CITY AND COUNTY
Mr. John Finch, of Buckhorn, died on Thurday last of fever, from which
he had been suffering for three weeks past, and at nearly the same hour in which
he died his wife gave birth to their first born son.
Jacksonville Daily Journal, Friday, Dec. 18, 1878
WOODSON
Died, on the 24th inst., of typhoid fever, Mr. John Finch, in his 23rd year. About one year ago deceased started in life with big prospects, taking for a helpmate the beautiful daughter of Mr. G. Smith - Miss Sarah. Mr. Finch was a young man highly esteemed by all who knew him. Mrs. Finch has the sympathy of the whole community in her bereavement. A few minutes after Mr. F.'s death a fatherless boy was ushered into this world.