Henry Finnegan
Born: c. 1861 in Bloomington, New York
Died: 1952
Married: Clothilde Voight
Children: 8
Henry Herbert Finnegan was a son of Michael Finnegan who emigrated from Tipperary. He served on the Saranac Lake police force for 28 years and served as Police Chief for four years. A son mapped the Aleutians during the Japanese invasion for the US Geodedic Survey.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, February 4, 1952
H. H FINNEGAN DIES AT AGE 91
Henry H. Finnegan, life long resident of this area, died this morning at his home. 68 Lake street, just 13 days after his 91st birthday.
Born January 22, 1861, the son of the late Michael and Mary Finnegan. of Franklin Falls, he was the last member of a family of 11 boys and three girls.
Mr. Finnegan served on the Saranac Lake police force for 28 years and served as Police Chief for four years. He retired from service in 1933.
He was an honorary member of the Saranac Lake Fire Department and, with the late John Hogan, is credited with having established the village's first fire protection unit more than 50 years ago.
In 1913 he married the former Clothilde Voight, who survives him.
Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Eugene Santor, of Keeseville, Miss Vivian Finnegan, of Syracuse and a son, Capt. Henry E. Finnegan, of Washington, D. C.
Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.
Plattsburgh Press-Republican, February 5, 1952
HENRY FINNEGAN, 91, SARANAC LAKE, DIES
Henry Finnegan, 91, of Saranac Lake, died early yesterday morning in that village following a short illness.
Mr. Finnegan is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Eugene Santor of Keeseville and Miss Vivian Finnegan, R.N., of Syracuse; also one son, Captain Henry Finnegan of Washington, D. C.
The funeral arrangements have not been completed.