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• _AMTID: 162485316851:1030:191555462
• _UID: 44841F238E334BA38AEEAFD06D5B3C9E52CE
• 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, White Township, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
• Residence: 1960, Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, United States; Address:
  5608 Brite Dr

Notes:

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Residence:
Rural McCurtain County

Died:
Thomas D. Finney Jr., 52, a Washington lawyer who had been associated with a number of top political figures, died Monday at his home in Bethesda.

He suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

He was a member of the prestigious law firm of Clifford, Glass, McIlwain and Finney, which he had joined in 1963. He had not practiced law actively, however, for the last eight months.

Mr. Finney came to Washington in 1957 as administrative assistant to Sen. A.S. Mike Monroney (D-Okia.), remaining in that position until 1963.

He built a reputation as a politician and legislative strategists, and during this period was a major author of the Federal Aviation Act.

In 1960, Mr. Finney worked with Adlai E. Stevenson and organized the remarkable gallery demonstration for Stevenson at the Democratic convention that year.Later, the victor, President John F. Kennedy, borrowed Mr. Finney to work on the Trade Expansion Act, which Mr. Kennedy considered one of his most outstanding achievements. Mr. Finney advised the president as a member of his Task Force on Foreign Policy, as deputy special assistant to the president for Foreign Trade Policy and as director of congressional liaison for the Trade Expansion Act.

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson asked Mr. Finney to go to Mississippi with Allen Dulles when disorders develop there involving the registration of black voters.

Mr. Finney recommended the FBI agents be sent to the rural counties of Mississippi to monitor the registration. That same year he was special counsel to the credentials committee at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City.

Mr. Finney was credited with being among the key figures who helped solve the politically explosive dispute over which a delegation from Mississippi would be recognized.

In 1968, Mr. Finney took a leave of absence from his law firm to work in the presidential campaign of Eugene McCarthy. He was considered to have the most political expertise in the organization.

Mr. Finney directed McCarthy's primary victory over Robert Kennedy in Oregon, visited the Kennedy family when Robert Kennedy was assassinated and remained the McCarthy liaison with Kennedy's followers.

Born in Idabel, Okla., Mr. Finney served as a Navy officer toward the end of World War II and then earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Oklahoma where he received a law degree in 1948.

He practised in Idabel for three years with his father, the late Thomas D. Finney, a pioneer trial lawyer. He then served with the Central Intelligence Agency in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 1952 to 1955.

Before joining Sen. Monroney in Washington, Mr. Finney was in private law practise in Oklahoma City.

He was a director of Continental Airlines and general counsel to the Proprietary Association. He was a trustee of the Citizens' Research Foundation.

Mr. Finney was a member of the American, Oklahoma, D.C. and Federal Bar associations, the American Judicature Society, Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, the National Lawyers Club and the Federal City Club.

He is survived by his wife, Sally Van Horn Finney, daughters, Susan Ford of Oklahoma City, and the Rev. Kathleen Finney, of Roanoke.; Va.; his mother, Bettie Higgs Finney, of Idabel, and two grandchildren.

The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to the Washington Hospice Society or the Thomas D. Finney Memorial Fund at Washington Cathedral.

Thomas married Sally Van Horn. Sally (daughter of Walker William Van Horn and Dorothy Daisy Deuel) was born on 22 Mar 1924; died on 3 Jun 1984 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; was buried in 1984 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485320135:1030:191555462
• _UID: F14CF038BD7544E6A1B4184CB7E5B3FBC409
• Residence: 1960, Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, United States; Address:
  5608 Brite Dr

Notes:

Information is from Susan Finney McKinney

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485317452:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L5NQ-KMN
• _UID: E5829CF4E3F04A129B5DAC36B54F1BCCEB90
• Census: 5 May 1910, De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States
• Residence: 11 Sep 1913, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; moved from DeQueen, Arkansas to Idabel, Oklahoma
• Misc: 2 Sep 1915, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; returned from a visit to DeQueen
• Misc: 16 Jul 1919, Nashville, Howard, Arkansas, United States; visited Miss Bill Dennison
• Census: 6 Jan 1920, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
• Census: 4 Apr 1930, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; Address:
  South Central Ave
• Residence: 1 Apr 1935, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
• Residence: 1938, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; Address:
  1917 NW 23rd
• Census: 8 May 1940, White Township, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States

Notes:

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Misc:
Miss Bettie Higgs has returned from a visit to DeQueen.

