of Jones County, Iowa · documented from the public record
The family in the record
John Finn d. 1878
John Finn⚭ Alice Murray
childrenThomas J. Finn · Michael Finn
Their story
What the record says
History of Jones County, Iowa, past and present.
Native of Ireland.
Wife Alice Murray.
Came to Jones County, Iowa via canal and Great Lakes.
Bought 320 acres of prairie land in Washington township, warrant dated October 1842.
Built log cabin, erected new house 1870.
Pioneer farmer.
On committee to erect first Catholic church in Cascade.
Died Jan 15, 1878, owning 240 acres.
Seven children born to the couple, of whom Thomas J. and Michael survived.
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