Thomas B. Churchman

• Sex: M
• Born: 1872 in Alabama
• Died: Between 1911 and 1920 in Coal County, Oklahoma
• Buried:
• Notes: Thomas married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Roberts just after the turn of the century. Lizzie was a full-blood Chickasaw Indian and daughter of Lansen and Kellesy Roberts. Previously, she was married to Reid Bond (b. ca 1861 into the Choctaw Tribe). Reid and Lizzie had a daughter, Unice Bond. Unice died in October, 1899. Lizzie and Reid were divorced sometime before 1901.
  
  In an affidavit to the Department of the Interior - Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, it states that Tennie Churchman (Thomas' older sister) was the midwife at the birth of his daughter, Mertie May. In the 1910 Oklahoma Census, it states that Thomas, Lizzie, and Mertie were living in Coal County, Oklahoma near McAlester. In the 1920 Oklahoma Census, it lists Lizzie Churchman as a widow with her son, Henry, and her married daughter, Mertie Benton, plus Mertie's daughter, Pearl Benton (born in Oklahoma).

Father: William H. Churchman, b. August 18, 1838 in Jefferson County, Tennessee

Mother: Annie E. ??, b. ca 1851 in Tennessee

Family 1: Elizabeth Roberts, b. 1879 in Atoka County, Indian Territory -- d. 1948 in Oklahoma -- buried at Byrds Prairie Cemetery on Hwy 48 in Tupelo, OK -- daughter. of Lansen and Kellesy Roberts

• Married: January 17, 1901 in Oklahoma

1. Mertie May Churchman, b. December 28, 1901 in Oklahoma
2. Henry Churchman, b. 1911 in Coal County, Oklahoma

Sources:

1. Research by Nancy Kinman
2. Documents from Department of the Interior - BIA
3. "Oklahoma Marriages 1895 - 1907" - research by Verna L. Williams