Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485316841:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L5NQ-KJV
• _UID: 8D101EFDE63046988E7A217EE62A5F24E623
• Census: 11 Jun 1900, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  8th Civil District
• Census: 21 Apr 1910, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  Waterloo St.
• Military: 1918, Kansas, United States; listed in records of Camp Funston; Address:
  Camp Funston
• Military: 12 Sep 1918, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; registered for WWI draft
• Military: 11 Oct 1918, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; draffed for military service; Address:
  Vanderbilt University
• Census: 4 Apr 1930, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; Address:
  South Central Ave
• Residence: 1 Apr 1935, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
• Occupation: 1938, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; assistant State Attorney General
• Residence: 1938, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; Address:
  1917 NW 23rd
• Census: 8 May 1940, White Township, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
• Elected: 22 Dec 1942, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; State Senator, 24th district, Oklahoma State Senate, 19th Senate Session in a special election to fill an unexpired term
• Elected: Nov 1944, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; State Senator, 24th district, Oklahoma State Senate, 20th Senate Session
• Elected: Nov 1946, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; State Senator, 24th district, Oklahoma State Senate, 21th Senate Session

Notes:

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DEATH: Noted in Daily Oklahoman, 16 Jun 1968, Tom Finney, 69, longtimeattorney, state majority leader, rites on Sunday.

Census:
Listed as Thomas M Finney, but the family is next door to the Dunn family

Census:
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.

Census lists his father as from Indiana rather than Ohio.

Military:
Thomas D Finney (2229652), Pvt, Co I, 28th Inf, July 21, 18

Residence:
Rural McCurtain County

Died:
Death certificate says 14 Jun 1968. Elsewhere, I have seen 16 Jun 1968.

Buried:
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

Thomas married Bettie Higgs on 15 Mar 1924 in Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States. Bettie (daughter of John William Higgs and Eliza Johnson (Lida) Cason) was born on 24 Nov 1903 in De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States; died on 25 May 2000 in Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; was buried in Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
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.

1. Thomas Dunn Finney, Jr. was born on 20 Jun 1925 in Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; died on 6 Feb 1978 in Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, United States; was buried in 1978 in Washinton, District of Columbia, United States.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485322013:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: G3ZS-MJD
• _UID: 22478A6137854606857E3A5D3A7F367C6113
• Census: 5 Jun 1880, Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United States
• Census: 11 Jun 1900, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  8th Civil District
• Occupation: 11 Jun 1900, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Lawyer

Notes:

It is easy to be sure that William K. Finney is Thomas Dunn Finney's father. good records show this.

It is also easy to track the fact that William Finney and Matthew Finney are the only Finney families in Lawrence County by 1890. And it is easy to find William in the family with Matthew and Rachel Stevens Finney prior to moving to Tennessee.

So, I am confident in the line from Thomas D. Finney to William & Mamie and then to Matthew & Rachel

Birth:
Parents both born in Ohio as well

Likely born March 1872, Miller Twp, Knox County, Ohio

William married Mary Elizabeth Dunn on 1 Apr 1896 in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States. Mary (daughter of Thomas Dunn and Sarah T. Sykes) was born in Dec 1875 in Tennessee, United States; died in 1965; was buried in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485322014:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: G3ZS-MJ6
• _UID: 928ADE75B50049939D1EF7F3AF12F7197608
• Census: 20 Jun 1880, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States
• Census: 11 Jun 1900, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  8th Civil District
• Census: 21 Apr 1910, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  Waterloo St.
• Census: 4 Apr 1930, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; Address:
  South Central Ave
• Residence: 1 Apr 1935, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 8 May 1940, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States

Notes:

Census:
1900 Census lists that she has had 2 children, one of whom is living.

Census:
Listed as a widow. She has had 2 children, 1 of whom is alive.

Census:
Her father was born in the Irish Free State and her mother in Tennessee

Notes:

Married:
Census says that they had been married for 4 years in 1900

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485323811:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L4J8-VW5
• _UID: 373E8AD2DF244585BACD3B92A2C878FCD01A
• Census: 11 Sep 1850, Eden Cross Roads Post Office, Licking, Ohio, United States
• Military: 9 Jun 1862, Ohio, United States; enlisted, Private, Co F, 85th Ohio Infantry
• Military: 23 Sep 1862, Ohio, United States; mustered out of 85th Ohio Infantry
• Military: Jun 1863, Eden Cross Roads Post Office, Licking, Ohio, United States; registered for the draft
• Census: 12 Aug 1870, Piper City, Ford, Illinois, United States
• Census: 5 Jun 1880, Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United States
• Possessions: 22 Sep 1881, Harrison Township, Pickaway, Ohio, United States; purchased 32 sq rods (0.2 acres) for $50
• Possessions: 25 Sep 1882, Harrison Township, Pickaway, Ohio, United States; swapped land with Matthew Loy
• Possessions: 16 Dec 1882, Harrison Township, Pickaway, Ohio, United States; sold land
• Census: 1890, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  8th Civil District
• Misc: 25 May 1891, Tennessee, United States; applied for invalid Civil War pension
• Census: 12 Jun 1900, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  8th Civil District

Notes:

It appears that Matthew was probably born in Licking County. His parents were married there. He appears there in the 1850 census, and joins the army from there during the Civil War. By 1867, he is in Knox County, however. Not sure whether his parents and family were there or not.

