Individual Details

Jason's wife's given name was Mollie.

A descendant had said his name was Jason Junius Finnicum - but his death record has Jason Mark.
New Mexico Deaths. Jason Mark Finnicum died 6 Jun 1925 in Albuquerque. He was age 24, born 15 February 1901. Place of bith given as Hereford, TX - but that seems unlikely. His spouse was Mollie. Father Mark Finnicum, b. Webb City, (Jasper Co) MO - mother Ina Humphreys, b. Windsor, MO. He was a machinist in the Hagan Coal Mine. (Hagan is now a ghost town in Sandoval Co, NM) He was buried in Dawson, New Mexico, 7 Jun 1925. (Dawson is also now a ghost town in Colfax Co, NM)

East of I-25, beyond the San Felipe Casino north of Albuquerque and down a dirt county road heading towards Madrid, lay the ruins of Hagan, New Mexico. Established in 1902, Hagan was yet another New Mexican town brought to life by coal, taking its name from mining investor William Hagan. Coal deposits had been discovered along the Una de Gato (Cat’s Claw) Arroyo and, by 1905, about 60 miners were living in Hagan, adjacent to the base of operations. Hagan had to wait a long time for the railroad, the life’s blood of any mining town. Hauling coal by wagon was so expensive that the mines were shut down by 1910. After a line was finally run to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe in 1924, following a couple failed attempts, the town’s population grew to about 500. Soon Hagan had running water, electricity, and toilets and some large structures were built, including Hagan Mercantile (shown above), then the largest adobe building in New Mexico. Cattle ranching and brick-making also became important ways of making a living in Hagan. However, the railroad had been running less than six years when the coal seam started to thin out around 1930. The town died quickly. A few folks stuck around until the very early 1940's, but the post office was already gone by 1931.
http://cityofdust.blogspot.com/2011/05/hagan-new-mexico.html

In 1901 the Dawson coal mine opened and a railroad was constructed from Dawson to Tucumcari and the town was born. Then in 1906, the Phelps Dodge company bought the mine and increased development. Dawson went on to have its own newspaper, the Dawson News, a theater, hotel, modern homes, hospital, baseball park, golf course, bowling alley and more. Dawson's high school basketball and football teams went on to win many awards. Then disaster struck, not once, but twice. On October 22, 1913 at 3:10 P.M., an explosion in the mine killed 263 minors plus two rescuers. Then on February 8, 1923 at 2 P.M., another explosion killed 120 men. Surprisingly though, the town didn't die, but rather went on until the mine was closed down in 1950. When the mine closed, Phelps Dodge sold the whole town, buildings and all, to be carried off to other locations. Today, the cemetery is the main thing to see at Dawson.
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nm/dawson.html

Birth	15 Feb 1901	New Mexico
Death	6 Jun 1925	Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Child

Robert Jason Finnicum (1924 - 1969)

Father	Mark Paul Finnicum (1870 - 1960)
Mother	Ina Humphrey (1872 - 1948)
Sibling	Charles Fredrick "Fred" Finnicum (1902 - 1935)
Sibling	Robert Finnicum (1905 - 1910)
Sibling	Donald Walter Finnicum (1907 - 1949)
Sibling	Ada Mae Finnicum (1909 - 1909)
Sibling	John Finnicum (1910 - 1920)
Sibling	Jessie Mae Finnicum (1912 - 1999)