Fourth Generation

83. Thomas Emmett LANSFORD was born on 22 December 1881 in Tennessee.^67,68 He died on 21 January 1968 at the age of 86 in Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico.⁶⁷

1907 Fort Worth, TX City Directory
Lansford, Minnis P., blksmith helper, T & P. residendence 1404 S. Henderson
Lansford, T. Emmett, fireman, Frisco System, h: 1404 S. Henderson

1910 Census. Ft Worth Ward 8, Tarrant, TX
Living with Minnis Lansford and his wife Etta
Emmett Lansford, cousin, 25, Single, b. TN, Fireman, Railroad

12 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Registration.
Thomas Emmett Lansford lived on RFD 1, Bowell, Choctaw Co, OK. He was 35, born 22 Nov 1882. He was a farmer. Mrs. Mary Lansford of the same address was his nearest relative. Medium height & build; blue eyes, brown hair.

1930 Census. Prec 4, Fannin, TX, Hh 181 (living next door to his parents)
Emmett Lansford, 42, b. TN, Cotton Farmer
Mary, wife, 28, b. TX
Minnis L, son, 11, b. OK
Audrey L, son, 6, b. OK
Joe C., son, 1 year, 3 months, b. TX

1940 Census. Blacktower, Curry Co, NM, Hh 25
Lived in Lindsay, Garvin Co, OK in 1935
Emmitt Lansford, 52, b. TN, Hired Hand, Green House
Mary, wife, 40, b. TX
Aubrey L., son, 17, b. OK
Joe C., son, 11, b. TX

1950 Census. Clovis, Curry Co, NM, Hh 236
Thomas E. Lansford, 63, b. TN, Greenhouse (Plant grower), Retail Floral Co
Mary J., wife, 50, b. TX
Minnes L., son, 31, b. OK, Flower designer, Retail Floral Co
Aubrey L, son, 26, b. OK, Cable Splicer, Telephone Co

Buried Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens, Clovis, Curry Co, NM

Clovis News-Journal, Clovis, NM, 23 Jan 1968, Tuesday, p.12
Last Rites Scheduled for Thomas Lansford
Funeral services for Thomas E. Lansford, 87, who died about midnight Sunday at Memorial Hospital, were to be held today at 4 pm at Dale Lee Sherwood Memorial Chapel with Rev. Royce Herndon of the Trinity Methodist Church officiating.
Mr. Lansford, who had lived in the area since 1939, is survived by two sons, Aubrey of Clovis and Joe of Fort Lupton, Colo.; a sister, Mrs. Avo Dillard of Durant, Okla.; a brother, Wesley of Whiteright, Tex.,; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary in 1963; and by two sons.
Pall bearers at the service today were to be Donald Leatherwood, Odis Newman, Willis Newman, Jack Dunlap, John Wilson, and Roy Kirby.
Burial will be in Lawn Haven Cemetery under the direction of Sherwood Mortuary.

Thomas Emmett LANSFORD and Mary Jane LEATHERWOOD were married on 24 December 1915.⁶⁷ Mary Jane LEATHERWOOD was born in 1902 in Texas.

Thomas Emmett LANSFORD and Mary Jane LEATHERWOOD had the following children: