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Name
Jacob William Fingar   #1088
Suffix
Sex
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Family Line
Born
19 Dec 1829
Place
Claverack, Columbia, New York
Source
Died
14 Nov 1896
Place
Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
Source
     approx. age 67


Buried

Father
Mother

Spouse
Date
5 Feb 1850
Place
Reformed Church, Mellenville, Columbia, New York
Source
  1  Charles A. Fingar 18 Aug 1853
  2  Sylvanus Fingar Feb 1856
  3  Emma E. Fingar May 1861

Spouse 2
Date
22 Dec 1867
Place
Franklin County, Ohio
Source

Spouse 3
Date
27 Nov 1884
Place
Utica, New York
Source
  1  Myrtle Fingar


Read an interesting account of his life, complied from his Civil War pension file at NARA, and some newspaper accounts.

Jacob W. Fingar, of Auburn, was in Albion the other day and accused Richard B. Parker of being an accomplice in a burglary. Parker had him arrested for slander, and he was held in $1,500 bail. - Albany Evening Times April 27, 1877

Jacob W. Fingar has brought a suit for slander against Harriet J. Ward, a clairvoyant living in East Washington street. He alleges that the defendant charged him with being the cause of her husband's illness, which resulted fatally, and with having swindled her out of thirty-six dollars. The defence is a general denial with a statement that all Mrs. Ward did was to state what she believed to be the facts. - Syracuse Weekly Express May 22, 1889.

He applied for a disability pension, citing blindness, on July 1, 1891. On this application he is described as 5' 11½", light complexion, brown hair and blue eyes.

See him on the 1850 Claverack, NY Census age 20, living with his wife in the household of his father Solomon.

Found him on the 1855 Claverack, Columbia, New York state census (E.D.1 img 19) as Jacob Finger age 26. His brother Sylvanus age 22 is living in his household.

Found him on the 1860 Claverack, Columbia, New York census (img 45) age 30, carpenter. His home is 3 doors away from Jonas Finger, his 3rd cousin.

Marriage Record

He is listed on the 1880 Syracuse, Onondaga, New York census, age 47, stair builder. He is a boarder in the household of Delcina Marsh age 42, divorced. (Jacob later married her, in 1884)

He is listed in the 1887 and 1888 Syracuse, New York Directories at 379 North Salina, confectioner.

Also listed in the 1889 and 1890 Syracuse, New York Directories at 607 east Washington, baker.

Found him in the 1891 Syracuse, Onondaga, New York city directory as Jacob W. Fingar carpenter, h. 908 E. Washington

Found him on the 1892 Syracuse Ward 8, Onondaga, New York census (E.D.01 img 15) as Jacob Fingar age 63, editor. Also in his household is his adopted daughter Mertie Fingar age 11.

Found him in the 1895 Syracuse, New York city directory as Jacob W. Fingar and he is in the insurance business with his brother Peter. A bold print ad says: 'Fingar J.W. & P.R. insurance agents.'

Found him in the 1896 Syracuse, New York city directory as Fingar Jacob W. insurance, h.315 Wilkinson

Lorana obtained a divorce from Jacob Fingar on 10 Feb 1879. - Civil War Pension Records, photocopy on file.


                                                                    | Coenradt (Conrad) Finger  1746
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                                  | Jacob C. Finger  1782           | 
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                                  |                                 | Anatje "Anna" Berringer 1751 
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| Solomon Finger 1807             |
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|                                 | Catharina Clum 1787             |
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| Catherine Simmons 1813          |
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