Misc:
Miss Bettie Higgs, of Idabel, Okla, and Miss Lucile Smith, of Tyler, Texas, are visiting Miss Bill Dennison in this city.

Residence:
Rural McCurtain County

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.

FINDAGRAVE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23664540

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.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485320136:1030:191555462
• _UID: 1A586748D04042A6AE348982DFAD77EFF8F8

Walker married Dorothy Daisy Deuel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485316471:1030:191555462
• _UID: B007F8743C7D4C1096EF1EE04146886E3835

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: 162485317448:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L5NQ-XY2
• _UID: EEA809F96B394FF3B00EB2E949A36C6594D8
• Census: 12 Sep 1860, Iuka, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 6 Jul 1870, Ozan Township, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 11 Jun 1880, Ozan Township, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States
• Occupation: 11 Jun 1880, Ozan Township, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States; printer
• Residence: 22 Oct 1888, Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States; Lida talks about visiting with Will Higgs locally.
• Residence: 8 Feb 1889, Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas, United States; visited Arkadelpha
• Occupation: 4 Aug 1890, Alma, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; started a Democrats Club
• Misc: 21 May 1892, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States; Address:
  Capital Hotel
• Misc: 6 Dec 1896, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Misc: 23 Sep 1898, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
• Occupation: 16 Apr 1900, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; took over management of the Fort Smith Times
• Census: 25 Jun 1900, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Occupation: 25 Jun 1900, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; newspaper editor
• Misc: 9 Mar 1901, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; is editor-in-chief of the Republican Venture
• Misc: 17 Apr 1901, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; appeared in a newspaper article
• Misc: 24 Jul 1901, Searcy, White, Arkansas; purchased the Searcy Beacon
• Occupation: 24 Jul 1901, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; moved from Van Buren Venture to Searcy Beacon
• Occupation: 25 Oct 1901, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; established the Alma Echo
• Misc: 12 Nov 1901, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; named to World's Fair auxiliary committee
• Occupation: 11 Dec 1901, Alma, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; candidate for circuit clerk
• Misc: 18 Mar 1902, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States; attended a banquet at the Capital
• Occupation: 3 Apr 1903, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; took over the Van Buren Weekly Venture
• Occupation: 14 Jul 1903, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; left the Van Buren Republican Venture
• Occupation: 31 Jul 1903, De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States; took over DeQueen Democrat
• Misc: 6 Mar 1904, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States; attended Equitable Life meeting
• Misc: 29 Jun 1904, Nashville, Howard, Arkansas, United States; visited R.B. Dennison
• Misc: 9 Nov 1904, Nashville, Howard, Arkansas, United States; visited R.B. Dennison
• Misc: 6 Jun 1905, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States; attended Equitable Insurance banquet
• Misc: 11 Jul 1905, De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States; sold the DeQueen Democrat newspaper
• Misc: 15 Feb 1906, De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States; withdrew from Sevier County representative
• Misc: 17 Feb 1906, De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States; purchased the DeQueen Democrat
• Misc: 27 Nov 1907, De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States; is candidate for county clerk
• Misc: 20 Jun 1908, De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States; was in a declamation competition
• Occupation: May 1910, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; began to work at the McCurtain Democrat Record
• Census: 5 May 1910, De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States
• Occupation: 5 May 1910, De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States; printer in a weekly newspaper
• Misc: 29 Dec 1910
• Occupation: 12 Feb 1914, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; agent for Strauss Brothers Tailors of Chicago.
• Occupation: 30 Apr 1914, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; agent for Merchant's Life insurance
• Misc: 29 Jul 1915, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; visited his son in Texarkana
• Misc: 6 Sep 1916, Nashville, Howard, Arkansas, United States; attended the funeral of his cousin, Mrs. Eugene Counts,

Notes:

Will Higgs operated and worked at newspapers throughout Arkansas and Oklahoma. Working as a printer in Texarkana in 1875, he moved to DeQueen, AR to publish the DeQueen Democrat Record. He served newspapers in Alma, AR and Van Buren, AR before moving to Idabel, OK in 1911 to work at the Idabel Democrat Record. He died of pneumonia after an illness of about two weeks. According to initial reports of his death, his remains were to be shipped to Boyce, TX. The rationale for this report is unknown. Perhaps he had as yet undiscovered family in that area. He was not from that area and he had no siblings or known family there or any connection at all to the area. But, since this was reported, it ought to be followed up to find out of there is a connection.

