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Below is a family biography included in The History of Barton County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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George W. Finley, proprietor of a livery stable at Lamar, Barton County, Mo., was born in Sangamon County, Ill., July 11, 1861, being a son of Zura N. and Sarah (Fields) Finley, natives, respectively, of Illinois and Ohio. The mother removed with her parents to Illinois when a child, and here she was married to Mr. Finley, and made her home until 1866, when they came to Barton County, Mo., and are here residing on a farm. The father is a Democrat, and he and wife are members of the Congregational Church. In their family were two sons and four daughters, of whom George W. is the eldest. He attended the district schools and Eastman’s Commercial College, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and was graduated from that institution in 1886. In the spring of 1887 he engaged in the livery business, in Lamar, with Judge John Bates, and then with J. M. Fisher, who succeeded Mr. Bates, and since August, 1888, has been associated with G. A. Mathews. Their establishment is supplied with eleven excellent vehicles, and they keep on an average sixteen head of horses, which are always in good condition, and ready for work. Mr. Finley is a Mason, and in his political views supports the principles of the Democratic party.
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