Sacramento County
Biographies
HENRY FINNIGAN.
HENRY FINNIGAN.--Another man of affairs in Sacramento who has "done his bit" in helping to put the city and the county of Sacramento in the front rank in the industrial development of California, is Henry Finnigan, of the enterprising firm of Herndon & Finnigan, general contractors, whose headquarters are at 1814 Seventeenth Street, Sacramento. He was born in Nicolaus, Cal., on August 2, 1885, the son of James and Annie (Carney) Finnigan, the former a sturdy pioneer of 1871, who in that year came out to the young state and established himself as one of the ablest plasterers here. He was called upon to plaster most of the early business blocks. He passed away in 1914, and the following year his devoted wife also breathed her last.
After pursuing his studies in the grammar school courses, Henry Finnigan learned the brick-mason's trade, and for ten years worked for Mr. Herndon. For a time Mr. Herndon was away, and Mr. Finnigan took over the business; but when Mr. Herndon returned, the two men formed the partnership that has since become widely known, and together undertook general contracting. Some idea of their years of activity and accomplishment may be gathered from the interesting life-story of Mr. Herndon, printed elsewhere in this book. Mr. Finnigan is a Democrat, and looks to the Democratic party to remedy, by wise legislation, many of the ills in the industrial and commercial world.
At San Francisco, on September 25, 1915, Mr. Finnigan was married to Miss Dora E. Congdon, of Sacramento, who was born in Brainard, Minn., but was educated in Sacramento. Mr. Finnigan belongs to Sacramento Lodge No. 6 of the Elks, and Sacramento Parlor of the Native Sons, formerly having been a charter member of Guadalupe Parlor, in San Francisco. He is also a member of the Master Builder's Association and the Builder's Exchange, in the capital city. He is especially fond of hunting, fishing and outdoor life in general, is public-spirited to a large degree, and is very much interested in the history of his native state.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 616. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.