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J.W. Higgs worked for the Idabel Democrat Record, successor to the McCurtain Record in Idabel, Oklahoma for a number of years. From time to time, Will was listed as Editor or Publisher. But, generally, that was held for Tom G. Taylor, who owned the paper. Tom G. Taylor purchased the McCurtain Beacon Times in 1914, consolidating it with the Democrat Record. Then in June 1914, he ran for state representative and was elected in November 1914.

17 Sep 1914 - J.W. Higgs, Jr, who has been visiting his parents for a week, left Tuesday for Leesville, La., where he will complete his work with the civil engineering corp of the KCS preparatory to returning tothe University at Fayetteville, Ark. to complete his course.

1 Oct 1914 - Negro Loving Socialist - Anarchist & Infidel (headline in Idabel Democrat Record)

8 Oct 1914 - Socialism vs. Religion - Shows its enmity to all things good by its own arguments (editorial by J.W. Higgs)

26 Nov 1914 - Armour Higgs was a guest of his brother, Pat, Sunday.

24 Dec 1914 - J.W. Higgs, Jr. arrived in the city from Louisiana where he holds an important position in the civil engineering department of the Kansas City Southern railway, to spend Christmas with his parents.

24 Dec 1914 - Morton T. Higgs, who is attending the University of Arkansas, came on Sunday to spend the holidays with his parents.

7 Jan 1915, Vol. 7, #44 is the first issue of the Democrat-Record that lists J.W. Higgs as publisher and Tom G. Taylor as owner & editor.Also included in this issue are notes that Morton Higgs left Sunday,having spent the holidays with his parents, for Fayetteville, Ark,where he goes to resume his studies.

21 Jan 1915 - School Notes - The Literary Society Program includes avocal trio - Mabel Dewitt, Noreen Ellers, and Lida Higgs

28 Jan 1915 - Honor Roll of pupils of Idabel Public Schools, not late or tardy for the month of ending 22 Jan 1915, in Mrs. Higgs class at Central School (also listed for 19 Feb 1915), and Lida Higgs in the High School.

11 Mar 1915 - School Notes - Literary Society Debate - Resolved that women should have suffrage in Oklahoma - on the negative side, Lida Higgs.

1 Apr 1915 - After a weekend visit with her sister, Mrs. J.W. Higgs,Mrs. G.P. Frazer left Monday for Little Rock.

8 Apr 1915 - J.W. Higgs, Jr spent Sunday in the city visiting his parents.

3 Jun 1915 - Morton T. Higgs arrived at the city this morning from Fayetteville, Ark, where he has been attending the University, for a visit to his parents, Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Higgs, before going to his summer work.

10 Jun 1915 - Mrs. J.W. Higgs left yesterday for Royse, Texas, in answer to a message that her father was dying. She was accompanied to Hugo by her son, Morton.

24 Jun 1915 - Mrs. J.W. Higgs returned Monday from Royse City, Texas,where she was summoned two weeks ago to the beside of her dying father, Elder J.H. Cason, who passed away a short time after she reached his side. A better man or a stauncher Christian than Rev.J.H. Cason would be hard to find.

1 Jul 1915 - J.W. Higgs name is no longer on the masthead of the paper. Miss Betty Clay Cason of Dustin, Oklahoma, arrived in the city this morning and is a guest o Mrs. Lida Higgs.

1 Jul 1915 - J.W. Higgs, Jr, came over Thursday from Texarkana but returned Friday. His mother, brother, and two little sisters accompanied him to Texarkana to visit with him for a while.

