Nellie May Davis Finley (1888-1940s) was born in Mich., the daughter of Wilson H. and Martha J. Finley. In 1907 Nellie graduated from Michigan State Normal School. By 1914 she married Theron S. Finley (1887-dead by 1920) of Parma, Mich. Theron suffered from tuberculosis in 1914-1915 and was hospitalized. In 1920, Nellie Finley lived with her parents and her mother's sister, Nellie McEntire, and Nellie's two sons, Theron W., age six, and Harry C., age four, in Parma. In 1930 they still lived together in Parma, except for Nellie McEntire. During the 1920s and 1930s, Nellie was a public school teacher. She taught at Deveraux School 1926-1927. (This information is from the collection and AncestryLibrary.com viewed in June 2011.) Orlando H. Moore enlisted at Schoolcraft as a Second Lieutenant in the Sixth U.S. Infantry on June 27, 1856. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on March 2, 1861, to Captain on May 26, 1861, and as Lieutenant Colonel of the Thirteenth Michigan Infantry on December 28, 1861. Moore was commissioned Colonel of the Twenty-fifth Infantry on August 18, 1862. He was mustered out on June 24, 1865. Moore was promoted to Major, Sixth U.S. Infantry on June 8, 1874, and Lieutenant Colonel, Seventeenth U.S. Infantry on April 11, 1882. For gallant and meritorious service in action at Tebb's Bend, Ky., Moore was prompted first to the rank of Brevet Major on July 4, 1863, and later to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on March 13, 1865. Moore retired from the army on April 15, 1884 and died at Dearborn, Mich., on October 31, 1890. (This information is from the regimental history of the 25th Michigan Infantry.)
From the description of Nellie May Davis Finley Family Papers, 1881-1978. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 744973849
