Beulah Fisher (1903-1979), cousin and geneaologist, Two's cousin

Beulah Fisher (April 30, 1903 - April 13, 1979) 

Let's spotlight someone who provided a tremendous amount of Fisher geneaological information to the family in the 1960s and 1970s.   

Beulah was Two's first cousin on the Fisher side, just a few years younger than Two.   

Beulah had been married to a Mr. Martin, and widowed, and then lived with her parents and grandparents in Wood County West Virginia.  In 1942 she married William Edward Toney and they lived in places like Huntington, Milton, and Barboursville.   Her mother lived with the couple in her old age. 

As far as I know, the Toneys did not have children. After her husband died in 1971, Beulah lived another eight years alone,  and focused on geneological work during that time. 

Here is a letter Beulah wrote to Two: 

I am grateful for the work that Beulah did on family history.  She painstakingly typed out pages of information and made copies for each of the Fisher cousins.  

She wrote: 

"It is too bad we wait until all the older ones in the family are gone before we start to work on our family history.  I hope to add to this as I receive new information."

What would Beulah think of recent advances in technology that allow us to so easily search sources and share information?  I think she'd be thrilled!   I wish we knew more about Beulah.  She died in 1979 and is buried in the Staten cemetery.  

sources: 

1910, 1920, 1930, 1940 federal census

West Virginia birth index 

Social Security Death Index

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