John Wiley Kerby
(1855-1936)
Mary Elizabeth Luvina Couch
(1860-1949)

Beaulah May Kerby
(1891-1949)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Harvey Carroll Miles

Beaulah May Kerby 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 27 Jun 1891, Texas 7
  • Marriage (1): Harvey Carroll Miles on 27 Aug 1908 in , Mills County, Texas 1
  • Died: 24 Jul 1949, Lampasas, Lampasas County, Texas at age 58 7 8
  • Buried: 25 Jul 1949, Center City Cemetery, Center City, Mills County, Texas 7 9

   Cause of her death was cerebral hemorrhage due to hypertension.7

   Another name for Beaulah was Beaulah May Kirby.7

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  General Notes:

In the 1920 census Beulah's parents were reported to have been born in Texas. In the 1930 census, the father was listed as born in Texas, but the mother in Arkansas. The death certificate showed John Kirby and Mary Kauhs as her parents both born in Texas. The informant was her son Robert M. Miles.

Mrs. H. C. Miles
Beaulah May Kirby Miles was born June 27, 1891 in Coryell County, Texas. At the age of 17 she was converted and joined the North Bennett Baptist Church of Mills County. She was married to Harvey Carrol Miles, August 27, 1908, and helped bury him October 2, 1941. Mrs. Miles passed away July 24, 1949 at 11:23 o'clock a.m. in the Rollins-Brook hospital in Lampasas, Texas, after having suffered a severe stroke.

She is survived by six sisters, three brothers, eight children: Luvina Ellen Solomon, Odessa, Julius Carrol, Doyle Truman and Olan Thurber Miles, all of Moline, Texas, Robert Melton, Goldthwaite, Texas, Janie May, Harvey Wayne, and Charles Kirby, all of Star, Texas, fifteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The funeral services, conducted by Rev. Bill Hogue, were at the Baptist Church of Star, Texas. She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Center City Cemetery at 5:00 p.m., Monday, July 25, 1949 10

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  Additional Information:

• Death Certificate Image: here.

• FindAGrave: Memorial# 30684889.


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Beaulah married Harvey Carroll Miles, son of Rev Charles Harvey Miles and Louisa Jane Grimes, on 27 Aug 1908 in , Mills County, Texas.1 (Harvey Carroll Miles was born on 6 Mar 1890 in , Mills County, Texas,11 12 died on 2 Oct 1941 in , Mills County, Texas 8 12 13 and was buried in Center City Cemetery, Center City, Mills County, Texas 13 14.). The cause of his death was carcinoma of stomach.7


  Marriage Notes:

They were married by Rev. L. L. Hays. In the 1930 census, Harvey gave his age at marriage as 19. Beulah gave her age as 17. That would make the marriage year 1909, not 1908.

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Sources


1 Mills County, Texas, Marriage Record, Book 3 , 1905-1912, page 154.

2 1910 United States Federal Census, Justice Precinct 2, Mills, Texas; Roll T624_1578; Page: 14 B; ED: 206; Image: 452. Repository: Ancestry.com.

3 1920 United States Federal Census, Justice Precinct 2, Mills, Texas; Roll T625_1834; Page: 5A; ED: 167; Image: 378. Repository: Ancestry.com.

4 1930 United States Federal Census, Precinct 2, Mills, Texas; Roll 2377; Page: 5A; ED: 4; Image: 660.0. Repository: Ancestry.com.

5 Denise Preiss, Descendants of Charles Miles (genealogy report, 16 Sep 2009), Her source was the records of Charles Kerby Miles.

6 1940 United States Federal Census, Mills, Texas; Roll: T627_4107; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 167-4. Repository: Ancestry.com.

7 Death Certificate (Official Document), Certificate Number: 41250.

8 Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, Repository: Ancestry.com.

9 FindAGrave.com, Memorial# 30684889.

10 The Goldthwaite Eagle, 5 Aug 1949. Copy reprinted on page 391 of the Mills County Newspaper Obituaries from 1908 thru 1952 compiled by the Hamilton County Genealogy Society in 2006.

11 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Mills County, Texas; Roll 1983491; Draft Board: 0. Repository: Ancestry.com.

12 Tombstone.

13 Death Certificate (Official Document), Certificate Number: 47218.

14 FindAGrave.com, Memorial# 30684855.


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