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Bettie Higgs

Bettie Higgs

Female 1903 - 2000  (96 years)

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  • Name Bettie Higgs 
    Birth 24 Nov 1903  De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 5 May 1910  De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 11 Sep 1913  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    moved from DeQueen, Arkansas to Idabel, Oklahoma 
    Misc 2 Sep 1915  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    returned from a visit to DeQueen 
    • Miss Bettie Higgs has returned from a visit to DeQueen.
    Misc 16 Jul 1919  Nashville, Howard, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    visited Miss Bill Dennison 
    • Miss Bettie Higgs, of Idabel, Okla, and Miss Lucile Smith, of Tyler, Texas, are visiting Miss Bill Dennison in this city.
    Census 6 Jan 1920  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Census 4 Apr 1930  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Address:
    South Central Ave 
    Residence 1 Apr 1935  McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • Rural McCurtain County
    Residence 1938  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Address:
    1917 NW 23rd 
    Census 8 May 1940  White Township, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    _AMTID 162485317452:1030:191555462 
    _FSFTID L5NQ-KMN 
    _UID E5829CF4E3F04A129B5DAC36B54F1BCCEB90 
    Death 25 May 2000  Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Address:
    Denison Cemetery 
    • 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.

      FINDAGRAVE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23664540
    Person ID I3526  Scott Dickson
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2022 

    Father John William Higgs,   b. 7 Apr 1859, Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1918, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Eliza Johnson (Lida) Cason,   b. 24 Jun 1868, Carrollton, Pickens, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1941, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 3 Mar 1889  Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Family ID F258  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Dunn Finney,   b. 21 Feb 1899, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1968, Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 15 Mar 1924  Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    • 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.
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Dunn Finney, Jr.,   b. 20 Jun 1925, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1978, Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F260  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Nov 1903 - De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 5 May 1910 - De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - moved from DeQueen, Arkansas to Idabel, Oklahoma - 11 Sep 1913 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - returned from a visit to DeQueen - 2 Sep 1915 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisc - visited Miss Bill Dennison - 16 Jul 1919 - Nashville, Howard, Arkansas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 6 Jan 1920 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Mar 1924 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Address:
    South Central Ave - 4 Apr 1930 - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
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    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Apr 1935 - McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Address:
    1917 NW 23rd - 1938 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
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    Link to Google MapsCensus - 8 May 1940 - White Township, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 May 2000 - Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Denison Cemetery - - Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
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  • Notes 
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  • Sources 
    1. [S604] SSDI - Ancestry, 23 December 2014; Bettie Finney; 444-12-6138; Oklahoma (Before 1951).

    2. [S1057] Ancestry - U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, 27 March 2017; Bettie Higgs Finney, SSN 444126138.

    3. [S573] 1910 US Federal Census, Sevier Co, AR, Bear Creek Twp, DeQueen; ED 171; sheet 17B; dwelling 291, family 301; John W. Higgs.

    4. [S981] McCurtain Democrat Record, Local and Personal; 11 September 1913; Held on Microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    5. [S981] McCurtain Democrat Record, Local and Personal; 2 September 1915; Held on Microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    6. [S1733] Newspapers.com The Nashville News, Local News; 16 July 1919; 17 January 2022.

    7. [S716] 1920 US Federal Census, McCurtain Co., OK, Idabel; ED 157; sheet 9 A; dwelling 164, family 180, ; Lida Higgs.

    8. [S1787] 1930 US Federal Census, McCurtain Co., OK, Idabel; ED 45-17; Sheet 6-A; Dwelling 119, Family 128; Tom Finney.

    9. [S680] 1940 US Federal Census, McCurtain Co., OK, White Township; ED 45-32; sheet 15-B; dwelling 268; Thomas D. Finney; 22 July 2012.

    10. [S688] Ancestry, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 23 December 2014; Thom. D Finney, 1938, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    11. [S641] Find A Grave, 23 December 2014; Bettie Higgs Finney; Bettie Higgs Finney; 23664540; Sandie Manning Lambert.

    12. [S606] Arkansas County Marriages Index - 1837-1957, 11 August 2012; Lida Cason to J. W. Higgs.

    13. [S1069] Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995, 27 March 2017; Bettie Jane Higgs to Thomas Dunn Finney, 15 Mar 1924, Idabel, McCurtain Co.


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