 Nov 1919 to Erma Allet Perry. Roy French Finton was a veteran of World War I. Issue:

13aa. Robert Darrel Finton, b 18 Mar. 1921, m 26 Mar 1942 to Wilma E Adams of Roanoke, IN.

13ab. Raymond Eugene Finton, b 20 May 1923, m 23 Jul 1943, New London, CT. to Armeda_______, 3 children, separated, m 2) Joan Gerke.

13ac. Donald Roy Finton, b 28 Jun 1926, m 23 Aug 1946 to Gertrude Helmke

at Ft Wayne, IN., b 27 Nov 1928. Issue: 5 children.

13b. Wade Jacob Finton, b 28 Apr 1900, d 2 Nov 1961, Bluffton, OH., m 25 Dec 1922 to Gladys May Lane, of Findlay, OH., b 18 May 1905. Issue:

13ba. Peggy C. Finton, b 23 May 1924, m 16 Sep 1952 to Ed Klos, b Oct 1928.

13bb. Kenneth D. Finton, b 21 Apr 1926. m 6 Jul 1950 to Jane ______. Issue: 2 children.

13bc. Ruth A. Finton, b 12 Dec 1927, m 5 May 1950 to Robert Pearsell, b 5 Jul 1925, separated. 2 children.

13bd. Jeanette J. Finton, b 8 Oct 1931

13c. Charles Reuben Finton, died young.