29 Jul 1915 - J.W. Higgs and daughter, Miss Lida Higgs, are visiting at Texarkana.

19 Aug 1915 - Miss Lida Higgs arrived home today from a three weeks visit to points in Arkansas.

2 Sep 1915 - Miss Bettie Higgs has returned from a visit to DeQueen

7 Sep 1915 - Open letter to J.W. Higgs for political views printed on 2 Sep.

16 Dec 1915 - Morton Higgs will arrive Saturday. Will complete studies at the University of Arkansas in June. J.W. Higgs, who is the senior transit man on the southern end of the KCS, with headquarters at Texarkana, arrived at home today to spend the holidays with his parents.

13 Jan 1916 - See Higgs samples before you order a suit.

By mid-1918, the paper lists J.W. Higgs as editor and publisher, Tom Taylor is gone from the masthead.

14 Feb 1918 - Col. J.W. Higgs of the Democrat-Record force has been severely ill for several days, but we are glad to report is improving at this writing.

7 Mar 1918 - John W. Higgs died on the 2nd. Children surviving are Lt. J.W. Higgs, Lt. Morton T. Higgs, Lyda Higgs, Bettie Higgs, Mary Higgs.

On 14 Mar 1918, Tom Taylor is listed as Editor and Publisher again.

** Several times in the newspaper accounts, J.W. Higgs and Ira Higgs are going to Nashville, Ark. to visit cousins Bob Dennison, Bill Dennison, and Mrs. Eugene Counts. How are these connected?

Residence:
"J.W. Higgs, a very nice looking gentleman from Texarkana, was in the city yesterday and paid us a pleasant visit."

Interesting note two columns over - "Work on the Ouachita College is still pushing along." (J.H. Cason was a fundraiser for the college at its inception.)

Occupation:
ALMA - August 3 - The Democrats of this place organized a club yesterday with a membership of 180, with J.E. London, President; J.W. Higgs and W.R. Bolling, Vice-Presidents; ... The name of the club is Lewars Democratic Club, in honor of our nominee for Circuit Clerk, Hon. H.S. Lewars, who is a citizen of Alma. The Democracy of Crawford County were never in better shape to make a campaign, and will win at the September election by a handsome majority.

Misc:
J.W. Higgs and wife of Alma are visiting

Misc:
J.W. Higgs, editor and proprietor Daily Venture, is an Arkansas and has been established at Van Buren four years. He reports an increase of 20 per cent in his receipts which is reasonably accounted for in the fact that his paper while local in nature, has become an household necessity to the town.

Misc:
Editor J.W. Higgs has found out his error. He says: "The Venture owes the The Arkansas Democrat an apoloy for criticising its paragraph concerning ex-Treasurer Henry Page. Colonel MItchell was right and we were wrong. We got mixed on names and our reference was to Jim Page and not the 69-cent Page.

Occupation:
"Van Buren, Ark - April 16 - A change has been made in the management of the Venture at this place. J.W. Higgs, who has been with the paper since its inception, has taken charge of the Fort Smith Times. Rowe Hays, a young attorney recently from Mississippi, will assume control of the paper"

Misc:
The Republican Venture (weekly) succeeds the Daily Venture at Van Buren. The officers are: President, J. H Butler; vice-president, J.E. Jarvis; secretary, G.C. Yoes; treasurer, J.Y Yoes. The executive committee is composed of John M. Weaver, J.W. Higgs, H.H. Dill, with J.W. Higgs as editor-in-chief. They announce that "we will advocate twentieth-century ideas and keep abreast o the times; we will censure where we find fault, and applaud where we find approbation. Along wiht the more sober and weightly affairs we shall endeavor to furnish some amusement and instruction for the home and fireside."

Misc:
J.W. Higgs, manager of the Replublican Venture, celebrated his 40th birthday April 7.

Misc:
J.W. Higgs, fomerly of the Van Buren Venture, has bought the Searcy Beacon. Higgs is a good fellow and no afraid to stick up for what he believes to be right. Therefore the World wishes him well.

Occupation:
J.W. Higgs, formerly of the Van Buren Venture, has bought the Searcy Beacon. Higgs is a good fellow and not afraid to stick up for what he believes to be right. Therefore the World wishes him well.

