| Charles A. Finley
is a merchant of the town of Waldron, Ark., being a member
of the firm of Finley & Hendricks, and by birth is
a Tennesseean, born in Carroll County, in 1865, to Smith
P. and Minerva (Bennett) Finley, they being also Tennesseeans,
the father being a farmer and mechanic by occupation.
They were married in their native State, and to their
union eight children were born, seven of whom are now
living: Mattie (wife of J. B. Thomas), C. A. (the subject
of this sketch), John W., Sindey W., Ada (wife of T. B.
Dinwiddie), Robert A., Norma G., Dollie, and one that
died unnamed. The father and mother of these children
are still living, in Tennessee, and both are members of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the former being a
member of the Masonic order of Macedonia. Charles A. Finley
came to Arkansas in 1886, and settled in Crawford County,
where he was engaged in the dry goods business until January
1887, but moved the same year to Fort Smith. After traveling
for Dyke Bros, until June, 1889, he became a salesman
for the Holmes Dry Goods Company, acting as their traveling
salesman a part of the time, about nine months out of
the year being spent as salesman in their store. He has
been a resident of Waldron, and soon after coming here
formed a partnership with a Mr. Hendricks, and here has
since been in the grocery business, and is, deservedly,
doing well. He is an earnest member of the Presbyterian
Church, and, socially, belongs to the K. of P. He is a
young man of exemplary habits, and as he is industrious
and pushing, he is bound to make his mark in the world.
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