Name |
Thomas Dunn Finney |
Born |
21 Feb 1899 |
Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., Tennessee [2, 3, 4] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
21 Apr 1910 |
Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., Tennessee [5] |
Address: Waterloo St. |
- In the 1910 census, Thomas is enumerated in his grandmother's home (his mother's mother) along with his mother. Both the father and the grandfather have died. Also present is an aunt and her family.
|
Military |
12 Sep 1918 |
Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., Tennessee [6] |
registered for WWI draft |
Occupation |
1938 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma [7] |
assistant State Attorney General |
Residence |
1938 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma [7] |
Address: 1917 NW 23rd |
Census |
8 May 1940 |
White Township, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma [8] |
Elected |
22 Dec 1942 |
Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma [9] |
State Senator, 24th district, Oklahoma State Senate, 19th Senate Session in a special election to fill an unexpired term |
Elected |
Nov 1944 |
Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma [9] |
State Senator, 24th district, Oklahoma State Senate, 20th Senate Session |
Elected |
Nov 1946 |
Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma [9] |
State Senator, 24th district, Oklahoma State Senate, 21th Senate Session |
Died |
14 Jun 1968 |
Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma [2, 4] |
- Death certificate says 14 Jun 1968. Elsewhere, I have seen 16 Jun 1968.
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Buried |
Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., Tennessee [2, 10] |
- Neither Tom nor Bettie is buried in Idabel, Oklahoma, even though they have a stone there.. Tom is buried with his parents in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Bettie was cremated and the cremains are the possession of her granddaughter, Susan Finney McKinney.
Remains were released to a funeral home in Idabel, however, for burial.
FINDAGRAVE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23664563
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 |
Headstone - Tom and Bettie Higgs Finney Neither Tom nor Bettie is buried here. Tom is buried with his parents in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Bettie was cremated and the cremains are the possession of her granddaughter, Susan Finney McKinney. |
Person ID |
I2919 |
Scott Dickson's Family |
Last Modified |
23 Dec 2014 |
Family |
Bettie Higgs, b. 24 Nov 1903, DeQueen, Sevier Co., Arkansas , d. 25 May 2000, Edmond, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma (Age 96 years) |
Married |
15 Mar 1924 |
Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma [11] |
- For some reason, the marriage record calls Aunt Bettie Bettie Jane. No one can ever recall her having any sort of middle name. None of her sisters had middle names.
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Children |
| 1. Thomas Dunn Finney, Jr., b. 20 Jun 1925, Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma , d. 6 Feb 1978, Bethesda, Montgomery Co., Maryland (Age 52 years) |
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Last Modified |
22 Jul 2020 |
Family ID |
F260 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |