Fannie Finch
FANNY FINCH
Biography by Ruth Finch Nelson.
Frances (Fanny) Shipe was born in Woodstock, Virginia, January 10, 1866. She was the daughter of Dr. William and Elizabeth Shipe. The Shipe family was among the “First Families of Virginia.” Her father was a cooper.
When Fanny was five years old, the family came to Cleburne, Texas in a covered wagon.
When Fanny was eight years old, her mother died; when she was fourteen years old, her father died. William and Elizabeth Shipe had: Fanny, Sallie Anna, Lattimore, Gary and Ed.
Fanny was a precocious child and was eager for an education. She attended the Irving School in Cleburn, Texas. Professor Peyton Irving headed the school and was a typical school master. He not only taught “reading and riting and rithmetic” but the practical every-day things of life based on honor and integrity.
The family attended the Methodist Church at Cleburne.
Fanny received her college education by earning the money to pay her expenses. She taught in the Cleburne schools for a number of years before she came to McKinney where she taught in the Collegiate Institute. The college was located on the present site of the Junior High School. A grand-daughter now attends a school built on the same ground occupied by the Collegiate Institute.
Dr. J. C. Erwin, Sr. was a member of the board at the time she taught there. It was about this time that she met and married Henry A. Finch. He was running a campaign to become a state senator. They were married in the Methodist Church in McKinney, Texas April 29, 1890.
The Chautaqua Circle, the first literary organization in Collin County decorated the church for their wedding. Miss Alma Anderson (Mrs. Robert Erwin) played the wedding march and Bess Heard, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Heard, presented the bride with a bouquet as they left the church.
Henry A. Finch and his wife, Fanny had: William Joseph, Ruth Elizabeth, Anna Jeanne, Henry Arthur, Edward Fontaine, Betty Frances and Jesse Shain.
The elementary school on South Tennessee Street in McKinney is named Fanny Finch.
Biography by Ruth Finch Nelson.
Frances (Fanny) Shipe was born in Woodstock, Virginia, January 10, 1866. She was the daughter of Dr. William and Elizabeth Shipe. The Shipe family was among the “First Families of Virginia.” Her father was a cooper.
When Fanny was five years old, the family came to Cleburne, Texas in a covered wagon.
When Fanny was eight years old, her mother died; when she was fourteen years old, her father died. William and Elizabeth Shipe had: Fanny, Sallie Anna, Lattimore, Gary and Ed.
Fanny was a precocious child and was eager for an education. She attended the Irving School in Cleburn, Texas. Professor Peyton Irving headed the school and was a typical school master. He not only taught “reading and riting and rithmetic” but the practical every-day things of life based on honor and integrity.
The family attended the Methodist Church at Cleburne.
Fanny received her college education by earning the money to pay her expenses. She taught in the Cleburne schools for a number of years before she came to McKinney where she taught in the Collegiate Institute. The college was located on the present site of the Junior High School. A grand-daughter now attends a school built on the same ground occupied by the Collegiate Institute.
Dr. J. C. Erwin, Sr. was a member of the board at the time she taught there. It was about this time that she met and married Henry A. Finch. He was running a campaign to become a state senator. They were married in the Methodist Church in McKinney, Texas April 29, 1890.
The Chautaqua Circle, the first literary organization in Collin County decorated the church for their wedding. Miss Alma Anderson (Mrs. Robert Erwin) played the wedding march and Bess Heard, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Heard, presented the bride with a bouquet as they left the church.
Henry A. Finch and his wife, Fanny had: William Joseph, Ruth Elizabeth, Anna Jeanne, Henry Arthur, Edward Fontaine, Betty Frances and Jesse Shain.
The elementary school on South Tennessee Street in McKinney is named Fanny Finch.
