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Name
Charles H. Finger   #3741
 Suffix
 Sex
M
 Family Line
JO1700
Born
abt 1845
 Place
 Source
Died
3 Sep 1898
 Place
New York
Source
     approx. age 53


Buried

Father
John B. Finger 1811-   #627
Mother
Lucy Ann Wells 1822-1902    #3737

Spouse
Mary J. Roat 1840-1898   #3758
 Date
 Place
Reeds Corners, Ontario, New York
 Source
  1  Eva May Finger 4 Jul 1872
  2  William Shaw Fingar 29 Aug 1877
  3  John G. Finger 11 Oct 1880

Spouse 2
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Spouse 3
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Charles was a private in Companies E and G, 126th NY Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted 11 Aug 1862 at Geneva, New York in Company E and was transferred to Company G on 25 Dec 1864. He was discharged 26 Jun 1865 at Annapolis, Maryland. He filed a pension application and it was denied, his case was later reopened and he was granted a pension based on "heart disease, kidney and bladder complaint, throat trouble and rheumatism." Also a gunshot wound of the right hand is mentioned. A medical examination document describes him as 5' 9" 161 lbs. and a blacksmith. In 1897, neighbors Warner Babbit and Martha Babbit completed an affidavit concerning Charles' character. - pension application 505.746, NARA.


"in the case of Charles H. Fingar, also borne Charles H. Finger... Pris. of War records show him captured and paroled at Harpers Ferry Sept 15, 1862. Present at Genl Hospl C.P. Md June 22, 64 admitted from Genl Hospl Batts Md."

Found him on the 1850 Benton, Yates, New York census (img 6) age 5.

Found him on the 1870 Potter, Yates, New York census (img 19) as Charles Finger, age 25. He is living next door to David Wells. 


                                                                    | JOHANNES "JOHN" FINGER Sr. 1752
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                                  | JACOB J. FINGER  1786           | 
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                                  |                                 | TYSJE DECKER 1754 
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| John B. Finger 1811             |
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|                                 |                                 | JOHANNES TRAVER  1752   
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|                                 | CHRISTINA TRAVER 1794           |
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|                                                                   | EVA GROT 1757 
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|- Charles H. Finger   
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|                                 | David Burroughs Wells  1790     |   
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| Lucy Ann Wells 1822             |
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                                  | Anna Rowland 1795               |
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