Once we find Matthew & Rachel marrying, it's pretty straightforward to trace them from Knox Co to Pickaway Co to Tennessee. We don't know why they moved or exactly when yet. We also don't know about the foray into Illinois.

It seems pretty sure that Matthew's parents were Thomas and Jane. However, it appears there is a Thomas M Finney who married a Jane Miller in Belmont County. But there seems to perhaps be another Thomas and Jane in Ohio. We need to sort this out. Perhaps by finding them in the times from 1840-1860.

Pickaway, Knox, and Licking counties are all in central OH around Columbus. Belmont County is over on the (West) Virginia border, right by Wheeling.

Military:
Though the 1890 census calls this out at 1862, it could have been 1863 based on draft records.

Military:
Eden Twp, Matthew Miller Finney, unmarried,

Census:
Listed as a farmer, property value $750. Neither of his parents were foreign born.

Also in the household are Elizabeth Stevens, age 21 from Ohio and Cyrus Williamson, age 24, who looks like a farm hand.

Census:
Listed as a pump manufacturer. both parents born in Ohio.

Misc:
Application: 1025751
Certificate: 946317

Census:
Born in Ohio, as were his parents. married 32 years.

Matthew married Rachel L. Stevens on 17 Sep 1867 in Knox, Ohio, United States. Rachel (daughter of Charles Stevens and Elizabeth) was born in Mar 1846 in Ohio, United States; died on 25 Dec 1910 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States; was buried on 26 Dec 1910 in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485323813:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L4J8-VWR
• _UID: 59437DF9A11D41A1AADA8441A8B1986B57E7
• Census: 29 Aug 1850, Miller Township, Knox, Ohio, United States
• Census: 24 Jul 1860, Miller Township, Knox, Ohio, United States
• Census: 12 Aug 1870, Piper City, Ford, Illinois, United States
• Census: 5 Jun 1880, Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United States
• Census: 12 Jun 1900, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  8th Civil District
• Misc: 2 Feb 1905, Tennessee, United States; applied for Civl War widow's pension
• Census: 16 Apr 1910, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  N. Military St.

Notes:

Census:
Neither of her parents were foreign born.

Census:
Both parents born in Ohio as well

Census:
Born in Ohio, father in New York, mother in Ohio. 4 children, all living.

Misc:
Application 821271
Certificate 596921

Census:
Listed as a widow, 4 children, 3 living, she and her parents born in Ohio

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485323805:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: G7CS-TB6
• _UID: CF7C3549A17E4F8AB5ABE68D454F8B01B447
• Military: 1 Nov 1861; enlisted in Union Army
• Military: 4 Nov 1864; mustered out of the Union Army
• Census: 1 Jun 1870, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  8th Civil District
• Census: 1 Jun 1880, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States
• Census: 20 Jun 1880, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States
• Census: Jun 1890, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  8th Civil District
• Misc: 31 Jul 1890, Tennessee, United States; filed for Civil War invalid pension
• Census: 11 Jun 1900, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  8th Civil District

Notes:

From Familysearch:
A native of Kentucky, Thomas Dunn migrated to Lawrence Co., Tennessee after the Civil War, where he operated a cotton mill. In 1884, the L & N Railroad completed a line south of Lawrenceburg and Mr. Dunn donated a supply of cross ties. The depot, when it was built, became known as Dunn Station in honor of him and was a major shipping point for products such as livestock, farm produce and wood products. Some manufacturing companies used it as well.

Thomas was the husband of Sarah T. Sykes. They were married 27 Nov 1873 in Lawrence Co., Tennessee.

From Newspapers.com obituary:
was a resident of this place for 40 years, during nearly this entire period being in the mercantile business under the name Dustin & Dunn. burial preceded by services in the Catholic Church

Birth:
Findagrave reports his death as 6 Jan 1835 in Lousiville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.

Military:
He is listed as a private, Co A, 5th Ky Infantry, enlisting on 1 Nov 1861 and mustering out on 4 Nov 1864

Census:
Living in the home of William H. Dustin and his wife Maggie J. Both Maggie and Thomas list both of their parents as foreign-born. Perhaps she might be a sister and he came to Tennessee with his sister's family.

Census:
Age listed as 40. Lists his birthplace as Kentucky and his parents as Ireland.

Census:
This is the 1890 Census of Veterans.

He is listed as a private, Co A, 5th Ky Infantry, enlisting on 1 Nov 1861 and mustering out on 4 Nov 1864

Misc:
Invalid pension application number 839122, certificate 1080060

Census:
Census lists both of his parents as from Ireland.

