Finnell, George Thomas

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: FINN.G001
• _FGRAVE: 39452075
• Military Service: American Civil War, Company E, 11th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Notes:

At age 20, George volunteered for service in the Union army. His unit, Co. E, 11th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment, fought at the battle of Tupelo (MS) in July 1864; pursued Price's Confederate army through Missouri in the fall of 1864; and fought at the battle of Nashville (TN) in December 1864. Here George was wounded in the arm. He was discharged from the army in January 1865 at St. Louis.

His military record gives his civilian occupation as wagon maker and describes him as 5 ft. 7 in. with grey eyes, sandy hair, and a dark complexion.

After the Civil War, George and his family lived in Noble, IL; Bridgeport, IL; Beloit, KS; Tyler, TX; and Iowa City, IW. George ran the St James Hotel on South Clinton Street, Iowa City, until it burned down in 1910. Later, he owned a hotel on Monroe Street in Jacksonville, Florida, which he operated with the help of his widowed daughter, Georgia.