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Charles E. Finlay was
born in Illinois in 1861. His early education was procured at
the public schools of his native state, followed by a course in the
law department of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend,
Ind. He graduated from this institution in 1885, and came that
year to Kansas City. He started into business in this city
immediately after his arrival here, and developed from a small
beginning one of the largest real estate and building companies in the
city. As organizer and president of the Chas. E. Finlay Real
Estate Company, Mr. Finlay platted over forty subdivisions to this
city, and built for sale in the neighborhood of 350 homes. His
interests and business were steadily broadened, and Mr. Finlay went
into the producing oil business. He is secretary and general
Manager of the Apex Oil Company, which is one of the largest oil
companies in Texas, and secretary and treasurer of the Southwestern
Oil and Steamship Company, a transportation company formed to carry
refined and crude oil from Texas to the North Atlantic and Gulf
ports. The latter company has the largest line of American ships
in the oil business in the world. Mr. Finlay is at present
officing in New York City, but retains his business interests in this
city.
He was married in 1887 to Miss Annie E.
Redfield. They have three children, Julia Esther, Neva Estelle,
and Redfield E.
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