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| death_place = Oberlin, Ohio
| death_place = Oberlin, Ohio
| nationality = American
| nationality = American
| spouse =
| spouse = Lydia Root Andrews, <br /> Elizabeth Ford Atkinson, <br /> Rebecca Allen Rayl
| religion = Evangelical
| religion = Evangelical
}}
}}
[[File:Finney Memorial Oberlin.jpg|left|thumb|75px|Finney Memorial Chapel, Oberlin College]]
[[File:Finney Memorial Oberlin.jpg|left|thumb|75px|Finney Memorial Chapel, Oberlin College]]
Finney was soon conducting large revival meetings and was filling the largest buildings available. The highlight of his evangelistic ministry, called the "nine might years," was from 1824 to 1832. During this time period, he conducted powerful revival meetings all over the eastern cities of Gouverneur, Rome, Utica, Auburn, Troy, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York. After his meeting in [[Rochester, New York]], twelve hundred people united with the churches of Rochester Presbytery. The whole character of the town was changed. As a result of that meeting, revivals broke out in 1,500 other towns and villages. Due to poor health, Finney was forced to stop his evangelistic ministry.
Finney was soon conducting large revival meetings and was filling the largest buildings available. The highlight of his evangelistic ministry, called the "nine might years," was from 1824 to 1832. During this time period, he conducted powerful revival meetings all over the eastern cities of Gouverneur, Rome, Utica, Auburn, Troy, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York. After his meeting in [[Rochester, New York]], twelve hundred people united with the churches of Rochester Presbytery. The whole character of the town was changed. As a result of that meeting, revivals broke out in 1,500 other towns and villages. Due to poor health, Finney was forced to stop his evangelistic ministry.
==Family==
In October 1824, Finney Married Lydia Root Andrews, who helped with his ministry. Together, they had six children.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yaecVMhMWaEC&pg=PA318 The Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 2]</ref> On December 18th, 1847, Lydia passed away.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8S0xAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA241 Genealogical History of John and Mary Andrews, who Settled in Farmington, Conn., 1640: Embracing Their Descendants to 1872; with an Introduction of Miscellaneous Names of Andrews, with Their Progenitors as Far as Known]</ref> A year later, he married Elizabeth Ford Atkinson, who was well known in Rochester, New York, for her work in opening the Atkinson Female Seminary.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=o6XnSnc4N1IC&pg=PA213 Critical Issues in American Religious History]</ref> Elizabeth passed away in 1863, and later Finney remarried to his last wife, Rebecca Rayl.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-trOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA33 Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Volume 4]</ref>
==Later life==
==Later life==