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Martha Lenoir <I>Gordon</I> Finley

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Martha Lenoir Gordon Finley

Birth
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Death
25 Jul 1898 (aged 77)
North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.1478389, Longitude: -81.148675
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Sister of CSA Brigadier General James Byron Gordon she was born at Oakland the homeplace of the Gordon family near where the Wilkes General Hospital now stands daughter of Nathaniel Gordon and Sarah H. Gwyn. Active in both Wilkesboro and later North Wilkesboro Presbyterian churches.
Studied at Salem Academy for two years and married A W Finley March 30, 1842.
In addition to those linked below she was the mother of Sarah Ellen b1843 d1907, Martha Octavia b1844 d1888, John George b1852 d1898 and Carrie Gordon Finley b1856 d1920.

She and her husband share the headstone.
Sister of CSA Brigadier General James Byron Gordon she was born at Oakland the homeplace of the Gordon family near where the Wilkes General Hospital now stands daughter of Nathaniel Gordon and Sarah H. Gwyn. Active in both Wilkesboro and later North Wilkesboro Presbyterian churches.
Studied at Salem Academy for two years and married A W Finley March 30, 1842.
In addition to those linked below she was the mother of Sarah Ellen b1843 d1907, Martha Octavia b1844 d1888, John George b1852 d1898 and Carrie Gordon Finley b1856 d1920.

She and her husband share the headstone.


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  • Created by: J Deans
  • Added: Mar 19, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67117529/martha_lenoir-finley: accessed ), memorial page for Martha Lenoir Gordon Finley (26 Feb 1821–25 Jul 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67117529, citing Old Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by J Deans (contributor 47247988).