OSWALD B. FINNEY, M. U.
Was born in Accomack county, Virginia, July 2, 1819, a son of John and Margaret (Boman) Finney. His father came from England and settled in Virginia at an early date. His mother was a daughter of Colonel David Boman of the English army. Dr. Finney was educated at Oldfields school and Margaret Academy, afterward graduating at Washington, Pa., then taking a course at William and Mary College and graduated in Medicine from the University of Virginia and the University of Pennsylvania, beginning the practice of medicine in his native county in 1843 and continuing in active practice up to the present time. He entered the Confederate service in 1862 as surgeon and served until the close of the war; served in the House of Delegates both before and since the war, also as state senator, and has been a member of the state board of medical examiners since its organization. Col. Lewis C. H. Finney, brother of Dr. Finney, was a graduate of law, practicing in Accomack County until his demise in 1884 at the age of 63 years. He was a member of the Virginia Legislature a number of years and of the state constitutional convention in 1850. Dr. Finney is a member of the Episcopal Church.
[Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians - History of Virginia and Viregina From Settlement of Jamestown to Close of the Civil War, Volume 2 by Robert Alonzo Brock amd Virgil Anson Lewis, 1888 - Transcribed by AFOFG]