Occupation:
J.W. Higgs, formerly editor of the Van Buren Venture, has established the Alma Effort, a five-column folio. He published a paper at the same place nine years ago.

Misc:
The executive committee of the Worlds Fair board has named the subcommittees that are to assist them in the laudable undertaking of arranging for a splendid exhibition at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1903.

Press comittee - Frank Anderson (chairman); Carl Schuppe, R.L. Rogers, J.W. Higgs, G.R. Michael, G.C. Yoes, C.R. Cordell.

Occupation:
J.W. Higgs, editor and publisher of the Alma Effort, has announced as a candidate for circuit clerk of Crawford County.

Misc:
Equitable Men
Were Entertained at Banquet Complimentary to Vice President Tarbell

The dinner at the Capital last night complimentary to Mr. Gage E. Tarbell, second vice-president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York, by State Manager Harry M. Ramey, was a most elegant and enjoyable affair, concluding at 11 o'clock.

J.W. Higgs worked as an agent of the Equitable Association in addition to his newspaper business.

Occupation:
The Independent Post, nee "Republican Venture" has again made a change, J.W. Higgs having retired from the management and G.O. Yoes having again taken the editorial chair.

Occupation:
The reporter this morning received a copy of the DeQueen Democrat, J.W. Higgs, editor, publisher, and proprietor. Mr. Higgs is well known in newspaper circles here, he having published several papers in this county. It is the wish of his friends that his new "venture" may prove successful.

Misc:
A part of Equitable Life Assurance Society men left in a special coach at 3 o'clock this morning over the Choctaw for Memphis to attend a banquet to be given tonight at the Gayoso in honor of Second Vice-President G.E. Tarbell, who is the leading spirit of that great insurance concern. J.W. Higgs of DeQueen.

This shows that the Higgs family moved to DeQueen from Van Buren.

Misc:
J.W. Higgs, editor of the DeQueen Democrat, was in the city Monday, returning home, yesterday. While here Mr. Higgs was the guest of Mrs. R.B. Dennison and was accompanied upon his return home by Miss Rolie Dennison.

Misc:
J.W. Higgs has sold the DeQueen Democrat to D.H. Nash of Texarkana who has assumed charge.

Misc:
J.W. Higgs has withdrawn from the race for representative of Sevier county in order to devote his tim to the De Queen Venture, successor to the De Queen Democrat.

Misc:
J.W. Higgs has purchased the De Queen Democrat plant and launched the Weekly Venture.

Misc:
Candidates for the numerous county offices are now beginning to get active, several already announcing. The following are avowed candidates for the offices: J.W. Higgs - circuit clerk.

Misc:
J.W. Higgs of DeQueen - contestant in Declamation

Occupation:
According to his obituary, Will Higgs had been working with the Democrat Record since its founding in May 1910.

Occupation:
Will Higgs also acted as an agent for a company selling men's suits for several years.

Occupation:
Will Higgs appears to have sold life insurance in addition to working for the newspaper. Advertisements appear throughout the years 1913-1918 for his as an agent for Merchant's Life life insurance.

Misc:
J.W. Higgs and daughter Miss Lyda Higgs are visiting at Texarkana.

Misc:
J.W. Higgs, of Idabel, attended the funeral of his cousin, the late Mrs. Eugene Counts, in this city Sunday.

Who is Mrs. Eugene Counts and how is she related?

Died:
John W. Higgs died at his home in this city on the 2nd inst. after a brief illness with pneumonia. Funeral services were conducted from the family residence by Rev. J.S. Baird, and the remains interred in the Denison Cemetery, Sunday evening. With the exception of about two years, Mr. Higgs has been associated with the Democrat-Record since it was established in May 1910, and for the past two years has been editor, publisher, and manager. The deceased leaves a wife and five children, Lieut. J.W. Higgs jr., Lieut. Morton T. Higgs, Misses Lyda Higgs, Bettie Higgs, Mary Higgs, and a host of friends to mourn his departure. We extend condolences to the grief-stricken family.

