Silas Finch

Silas Finch was an American businessman and politician. He served in the Michigan Senate during its first session following Michigan's statehood.

Silas Finch
Member of the Michigan Senate from the 4th district
In office November 2, 1835 – January 1, 1837

Biography

There are few details available on Finch's life. He came to the newly-founded village of Saline, Michigan, from New York, prior to 1832. He began a mercantile business, selling items out of Saline founder Orange Risdon's parlor.[1] In 1832, he built the first retail store in Saline, on the corner of Chicago and Adrian Streets.[2] Finch was president of the Bank of Saline, organized on September 2, 1837;[3] by the following September, the bank had failed.[4]

He was elected to the Michigan Senate for its first term, serving from 1835 to 1837.[5]

Finch died sometime before October 1842.[4]

Notes

1. Churchill 2015.
2. C. C. Chapman 1881, p. 1379.
3. Bowen 1956, p. 149.
4. West Publishing Company 1897, p. 1016.
5. Michigan Manual 1877, p. 548.

References

• Bowen, Harold L. (1956), State Bank Notes of Michigan, Havelt Advertising Services
• Churchill, Martha (July 6, 2015), "Oldest Wood Building in Saline's Downtown was Ladies' Hat Shop", The Saline post, archived from the original on 2018-11-13, retrieved 2018-11-13
• The Federal Cases: Comprising Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. West Publishing Company. 1897. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
• History of Washtenaw County, Michigan and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chicago: C. C. Chapman. 1881. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
• Michigan Manual (1877–78 ed.), Lansing: W. S. George & Co., 1877, retrieved 2018-11-04