Individual Details

If Gladys was truly born in Texas in 1898, then the family had recently moved to Indian Territory. They were living in the Choctaw Nation in 1900.

1920 McAlester Oklahoma, City Directory
Haden, Albert C. (Mary C), storekpr Okla State Pen. residence: Talawanda Hghts
Haden, Mary, tchr, boards with A. C. Haden
Haden, Gladys, tchr Eugene Fields School, boards with A. C. Haden

Thomas Edgar Fenley is not the husband of Mary Gladys - she was married to a Tom Watson Finley. FamilySearch had these very confused. He was married to Gladys Mae Peacock, 13 Jan 1924, Miller Co, AR,

18 May 1935. Gladys Haden married Tom W. Finley, Cass Co, TX, 18 May 1935, or in Paris, Lamar Co. Record is in both places.
A daughter Robby Finley is listed as born 24 Oct 1934, no digital image. She was apparently an adopted child.

Thomas Watson Finley, served as a Seaman, 2nd Clas in the US Navy, from Marietta, TX, in World War I. He enlisted 23 Jul 1918, discharged 15 Mar 1919. Birth given as 20 May 1897.
He died 2 Oct 1972 in Linden, Cass Co, TX

31 Aug 1931. Letter from J.B. Haden to his brother Jimmie, said that Albert's folk, Mollie, Mary & Elizabeth had been to visit. In another place he mentioned two granddaughters of his brother. There were certainly three daughters listed with Albert in 1910.

Seminole Producer, Seminole, OK, Tuesday, 21 May 1935, p.3
Gladys Haden Married In Texas On Saturday
Announcement has been received here of the wedding of Miss Gladys Haden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Haden of McAlester, and Mr. Thomas W. Findlay of Linden, Texas. The ceremony took place on Saturday evening, May 18, in Paris, Texas. The Baptist minister of that city, who is a long-time friend of the groom's, officiated.
The bride's mother and her two sisters, Miss Mary Jane Haden and Miss Elizabeth Haden, were present for the ceremony. She wore a handsome frock of navy blue crepe trimmed with dusky pink. Her hat was of navy blue taffeta and her other accessories were alsp blue.
The couple will live in Linden, Texas, where Mr. Findlay holds a county position.
Mrs. Findlay recently completed her third as teacher of home economics in the high school here. sher received her B.A. degree from Southeastern State Teachers' College in Durant, and took her M.A. degree at Columbia University in New York City.

1940 Census. Linden, Cass, TX, Hh 264
Tom Finley, 42, b. TX lived same place in 1935, Tax Collector for Cass Co
Gladys, wife, 38, b. TX, Teacher, Public School
Roby G. Hogge, orphan, 5, female, b. TX lived in rural Cass Co in 1935

Texas Dept of Health - 1934 Births
Finley, Robby, Oct, 24, Female. Mother - Gladys Haden. Father - Tho Finley.

1950 Census. Linden, Cass, TX, Hh 220
Tom Finley, 52, b. TX, Owner, operator, Grocery Store
Gladys, wife, 49, b. TX, English teacher, country school
Roby, dau, 15, b. TX
Mary Lou Hogge, Lodger, 17, b. MD

In the California Death Index:
Gladys Finley, born 8 Oct 1898, died on 20 Oct 1993 in Orange County. Her mother's maiden name was Holt, her father's surname, Haden.

Longview News-Journal, Longview, TX, Frday, 22 Oct 1993, p.31
Gladys Finley
LINDEN - Services for Gladys Finley will be 2 pm Sunday at Haaland Family Funeral Home with the Rev. D. C. Mangum officiating.
Burial will be in Linden Cemetery.
Mrs. Finley died Wednesday night in Orange, Calif.
She was born Oct 8, 1898, in Ladonia.
Mrs. Finley was a school teacher in Linden and in Oklahoma for 45 years.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Robyn and Bill Robertson of Las Creces, N.M>; sisters, Mary Jane Haden and Elizabeth Parish, both of Orange; granddaughters, Shari Robertson, susan Erickson, and Louann Robertson; and great-grandson, William Erickson.

Birth	8 Oct 1898	Texas
Marriage	18 May 1935	Cass County, Texas - Thomas Watson Finley
Death	20 Oct 1993	Orange County, California

Spouse	Thomas Watson Finley (1897 - 1972)
Child	Living

Father	Albert Claudius Haden (1875 - 1953)
Mother	Mary Catherine "Mollie" Holt (1875 - 1966)
Sibling	Mary Jane Haden (1901 - 1996)
Sibling	Elizabeth Gertrude Haden (1910 - 1999)