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DAVID SAMUEL (SAM) SULLIVAN (son of LEWIS CARROL SULLIVAN and LOUISA JANE WOODS) was born 04 Mar 1878 in ROBERTS COMMUNITY, PARKER CO, TX, and died 04 Nov 1940 in DELHI, BECKHAM, CO. OKLAHOMA.He married (1) FLORENCE ELIZABETH REAMS.He married (2) NANCY ELIZABETH SPEARS on Abt. 1899 in GOREE, KNOX CO, TX, daughter of JAMES WALDO SPEARS and MARY ELIZABETH FLETCHER.He married (3) ZELLA GRIFFIN on 24 Dec 1920.He married (4) MINNIE EMMONS CLARK BAUGH on 12 Feb 1940 in MANGUM, GREER CO, OKLAHOMA.
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DEATH: DIED 62 YEARS, 7 MO. 29 DAYS, OF CORONARY OCCLUSION. SAM'S DEALTH RECORDS WERE FOUND AT FUNERAL HOME IN SAYRE, OKLA.MIMMIE EMMONS CLARK (HIS LAST WIFE)GAVE THE INFORMATION TO THE FUNERAL HOME AT SAYRE,
DEATH: FUNERAL HOME RECORDS SHOW SHOW ROSE HILL CEMETERY LISTED AS RED HILL CEMETERY, BUT IT IS REALLY ROSE HILL CEMETERY.LATER THE NAME OF THE CEMETERY WAS CHANGED TO RUSSELL CEMETERY.SAM WAS BURIED NEXT TO HIS WIFE NANCY ELIZABETH (ALSO KNOWN AS NANNIE LIZABETH).A TOMBSTONE FOR SAM WAS NEVER FOUND AND AFTER MUCH RESEARCH AND PHYSICALLY LOOKING FOR HIS GRAVE, ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE WITH THE STONEMAKER IN GRANITE, OKLA AND MRS. ARDELLA WELCH, CARETAKER FOR RUSSELL CEMETERY FOR THE STONE TO BE MADE AND SET BESIDE WIFE NANNIE. THIS JOB WAS COMPLETED MAY 4, 1992. SAMMIE JO BURK MANES, GRANDDAUGHTER, OF ANDREWS, TEXAS PAID FOR THE JOB.
DEATH: AN INTERVIEW WITH MINNIE EMMONS CLARK IN A REST HOME IN SAYRE, OKLA,
JOAN JUSTICE SAYS THAT MINNIE ACTED VERY SUSPICIOUS OF HER AND SAID ALL SHE COULD REMEMBER ABOUT SAM'S FUNERAL WAS THAT HE WAS BURIED IN VERY, VERY RED DIRT. HA! SAM HAD BEEN MARRIED FOUR TIMES AND SO HAD SHE.SAM WAS HER 2ND HUSBAND, SOME TIME HAD DULLED HER MEMORY.
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ZELLA GRIFFIN AND SAM DIVORCED APRIL 22, 1927
THE FUNERAL WAS AT CHURCH OF CHRIST, DELHI, BECKHAM CO, OKLAHOMA
DEATH: SAM WAS KNOWN TO BE A "DANDY" AND A REAL LADY'S MAN.HIS DAUGHTERS ELSIE, ESSIE, AND JOSIE SAID THAT HE COULD CHARM ANY WOMAN AND THAT HE LIKED THE WOMEN !!!
CENSUS: 1900 KNOX CO, TEXAS CENSUS PAGE 181 A LISTS SAM AND NANCY WITH 7/12 YEAR OLD TWINS.
BOUNTY/LAND: THERE ARE SOME DEED RECORDS IN PARKER CO, TX 1905 BK 71, PAGE 282
1908 BK 74, PAGE 513
OCCUPATION: HAD A FARM NEAR SAYRE, OKLAHOMA IN THE LATE 1920S. WE HAVE
PICTURES OF HIM AND HIS HORSES ON THE PLACE AND ALSO OF ESSIE AND ELSIE SULLIVAN BURK ON THE PLACE.
More About DAVID SAMUEL (SAM) SULLIVAN:
Burial: 06 Nov 1940, RUSSELL CEMETERY, RUSSELL, GREER CO., OKLAHOMA.
Record Change: 23 Oct 2004
More About DAVID SAMUEL (SAM) SULLIVAN and NANCY ELIZABETH SPEARS:
Marriage: Abt. 1899, GOREE, KNOX CO, TX.
More About DAVID SAMUEL (SAM) SULLIVAN and ZELLA GRIFFIN:
Marriage: 24 Dec 1920
More About DAVID SAMUEL (SAM) SULLIVAN and MINNIE EMMONS CLARK BAUGH:
Marriage: 12 Feb 1940, MANGUM, GREER CO, OKLAHOMA.
Children of DAVID SAMUEL (SAM) SULLIVAN and NANCY ELIZABETH SPEARS are:
  1. ESSIE MARY (MAE) SULLIVAN, b. 12 Oct 1898, GOREE, KNOX CO, TEXAS, d. 07 Aug 1993, ANDREWS COUNTY, ANDREWS, TEXAS.
  2. +ELSIE JANE SULLIVAN, b. 12 Oct 1899, GOREE, KNOX CO, TEXAS, d. 02 Mar 1989, ANDREWS, ANDREWS COUNTY, TEXAS.
  3. JOSEPHINE THELMA SULLIVAN, b. 05 Oct 1901, GORRE, KNOX CO, TX, d. Bet. 1980 - 1989, LAWTON, COMANCHE CO, OKLAHOMA.
  4. JAMES LEWIS SULLIVAN, b. 20 Apr 1903, POOLVILLE, PARKER CO., TX, d. 06 Dec 1952, AJO, PIMA CO, ARIZONA.