Thomas Benjamin Churchman

• Sex: M
• Born: June 5, 1857 in Tennessee
• Died: January 13, 1941 in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma
• Buried: In Crinerville Cemetery located in the Criner Hills in the southern part of Carter County, OK.
• Notes: In the 1900 Oklahoma Census, Tom was living in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma with his family. His family included his second wife(Francis), his two children (Thaddeus Wright Churchman - age 11 and Allie Churchman - age 8), Francis's two children (Albert Barnes - age 7 and John Barnes - age 11), and a stepson (Edward Wood - age 16). Tom's occupation is listed as a day laborer.

Father: Thomas G. Churchman, b. April 6, 1818 in Jefferson County, TN

Mother: Ruth Pickard, b. ca. 1816 -- d. December, 1882

Family 1: Nannie E. Wright, daughter of George Wright

• Married: July 7, 1886 in Lamar County, Texas

1. Thaddeus Wright Churchman, b. June 28, 1888 in Limestone, Lamar County, Texas
2. Allie Churchman, b. June 22, 1891 in Indian Territory

Family 2: Francis H. Barnes, b. March 1958 in Missouri

• Married: September 2, 1898 in Thackerville, Indian Territory

Family 2: Sarah Ella Josephine Ferguson, b. October 25, 1857 in Monroe County, Missouri -- d. 1936 in Okmulgee, OK -- buried in Okmulgee Cemetery, Okmulgee, OK

• Married: after 1904

Sources:

1. Research by Verna L. Williams
2. Marriage License from Paris, Lamar County, Texas contributed by Bill Churchman