Beulah Frances (Johnson) Seale (1866 - 1946)

Born 5 Apr 1866 in Bibb co. AL

Ancestors

Wife of Wyatt Henry Seale MD — married 29 Dec 1889 in Centerpoint, Kerr, TX

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1946 at age 80 in Marquez, Leon co. TX

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Biography

Beulah was b. 5 Apr 1866 in Bibb county, Alabama^[1] She was the dau. of John Washington and Catherine (Berry) Johnson.

Beulah would have met Wyatt Henry some time after 1878 when her family moved to Leon co. Texas. By the time Wyatt H finished at Memphis Hospital Medical College in 1889 the Beulah’s parents had moved to Kerr co. where Wyatt and Beulah were married, 29 Dec 1889^[2] although they settled initially in Marquez, Texas.

Recollections of Hazel Simons: “..Now Miss Beulah (that’s what she was called by every one) was a tall, slender, gracious lady, a true Christian in every way. She taught Sunday School class always and every kid that went to the Baptist Church in Marquez passed thru her class, even me. She was not a social person, her home was her castle, but I can think of no one who was more loved and respected than she. I went to her house as a child many times, especially in the summer time, she was always tending garden or flowers and her Bible was always in sight.”^[3]

Death

Beulah d. 29 Sep 1946^[4] and is buried in the Marquez Cemetery, Leon County, Texas . This cemetery is on land initially donated by her husband, Dr. Wyatt Henry Seale^[5]

Timeline

1870 Federal census, Bibb co. Alabama, living with her parents in 6 Mile, Brierfield.
1879 – Family moved to Leon co. Texas about 1879 – Edna b. AL in 1878, but in Leon TX census by 1880.

1880 Leon Co., Texas census^[6]
• "J W Johnson", 37, born Alabama, farmer, living on farm of T P Barton,
• Catherine, 36, born Alabama, father born Virginia, mother born in Alabama
• "Bulah" 14, born Alabama
• James M, 11, born Alabama
• Albert, 8; born Alabama
• Maud, 5; born Alabama
• "Ednar", 2, born Alabama
29 Dec 1889 – marriage to Wyatt Henry Seale, probably following his graduating from medical school, in Center Point, Kerr, Texas.
1896 - moved to Kerr County because Beulah’s “health failed”^[7]
1897 – son Albert Q was born in Center Point, Kerr, Texas. (obituary clipping)
1900 – Federal Census, Kerr co. Texas, location of her father, John Washington Johnson. ^[8]
1901 - “after 5 years [in Kerr county]… came back to the old Leon Co. home”^[9]
1910 Federal Census, living in Leon co. Texas. ^[10]
1920 – Federal census, Leon co. Texas, on Marquez and Barnesville Road.^[11]
1930 - Federal census, Leon co. Texas, son Vernon living with them.^[12]
1940 Federal Census, Marquez, Leon, Texas, East End. ^[13]
• Beulah Seale, age 78, widowed, completed two years of high school
• Vernon Seale, age 49, completed 3 years high school, not employed.

Sources

1. ↑ Death certificate of Wyatt Henry Seale gives location. Matches parents census records. Date from Wyatt Henry Seale Bible Record
2. ↑ Wyatt Henry Seale Bible Record
3. ↑ Communication of Hazel Simons, Waitsburg, WA, to RHSeale|1982
   
4. ↑ Texas, Death Certificates, Leon County, Jul-Sep 1946, #71169, database on-line, viewed RHSeale|2015
5. ↑ USGWarchives, headstone dates on cemetery headstone, section B-4
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch : 24 December 2015), Texas > Leon > Jewett > ED 89 > image 23 of 38; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
7. ↑ The Southland, Southland Publishing Co., Waco, Texas, May 1902, p108
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PW-SQD : Tue Oct 03 07:46:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Wyatt H Seale and Beulah Seale, 1900.
9. ↑ The Southland, Southland Publishing Co., Waco, Texas, May 1902, p108
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch : 24 June 2017), Texas > Leon > Justice Precinct 5 > ED 128 > image 4 of 42; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHYX-ZMC : Thu Nov 09 08:25:34 UTC 2023), Entry for W Henry Seale and Beulah Seale, 1920.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H6G3-W2M : Fri Oct 06 04:30:42 UTC 2023), Entry for Wyatt H Seale and Bula Seale, 1930.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch : accessed 1 January 2020), Texas > Leon > Justice Precinct 5, Marquez > 145-10 Justice Precinct 5, Marquez Town > image 8 of 14; citing 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.

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