Welcome to Finney County Kansas Genealogy Research






 


Garden City Kansas circa 1890


 
 My name is Bob Jenkins and I created this website to provide genealogy
 information and links to genealogy information  to assist people in researching
 their Finney County Kansas ancestors.

 I would appreciate any contribution that you would like to make  to this site:
 biographies, obituaries, birth, marriage, death info,  grave info, photographs....etc
 
  
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   Finney County Data



 
  Brief History from Wikipedia:

 Finney County began about 1880 as Buffalo County and Sequoyah County, named after Sequoyah, the Cherokee Indian
 responsible for the development of the Cherokee alphabet. The two counties were renamed Finney County in honor of then
 Lieutenant Governor David Wesley Finney. The county grew to the current shape after Garfield County was annexed to it
 in 1893. The northeast block, separate from the otherwise rectangular area, represents what at one time was Garfield County,
 which is now occupied partially by the Garfield Township.

 Charles "Buffalo" Jones, a co-founder of Garden City, was the first member of the Kansas House of Representatives from
 Finney County. He was known for his efforts to preserve the buffalo from extinction.

 


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