Obituary: Richard Finley Haden, 8 Oct 1899 - Smith County, TX Contributed by Vicki Betts 11 January 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************************** TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, October 26, 1899, p. 15, c. 1 HADEN.—Richard Finley Haden, son of John F. and Ophelia Haden, was born June 26, 1875, and peacefully passed away October 8, 1899, at the home of his parents in Tyler, Texas. He was baptized by his grandfather, Rev. R. S. Finley, D. D., when an infant, and joined the Methodist Church when eleven years of age. At the age of fourteen he began an apprenticeship in the mechanist trade. He served his apprenticeship faithfully, and became a skillful machinist, holding important and remunerative positions in different railroad shops. He led an active, busy, useful life from boyhood, and a bright future seems to have been cut off by his departure. He had a fine physical organization and development, well poised and bright mental faculties, and was gentle, cheerful, true and affectionate in spirit. He lived a clean, consistent, religious life, and when his noble spirit passed away, no shadow of doubt as to the future embittered the grief of his dear ones. He was a noble, manly fellow, and left nothing in his life for his relatives and friends to look back upon with regret. His remains rest in the Tyler Cemetery, by the side of those of his sainted grandfather and grandmother Finley. Peace to his ashes. He was my nephew, and I loved him and honored him, and bet to pay this little tribute to his character. N. W. FINLEY. Dallas Texas.