Thomas Dunn Finney^[1]

1899 - 1968  (69 years)

• Name	Thomas Dunn Finney
  Birth	21 Feb 1899	Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	11 Jun 1900	Lawrence, Tennessee, United States   [5]
  	Address: 8th Civil District
  	Listed as Thomas M Finney, but the family is next door to the Dunn family
  Census	21 Apr 1910	Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States   [6]
  	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. Census lists his father as from Indiana rather than Ohio.
  Military	1918	Kansas, United States   [7]
  	Military
  	Address: Camp Funston
  	Thomas D Finney (2229652), Pvt, Co I, 28th Inf, July 21, 18
  Military	12 Sep 1918	Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States   [8]
  	Military
  Military	11 Oct 1918	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States   [9]
  	Military
  	Address: Vanderbilt University
  Census	4 Apr 1930	Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [10]
  	Address: South Central Ave
  Residence	1 Apr 1935	McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [11]
  	Rural McCurtain County
  Occupation	1938	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States   [12]
  	assistant State Attorney General
  Residence	1938	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States   [12]
  	Address: 1917 NW 23rd
  Census	8 May 1940	White Township, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [11]
  Elected	22 Dec 1942	Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [13]
  	Elected
  Elected	Nov 1944	Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [13]
  	Elected
  Elected	Nov 1946	Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [13]
  	Elected
  _AMTID	162485316841:1030:191555462
  _FSFTID	L5NQ-KJV
  _UID	8D101EFDE63046988E7A217EE62A5F24E623
  Death	14 Jun 1968	Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States   [2, 4]
  	Death certificate says 14 Jun 1968. Elsewhere, I have seen 16 Jun 1968.
  Burial	Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States   [2, 14]
  	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
  Person ID	I2919	Scott Dickson
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	William Keeling Finney,   b. 24 Mar 1872, Miller Township, Knox, Ohio, United States d. 18 Nov 1900, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States (Age 28 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Dunn,   b. Dec 1875, Tennessee, United States d. 1965 (Age ~ 89 years)
  Marriage	1 Apr 1896	Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States   [5, 15, 16]
  	Census says that they had been married for 4 years in 1900
  Marriage License	1 Apr 1896	Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States   [17]
  Family ID	F3129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bettie Higgs,   b. 24 Nov 1903, De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States d. 25 May 2000, Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	15 Mar 1924	Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [18]
  	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 d. 6 Feb 1978, Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, United States (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  h2 DEATH: Noted in Daily Oklahoman, 16 Jun 1968, Tom Finney, 69, longtimeattorney, state majority leader, rites on Sunday.

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Obituary of Tom Finney, Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma. [S940] Texas Death Certificate, Thomas Dunn Finney; Paris, Lamar Co., Texas; File 51004; 14 June 1968. [S943] Tennessee Birth Certificate, Thomas Dunn Finney; Delayed; D-433375; Born 21 Feb 1899, Issued 22 Jun 1954. [S604] SSDI - Ancestry, 23 December 2014; Thomas Finney; 487-10-9745; Missouri (Before 1951). [S1786] 1900 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., TN, 8th Civil District; ED 54; Sheet 10A; Dwelling 174, Family 182; William K Finney. [S942] 1910 US Federal Census, Lawrence Co., TN, Lawrenceburg; ED 80; Sheet 8-A; Dwelling 141, Family 147; Mrs. Thomas Dunn. [S1789] Kansas, U.S., Camp Funston Military Records, 1914-1919, 7 March 2021; 89th Division, 353 Infantry, personnel Records (I-_R,A-C), Box 19, page 44, Thomas D Finney. [S705] Ancestry, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, 23 December 2014; Tom Dunn Finney, Lawrenceburg ,Tennessee. [S1788] U.S., Lists of Men Ordered to Report to Local Board for Military Duty, 1917–1918, 7 March 2021; Tennessee, Box 43, Image 722, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennesse, Tom Dunn Finney. [S1787] 1930 US Federal Census, McCurtain Co., OK, Idabel; ED 45-17; Sheet 6-A; Dwelling 119, Family 128; Tom Finney. [S680] 1940 US Federal Census, McCurtain Co., OK, White Township; ED 45-32; sheet 15-B; dwelling 268; Thomas D. Finney; 22 July 2012. [S688] Ancestry, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 23 December 2014; Thom. D Finney, 1938, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [S806] Oklahoma Almanac, pages 761-762. [S641] Find A Grave, 23 December 2014; Thomas Dunn Finney; Thomas Dunn Finney; 23664563; Sandie Manning Lambert. [S641] Find A Grave, 7 March 2021; Mamie Dunn Finney ; Mamie Dunn Finney ; 16659224; Paula McCarter. [S1466] Newspapers.com The Tennessean, Society; 3 April 1896; Finney Dunn wedding, page 3; 9 March 2021. [S1393] Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, 9 March 2021; Lawrence, 1890-1899, Marriage Bonds and Loose Records A-M, W.K. Finney to Mamie Dunn. [S1069] Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995, 27 March 2017; Bettie Jane Higgs to Thomas Dunn Finney, 15 Mar 1924, Idabel, McCurtain Co.