Life History

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  Thomas Tugman's Parents
  
  I am a direct decendant from one Thomas E Tugman born about 1890.  He married a Della (do not know maiden name).  He had three children Evelynn Tugman, Thomas Tugman and my mother Mary Tugman.
  
  My great grand father was a Tugman, all I know.  Only hint I have is apparently he married a [Choctaw woman].  She was my grandfather's mother.  He told a story that one day when he was very young a man came rideing in and tried to rape my great grandmother.  She killed him.  Great grandfather took the fall for the murder, because he felt that during this time they would have killed his wife, even if she did kill him defending herself from his advances.
  
  I know that they are the Oklahoma line of Tugmans.  My mother can remember going to Oklahoma to visit his family as a kid but she does not recall any names.  She also can remember my grandfather telling stories of visiting his mothers side of the family on the Reservation.  I asume the Oklahoma Chacktaw reservation.  But not certain.
  
  Grandfather was a halfbreed that looked white and he did not realy talk about the Indian side, because of the trouble he had seen it bring on people.
  
  --  "mandayven," 28 May 2009, on a discussion board, through the research of Joyce Kelso, posted on Ancestry 28 August 2013, accessed 28 March 2019
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  Thomas Lee Tugmon
  BIRTH 29 Jan 1926 Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming, USA
  DEATH 31 Oct 1941 (aged 15) Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming, USA
  BURIAL Wheatland Cemetery, Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming, Row 55, Block 4W, Lot 98
  Parents:
  Thomas Edward Tugmon 1889-1964
  Della Mae Hodson Tugmon 1901-1994
  Sister Maude Evelyn Tugmon Stanker 1920-1987
  Created by Lostnwyomn 22 Jul 2012
  --  Find a Grave Memorial 94032388, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94032388/thomas-tugmon
  
  Tugmon Burials Wheatland Ceremony
  Tugmon Della  Mae       (Hodson) Spouse Thomas E  Row 55 Block 4W       Lot 98 Space 2  b 08-11-1901 d 11-12-1994
  Tugmon Thomas Edward Spouse Della  Row 55       Block 4W Lot 98 Space 1  b 01-22-1889 d 04-02-1964 WWI
  Tugmon Thomas Lee               Row 55  Block 4W Lot 98 Space 8  b 01-29-1926 d 10-31-1941
  --  Wheatland Cemetery, Wheatland, Wyoming, http://www.wheatlandtown.com/docs/cemetary/
  
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  Tugmon, Thomas Lee
  January 29, 1926 - October 31, 1941
  
  Thomas Lee Tugmon, 15, only son of Mr and Mrs T E Tugmon, died at Wheatland hospital Friday, October 31.  His health, which had never been very good, failed shortly after he returned from a hunting trip with his father.  He was born January 22 [sic], 1926, in Wheatland and had lived here all his life.  He attended the Wheatland schools, being a Freshman this year.  Services were held from the Watson and Dennis chapel Sunday [31 January 1926] at 2:30 with Rev Noyce in charge.  Survivors are: his parents, Mr and Mrs T E Tugmon, one sister Mrs Evelyn Marshall, besides other relatives and a host of friends.
  --  Obituaries, Wheatland Town, Wyoming, http://www.wheatlandtown.com/docs/cemetary/
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Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. Cemeteries of Wyoming
• 3. Obituaries from Wyoming
• 4. Ancestry Comments