Civil engineer, probate judge, Director of the Alabama State Highway Department. Born– October 24, 1866, Tuscaloosa. Parents– Adoniram Judson and Narcissa (Durrett) Finnell. Married– Margaret Hagler, October 21, 1890. Children– Eight. Education–Tuscaloosa Military Academy; \u00a0University of Alabama, B.C.E., 1887. Employed as an axeman by the Kansas City Railroad, 1887;\u00a0rose to\u00a0chief engineer for\u00a0Mobile and Ohio\u00a0\u00a0Railroad; opened a construction engineering office in Tuscaloosa, 1894; probate judge, Tuscaloosa County; director of Alabama State Highway Department, 1927; served with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Served\u00a0as commanding officer of\u00a0the 501st Engineers in France during World War I; achieved the rank of colonel; awarded the French Legion of Honor and a Special Citation for Exceptionally Meritorious Service from Gen. John Pershing. A Founder of the American Legion. Organized the first Masonic club in France; charter member of Kiwanis Club in Tuscaloosa. Charter member of the American Society of Military Engineers; member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.\u00a0 The Woolsey Finnell Bridge over the Black Warrior River at Tuscaloosa, opened in 1961,\u00a0is named in his honor.\u00a0Received the Gold Award of the General Grand Chapter, Royal\u00a0Arch Masons, Masons’ highest honor.\u00a0Died January 29, 1955.<\/p>\n
Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n Marquis Who’s Who online<\/p>\n Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n Reverend Daniel Brown of Culpeper County, Virginia, and Allied Families. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; s.n., 1954.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Civil engineer, probate judge, Director of the Alabama State Highway Department. Born– October 24, 1866, Tuscaloosa. Parents– Adoniram Judson and Narcissa (Durrett) Finnell. Married– Margaret Hagler, October 21, 1890. Children– Eight. Education–Tuscaloosa Military Academy; \u00a0University of Alabama, B.C.E., 1887. Employed as an axeman by the Kansas City Railroad, 1887;\u00a0rose to\u00a0chief engineer for\u00a0Mobile and Ohio\u00a0\u00a0Railroad; opened […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-d-f"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1192"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7662,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions\/7662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}