Finney S. Munsinger1

b. Dec 16, 1865, d. Aug 24, 1944
FatherJohn Munsinger2
MotherJulina Fuller2
     Finney S. Munsinger was born on Dec 16, 1865 in Russia Township, Lorain Co, OH.3,4,2,5
     He married Adella Phetteplace in Corvallis Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, on Oct 3, 1885.6,7,3,2,8
     Finney was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census in Banner Township, Smith Co, KS. Finney was a farmer. Lula had borne 2 children, both of whom were still living..3
     Finney S. Munsinger was employed by county as a treasurer in 1914 in Smith Co, KS.8
     Finney S. Munsinger was left a widower by Adella Munsinger's death on Jan 26, 1914 in Excelsior Springs, MO; she had gone to Excelsior Springs for treatment for a chronic kidney infections.9,10,8,11
     Finney S. Munsinger married Matilda D. (?)4
     Finney was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census in Banner Township, Smith Co, KS. Finney owned his farm.4
     He moved circa 1943 to IA.2
     Finney S. Munsinger died on Aug 24, 1944 in Iowa Falls, IA, at age 78.2,5 He was buried circa Aug, 1944 at Fairview Cemetery, in Smith Center, Smith Co, in KS.2,5
Finney Munsinger
Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, KS
Photo by Julia Langel, July 2011

Family 1

Adella Phetteplace b. December 3, 1865, d. January 26, 1914
Children

Family 2

Matilda D. (?) b. April 4, 1888, d. May 8, 1921

Citations

  1. [S605] Smith County Pioneer, November 19, 1903.
  2. [S1257] Mary Schlais, "Re: Phetteplace relatives," e-mail to Julia Langel, April 4, 2003, Re: Phetteplace relatives.
  3. [S598] 1910 U. S. population census, Kansas, Smith County, Banner Township, ED 196, sheet 8B, line 51, dwelling 164, family 166, Kansas, Smith County.
  4. [S571] 1920 U.S. Population Census, Kansas, Smith County, Banner Township, ED 208, sheet 4A, line 46, dwelling 83, family 83, Kansas, Smith County.
  5. [S2020] Finney Munsinger Cemetery Marker, Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.
  6. [S164] IGI, Phetteplace, Della marriage.
  7. [S400] James O. Phetteplace, Civil War Pension Record, no. 222115.
  8. [S1642] Smith County Pioneer (probably), January 29, 1914.
  9. [S612] Possibly Smith County Pioneer.
  10. [S1257] Mary Schlais, "Re: Phetteplace relatives," e-mail to Julia Langel, April 4, 2003, Re: Phetteplace relatives.
  11. [S2021] Adella Munsinger Cemetery Marker, Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.
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