Bingham - McElwreath - Family Histories

Hiram Bingham was born June 28, 1856 while his parents were crossing the Mississippi River on a ferry boat between Louisiana and Mississippi. He came to Texas on the second train that ever entered Fort Worth. On Christmas Day 1876, he came to Trickham, where he met and married Pelona Lingo McElwreath, born November 30, 1851, on January 18, 1877, the daughter of Martin and Sarah (Blair) McElwreath. Martin was born January 11, 1811 in Scotland, and Sarah, April 17, 1831, in Georgia. They moved from Georgia to Trickham about 1874. Martin's son, Joe, came to Trickham in 1873. He traded a broken-back mule to someone for 160 acres of land. He built a log home and sent for his father and family. The children of Hiram and Pelona were: William (Dick) Green, July 7, 1878-1921; Beula, March 15, 1880 on Grindstone Creek in Parker County; Robert Lee, March 25, 1882-1970; Thomas (Tom) Daniel, April 14, 1885-1972; and Osborn, July 8, 1887-1904. In 1890, Pelona died of Typhoid Fever, and Beula went to live with her grandmother, Sarah. Hiram died soon after, and Sarah was left with several grandchildren to raise. She worked at whatever she could to make a living and studied medicine from her "doctor books." She was soon in demand for births and caring for the sick. She answered calls for her mid-wife services from as far away as Santa Anna, most often riding horseback.

Beula married (1) Alonzo (Lon) Money, October 7, 1896. They had one son, Autrey, born July 7, 1897. Later, Lon and his twin brother, (see James Thomas Stacy) Lynn, were swimming in Mukewater Creek when the water was low. They soon developed Typhoid Fever and both died, each leaving a young wife and baby. Beula married (2) Joe Kingston, November 18, 1900. He died March 28, 1938. Autrey was killed in an airplane crash in San Angelo, November 30. 1932, buried at Trickham. Beula lived most of her life in Trickham, until, due to ill health, she moved to the Bangs Rest Home, November 30, 1962. She died there April 10, 1970, buried in Trickham. "Aunt Beula," as she was called by her friends, never missed a church service, and was deeply concerned for the well-being of all who knew her.

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Beula Kingston of Trickham