Died:
Sarah is listed as a widow in 1910

Thomas married Sarah T. Sykes on 27 Nov 1873 in Lawrence, Tennessee, United States. Sarah (daughter of James Sykes and Elizabeth Mullholland) was born on 14 May 1852 in Tennessee, United States; died on 4 Mar 1919 in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485323785:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: G7C3-STZ
• _UID: 9DBEB11F48C844BC9D820B686E3C4BD49605
• Census: 20 Jun 1880, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States
• Census: 11 Jun 1900, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  8th Civil District
• Misc: 8 Jul 1908, Tennessee, United States; filed for Civil War widow's pension
• Census: 21 Apr 1910, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  Waterloo St.

Notes:

From Familysearch:
Sarah T. Sykes Dunn
The Lawrence Democrat 5 Mar 1919

At her home on Waterloo Street. Mrs. Thomas Dunn, one of the best loved of Lawrenceburg's good women, died Tuesday at 2 o'clock after a long illness, at the age of 66 years, 9 months and 20 days. Funeral services will be held at the home today, by the venerable Rev. S. L. Fain, and the burial will be at the Dunn Cemetery. Pall bearers will be W. C. Parkes, J. H. Stribling, John Gibbs, Tom Gaither, D. E. Williams and J. W. Garrett.

Mrs. Dunn, before her marriage, was Miss Sarah T. Sykes, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Sykes, her father having been an Englishman who came to Lawrence County in 1843, and engaged extensively in cotton manufacture. In 1873 she married the late Thomas Dunn, a native of Louisville, Kentucky. She is survived by the following children: James T. Dunn of the First National Bank, Mrs. Mamye Finney, Mrs. H. D. Derrick, and Mrs. Robin Harvey.

Mrs. Dunn was a real gentlewoman, sunny hearted, and thoughtful, she gave her entire life in ministry to those she loved. Her interest and helpfulness included more than her family and kinfolk, however, taking in as well neighbors and friends, and everyone with whom she came in contact. Hers was a very fine life indeed, and many there be who will miss her, and mourn because of her death. Of her it may be truly said, "To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die."

Census:
Birthplace is Tennessee, father is England, mother is Ohio., age is 27.

Census:
1900 Census says she has had 7 children, 4 of whom are living.
Census lists her parents as from England and Pennsylvania

Misc:
Widow's pension, application 899755, certificate 672982

Census:
Listed as a widow.

Notes:

Married:
Since Thomas was born in Kentucky and Sarah in Tennessee, it seems sensible that they were married in Tennessee.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485323823:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: 9SXZ-LQ8
• _UID: 81CB9F36C2D948F4B4B08A9C6C2D869233C1
• Census: 11 Sep 1850, Eden Cross Roads Post Office, Licking, Ohio, United States

Notes:

In Knox County, OH, there is a Thomas M Finney who died in 1859 and left a will. Also had several deeds. married to Jane Reed Finney. Could be this person or not.

In Licking County, 1850, Thomas and Jane are found with her family. Just 30 families down the line, same township, is a Walter Finney, aged 68 with a wife Jane.

Thomas married Jane Miller on 1 Jan 1833 in Richland Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States. Jane was born in 1812 in Ohio, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485323824:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: 9SXZ-LQR
• _UID: 7560BBB3BEC54F69AB15AF4C75270D896BD4
• Census: 11 Sep 1850, Eden Cross Roads Post Office, Licking, Ohio, United States

Notes:

The fact that she is listed as Jane Reed Miller in this deed makes me skeptical that this is our family.

Notes:

In Knox County, Ohio, there is a Thomas M. Finney who is married to Jane Reed Finney. Has numerous deeds and an estate probated.

Marriage License:
Marriage license says that her father's written permission is on file. Not included in the transcription.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485323833:1030:191555462
• _UID: 01D6FF50D0AC46668FE7F6C5CB90ECFEC42A
• Census: 29 Aug 1850, Miller Township, Knox, Ohio, United States
• Census: 24 Jul 1860, Miller Township, Knox, Ohio, United States

Notes:

Census:
Born in New York. Farmer with personal property of $2800

Census:
Interestingly, he is listed with no occupation or property. His wife is listed as a farmer, 10000 real estate, 2000 personal property

Charles married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in 1817 in Ohio, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485323834:1030:191555462
• _UID: 4852F8ED0AAD4FDCB8677205225A0584FC1A
• Census: 29 Aug 1850, Miller Township, Knox, Ohio, United States
• Census: 24 Jul 1860, Miller Township, Knox, Ohio, United States

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485323807:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: K2XF-RC3
• _UID: 398A480F595D4AF9A52FE807E0113CC1C419
• Residence: 1842, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States

James married Elizabeth Mullholland. Elizabeth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485323809:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: K2XF-RL8
• _UID: A5D8C7CD89C7408D89264A672EBB05E5619A