Obit of Finch, Thomas Landon - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 23 Oct 2005 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.html ========================================================================== Surnames: Finch, Cotton, Snyder Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6307 Thomas Landon Finch was born near Carrollton, Carroll county, Missouri November 7, 1868, died May 19, 1933 age 64 years, 6 months and 12 days. He was married to Miss Mattie Snyder February 16, 1905, and moved to Oklahoma soon after and homesteaded the farm that he lived on until the time of his death. Three sons were born in this union, two preceding him in death. Thed entire community was saddened by his sudden death. He had gone up on the windmill to do some work and fell a distance of about twenty feet. He leaves a wife and son John William, three brothers, Charles and Gordon of Reydon, Oklahoma and Aaron of Carter, Oklahoma, and one sister, Mrs. A.L. Cotton. He also leaves a number of relatives and many friends who mourn with this family in their loss. He was a good, kind huband and father, as well as a good neighbor and friend, and he will be greatly missed by all. Funeral services were conducted by S.L. Lancaster after which the body was laid to rest in the Dempsey cemetery, Dempsey, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, AOK 1-Jun-1933 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html