Elijah McIntosh Finley ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Liberty Township, Adair County, MO on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 124B, Roll 0671
Liberty Township, Adair County, Missouri
Elija Finly..Other..28..MO..Farmer
( Living with wife at the home of a brother to his wife, Mary M. Davis.)

NOTE - His birth location was believed to be in Virginia instead of Missouri.
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Elijah married Mary Margaret Davis, daughter of William Lowe Davis and Melanda Snelling, in 1876.^{1 2} (Mary Margaret Davis was born on 1 March 1853 in Missouri,^{1 2} died on 1 October 1926 in Gifford, ID ¹ and was buried on 4 October 1926 ¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Liberty Township, Adair County, MO on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 124B, Roll 0671
Liberty Township, Adair County, Missouri
William Davis..Self..27..MO..Farmer
Rebecca Davis..Wife..30..IN..Keeping House
May A. Davis..Dau..10..MO
Laura E. Davis..Dau..8..MO
Tollula Davis..Dau..3..MO
George Davis..Son..1m..MO
Elija Finly..Othr..28..MO..Farmer
Mary M. Finly...Othr..23..MO

NOTE - Mary M. Finly was Mary M. Davis, wife of Elijah Finley. It appears that she may have been a sister to William Davis.
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