Buried:
FINDAGRAVE: http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23701824

John married Eliza Johnson (Lida) Cason on 3 Mar 1889 in Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas, United States. Eliza (daughter of Rev. Jeremiah Harris Cason and Elizabeth Cooper) was born on 24 Jun 1868 in Carrollton, Pickens, Alabama, United States; died on 7 Mar 1941 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States; was buried in Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485315359:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L5NQ-JYB
• _UID: 7EC63003B50242B6823C39B7DBAC0B0369F3
• Census: 24 Jun 1870, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 2 Jun 1880, Wilson, Tennessee, United States; Address:
  First District
• Residence: 22 Oct 1888, Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States
• Residence: 4 Aug 1890, Alma, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Residence: 8 Aug 1898, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Misc: 14 Dec 1898, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; listed as Corresponding Secretary of the Woman's Literary Club
• Misc: 16 Oct 1899, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; led the Woman's Literary Club meeting
• Census: 25 Jun 1900, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Residence: 18 Jun 1901, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States; Lida writes to Ida about the death of her mother, Bettie Cooper Cason
• Residence: 6 Jan 1909, De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 5 May 1910, De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States
• Occupation: 5 May 1910, De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States; teacher in the public school
• Residence: 11 Sep 1913, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; moved from DeQueen, Arkansas to Idabel, Oklahoma
• Misc: 11 Jun 1914, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; hosted the sixth and seventh grade classes a a lawn party
• Occupation: 23 Jul 1914, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; teacher in the Idabel Public School, teaching seventh grade
• Misc: 10 Jun 1915, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; left for Royce, Texas to see her dying father
• Misc: 24 Jun 1915, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; returned from her father's side
• Census: 6 Jan 1920, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
• Occupation: 6 Jan 1920, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; teacher
• Residence: 1924, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States; Address:
  4806 Junius
• Residence: 1925, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States; Address:
  2501 W. College
• Residence: 1930, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States; Address:
  714 Hillcrest St.
• Census: 14 Apr 1930, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States; Address:
  714 Hillcrest St.
• Residence: 1931, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States; Address:
  2202 Michigan Ave
• Residence: 1932, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States; Address:
  2202 Michigan Ave
• Residence: 1934, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States; Address:
  1606 Cascade
• Census: 10 Apr 1940, Irving, Dallas, Texas, United States

Notes:

NAME: Originally named Eliza Johnson for the nurse who cared for J.H.Cason after his injury in the Civil War.

N4, h1, h2

In the 1920 census, Lida is shown as head of household. Morton is not there. Jere Will is a boarder in another house and listed as a son. Lida's birthplace is listed as Louisiana. There is a Pat Higgs on the same street as Lida supposedly from Arkansas. Maybe connected.

Misc:
The Woman's Literary Club met OCtober 16 with Mrs. S.R. Chew. The topic for study, "Young's Night Thoughts" was must ably led by Mrs. J.W. Higgs.

Census:
The 1900 census reports that Lida and Will had been married for 10 years and that they had 3 children, all living.

Census:
The 1910 census reports that Lida has had 5 children, all living.

Residence:
Mrs. J.W. Higgs and children left this morning for Idabel, where they will reside. Mr. Higgs has a position with the Democrat-Record of that city. During their long residence in De Queen, this estimable family has made many warm friends and the best wishes of all will follow them to their new home. - DeQueen (Ark.) Bee.

Misc:
Mrs. J.W. Higgs entertained the seventh grade pupils and those of the sixth grade who assisted in the school play with a lawn party, Friday night

Occupation:
The faculty for the Idabel Public School has, with possibly one exception, been chosen and assigned as follows:
Mrs. J.W. Higgs, 7th grade

Misc:
Mrs. J.W. Higgs left yesterday for Royce, Texas in answer to a message announcing that her father was dying. She was accompanied to Hugo by her son Morton.

Misc:
Mrs. J.W. Higgs returned Monday from Royce City, Texas where she was summoned two weeks ago to the bedside of her dying father, Eld. J.H. Cason, who passed away a short time after she reached his side. A better man or a stauncher Christian than Rev. J.H. Cason would be hard to find.

Buried:
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