Biography of Charles A Finley, Scott Co, AR

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Submitted by: Charlene Holland <Char@presys.com>
        Date: 9 Sep 1998
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      Charles A. Finley is a merchant of the town of Waldron, Ark., being
a member of Finley, & Hendricks, and by birth is a Tennesseean, born in
Carroll County, in 1865, to Smith P. and Minerva (Bennett) Finley, they
being also Tennesseeans, the father being a farmer by occupation. They
were married in their native State, and to their union eight children
were born, seven of whom are now living: Mattie (wife of J.B. Thomas),
C.A. (the subject of this sketch), John W., Sindey W., Ada (wife of T. B.
Dinwiddie), Robert A., Norma G., Dollie, and one that died unnamed. The
father and mother of these children are still living, in Tennessee, and
both are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the former being
a member of the Masonic order of Macedonia. Charles A. Finley came to
Arkansas in 1886, and settled in Crawford County where he was engaged in
the dry goods business until January 1887, but moved the same year to
Fort Smith. After traveling for Dyke Bros. until June 1889, he became a
salesman for the Holmes Dry Goods Company, acting as their traveling
salesman part of the time, about nine months out of the year being spent
as salesman in their store. He has been a resident of Waldron, and soon
after coming here formed a partnership with a Mr. Hendricks, and here has
since been in the grocery business, and is, deservedly, doing well. He is
an earnest member of the Presbyterian Church, and, socially, belongs to
the K. of P. He is a young man of exemplary habits, and as he is
industrious and pushing, he is bound to make his mark in the world.