Beulah Eulala (Hildreth) Fleming (1876 - 1945)

Born 25 Feb 1876 in Coffee, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Franklin Sidney Fleming — married 19 Nov 1893 in Enterprise, Coffee, Alabama, United States of America

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1945 at age 69 in Coffee, Alabama, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Hildreth Name Study.

Birth and Parents: Beulah Hildreth was born on 25 February 1876 in Coffee County, Alabama. She was known as Beulah Eulala and Beulah Elizabeth. The name written in the family Bible was "Ulaler Buler."^[1] In the index of marriage records, her name is recorded as "Telula." ^[2] She was the daughter of Reverend Robert Henry Jackson Hildreth (1846-1907) and Julia Spikes (Hamner) Hildreth (1845-1892).^[3]

1880 United States Census, Enumeration District 42, Mount Olive, Butler County, Alabama:^[4]

Marriage: She and Francis Sidney "Frank" Fleming were married on 19 November 1893 in Coffee County, Alabama.^[2][5][6] According to family historians James Wilson Newman Sr. and William Alton Wilson Sr, authors of the book The Hildreth Family, she and Frank were the parents of nine children, but census records indicate the possibility of a tenth child who died young.^[7]

1900 United States Census, Enumeration District 54, Enterprise Village, Coffee County, Alabama: According to the record, Eulala and Frank S. Fleming had been married for six years and Eulala had given birth to four children, four of whom were still alive.^[8]

1910 United States Census, Enumeration District 105, Geneva, Geneva County, Alabama: According to the record, Bula E. Fleming had given birth to eight children, seven of whom were still living.^[9]

1920 United States Census, Enumeration District 108, Geneva, Geneva County, Alabama:^[10]

1930 United States Census, Enumeration District 24, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama:^[11]

Beulah's husband, F. S. Fleming, passed away in 1939.^[12]

1940 United States Census, Enumeration District 31-19B, Geneva, Geneva County, Alabama:^[13]

Death and Burial: Beulah Hildreth Fleming passed away on 06 April 1945 in Coffee County, Alabama.^[3] She was buried in Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Geneva County, Alabama.^[6][14] Eight sons and daughters were mentioned in her obituary: Mrs. Wesley Carr, Mrs. Mary Francis Metcalf, A. L. Fleming, B. F. Fleming, and R. C. Fleming, C. C. Fleming, H. H. Fleming, and M. W. Fleming. (Son Glen J. died in 1924.)

Known Children:

1. Albert Lamar Fleming (1894-1973)
2. Benjamin Franklin Fleming (1896-1959)^[15]
3. Charles Clifford Fleming (1897-1968)
4. Henry Howard Fleming (1900-1981)^[16]
5. Glen Jackson Fleming (1903-1924)^[17]
6. Julia Ethlyn (Fleming) Carr (1905-2002)^[18]
7. Mary Frances (Fleming) Metcalf (1908-1980)
8. Unnamed Fleming (born and died between 1900-1910)
9. Richard Cleon Fleming (1914-1981)^[19][20]
10. Maxwell Woodrow Fleming (1916-1975)

Sources

1. ↑ "Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981," Ancestry.com, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.0116. Image for Ancestry.com subscribers or Ancestry Sharing Link
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Alabama, Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935," Ancestry.com, citing WPA Indices to Marriage Records, by County, 1814-1935. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. Image for Ancestry.com subscribers or Ancestry Sharing Link
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6MN-RQG : 15 February 2018), Beula Fleming, 06 Apr 1945; citing reference cn 6421, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,794.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4J3-5PT : 12 August 2017), Buler Hildreth in entry for Robert Hildreth, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 42, sheet 505C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0004; FHL microfilm 1,254,004.
5. ↑ Hathaway, Warrine Sheppard, Coffee County, Alabama Marriage Records, Enterprise, Alabama, 1907-1933, Elba, Alabama, 1877-1930, 1998. (Mobile Public Library)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Mrs. Beulah Fleming Dies of Heart Attack, Downtown Drug Store," The Enterprise Ledger" (Enterprise, Alabama), 13 Apr 1945, p. 1, col. 2; image copy, ‘’Newspapers.com’’ (http://www.newspapers.com: accessed 23 Jan 2021).
7. ↑ Newman, James Wilson Sr., William Alton Newman Sr., The Hildreth Family: (Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), pages 38-55. Personal Library of Nelda G. Spires.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98W-W5H : accessed 23 January 2021), Eulala B Heming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54, sheet 6B, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,009.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQL-427 : accessed 21 September 2019), Bula E Fleming in household of Franklin S Fleming, Geneva, Geneva, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 105, sheet 6A, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 14; FHL microfilm 1,374,027.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXZP-CQF : accessed 21 September 2019), Beulah Flemming in household of Frank F Flemming, Geneva, Geneva, Alabama, United States; citing ED 108, sheet 2A, line 18, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 16; FHL microfilm 1,820,016.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3XSS-36Z : accessed 21 September 2019), Bulah Fleming in household of Frank Fleming, Enterprise, Coffee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 5A, line 37, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 8; FHL microfilm 2,339,743.
12. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDYZ-47X : 11 January 2021), Mrs. F. S. Fleming in entry for F. S. Fleming, 1939.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1GD-G56 : 27 July 2019), Beulah Fleming, Election Precinct 10, Geneva, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-19B, sheet 1A, line 21, family 5, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 34.
14. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 21 September 2019), memorial page for Beulah Eulala Hildreth Fleming (1876–1944), Find A Grave: Memorial #77738805, citing Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Geneva County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Jim Frank Martin Jr (contributor 48173843).
15. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6BF-F9L : 15 February 2018), Buelah Hildreth in entry for Benjamin Franklin Fleming, 27 Feb 1959; citing reference 2412, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,937.
16. ↑ “U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” images, Ancestry.com (accessed 23 Jan 2021), card for Henry Howard Fleming, form: 1850, no. 2119. United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.
17. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDJZ-KRC : 15 February 2018), Beulah Hildreth in entry for Glenn J. Fleming, 10 May 1924; citing reference cn 17180, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,262.
18. ↑ Ancestry.com, "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Ancestry Record (Record only, no image)
19. ↑ "Alabama Births and Christenings, 1881-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VKL-YTZM : 10 March 2020), Beaulah F. Fleming in entry for MM9.1.1/4VKL-YT3Z:, 1914.
20. ↑ "Miss Hobkirk of Plant City is Church Bride," The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida), 08 Aug 1937, p. 26, col. 1; image copy, ‘’Newspapers.com’’ (http://www.newspapers.com: accessed 23 Jan 2021).