Lydia R. [Root] Finney

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Title

Lydia R. [Root] Finney

Section

C

Lot

007

Grave

01

First Name

Lydia

Middle Name

R. [Root]

Last Name

Finney

Relationship

First wife of Charles Grandison Finney (C-07-07)

Birth Date

1804

Birth: Year

1804

Death Date

1847

Death: Year

1847

Age at Death

43 years

Gender

Female

Number of Persons on Marker

2

Composition

Marble

Condition

Poor

Shape

Rounded top

State

Upright

Legibility

Poor

Dimension: Height

30 inches

Dimension: Width

18 inches

Source of Information

Information taken from Westwood Printout and grave marker, if available; check the original burial register at city hall for additional data

Comments

Reburial, presumably from Oberlin's Old Cemetery.

Biographical Information

Lydia was the first of three wives of the famed evangelist Charles Grandison Finney, pastor of Oberlin's First Congregational Church (1837-1872) and president of Oberlin College (1851-1865). Married in 1824, they had six children. A brief biography of the Finney family is at <http://www.oberlin.edu/~archive/WWW_files/finney_b.html>; see also <http://www.oberlin.edu/~archive/WWW_files/cox_jacob_b.html>, <http://www.oberlin.edu/~archive/WWW_files/monroe_james_b.html>, and <http://www.oberlin.edu/~archive/WWW_files/monroe_julia_b.html>.

Burial Date from Printout

11/03/1870

Burial: Month

11

Burial: Day

3

Burial: Year

1870

Lot Owner

Finney, C. G.

Date Transcribed

09/10/2001

Default Latitude

41.28350383

Default Longitude

-82.23590345

Default Zoom Level

20

Collection

Section C

Citation

“Lydia R. [Root] Finney,” Westwood Database, accessed September 20, 2024, https://oberlinwestwood.org/omeka/items/show/57424.

Output Formats

Geolocation