Nesbit Finger

Nesbit was the son of Elizabeth (Nesbit) and Daniel Finger. His father, Daniel had five children with his first wife Hannah Stevens. These five are: John Finger, Israel Finger, Jane Finger Jacobs, Adaline Finger Homan, and Daniel Finger Jr.. Daniel and Elizabeth had two children Nesbit and William Finger. Nesbit worked primarily on a farm as a day laborer. He married Caroline Jane Walleigh in 1859, and they had eight children together. These include: William, Ida, Annie, John, Arthur, Charles, Laura, and Minerva, nicknamed Minnie. Nesbit's death certificate lists him as retired and that his death was from mitral stenosis. He is buried in Caernarvon Cemetery in Morgatown, Berks, Pennsylvania. Caroline is buried with him.