Alabama Deaths and Burials Index
Name: Emma Merdith Pugh
[Emma Merdith Jenkins]
Birth Date: abt 1895
Death Date: 7 May 1966
Death Place: Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama
Death Age: 71
Gender: Female
Father Name: H L Jenkins
Mother Name: Georgia Bledsoe
FHL Film Number: 1909090
Hiram and Georgia's children: Bessie Elzia Jenkins married Grover Cleveland Leatherwood in 1913. Fannie married A.L. Hutchins. Charlie D. married Ollie Thrift. Emma married Clifford L. Pugh. Sudie married Tillmon E. Letherwood in 1916. Willie, a daughter, and A. Jost - no information. Alma married J. Frank Jones, William McKinley married Bertha Chestnut. Florence married Tony A. Alderson.
Alabama Marriages - Emma Jenkins and Hershel Alford married Dec. 21. 1913, Etowah County, AL Book "S", Page 273.
Alabama Marriages - Emma Alford, Age: 31, Birth Date: 1895, Marriage Date & Place: 16 Jun 1926, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, Spouse: Clifford Lee Pugh.
1920 Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL census:
(copied/pasted directly from record)
Charley Jenkins 27, head of household
Emma Alford 25, [divorced] sister to Charlie
Edith Alford 5
Ralph L Alford 3
Melba Alford 6 months
1930 Jefferson Co., AL census:
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Clifford L Pugh 40
Emma Pugh 35, wife
Herman L Pugh 20, son of C.L. Pugh
Pansy Pugh 14, daughter of C.L.
Clifford L Pugh 11, son of C.L.
Maudell Alford 15, step-daughter of Pugh
Leon Alford 14, step-son of Pugh
Melba Alford 10, step-daughter of Pugh
The Gadsden Times, Sunday, May 8, 1966: "Emma Meredith Pugh, 71, died Saturday at a local hospital. Services Monday 2 p.m. at Collier-Butler Funeral Home and burial in Crestwood Cemetery. Surviving son, Ralph Alford, Gadsden; daughters, Mrs. Melda Bieck, Indiana, Mrs. Edith Williams, Birmingham; sisters, Mrs. Florence Alderson, Birmingham, Mrs. Sudie Leatherwood, Anniston; brother, William Jenkins, Altoona. She was a native of Etowah County. Mrs. Pugh lived most of her life here." (daughter's name should be Melba Bieck, 7/4/1919-1/28/1993)
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Thank you to contributor #47195155 who shared the following information 11/13/2014: Emma's first husband and father of her 3 children was Hershel Alford. Hershel was a son of Walter Dean Alford and Geneva "Jennie" Spinks Alford. He was a grandson of Jefferson Alford. Submitter does not know where Hershel Alford is buried.
Alabama Deaths and Burials Index
Name: Emma Merdith Pugh
[Emma Merdith Jenkins]
Birth Date: abt 1895
Death Date: 7 May 1966
Death Place: Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama
Death Age: 71
Gender: Female
Father Name: H L Jenkins
Mother Name: Georgia Bledsoe
FHL Film Number: 1909090
Hiram and Georgia's children: Bessie Elzia Jenkins married Grover Cleveland Leatherwood in 1913. Fannie married A.L. Hutchins. Charlie D. married Ollie Thrift. Emma married Clifford L. Pugh. Sudie married Tillmon E. Letherwood in 1916. Willie, a daughter, and A. Jost - no information. Alma married J. Frank Jones, William McKinley married Bertha Chestnut. Florence married Tony A. Alderson.
Alabama Marriages - Emma Jenkins and Hershel Alford married Dec. 21. 1913, Etowah County, AL Book "S", Page 273.
Alabama Marriages - Emma Alford, Age: 31, Birth Date: 1895, Marriage Date & Place: 16 Jun 1926, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, Spouse: Clifford Lee Pugh.
1920 Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL census:
(copied/pasted directly from record)
Charley Jenkins 27, head of household
Emma Alford 25, [divorced] sister to Charlie
Edith Alford 5
Ralph L Alford 3
Melba Alford 6 months
1930 Jefferson Co., AL census:
(copied/pasted directly from record)
Clifford L Pugh 40
Emma Pugh 35, wife
Herman L Pugh 20, son of C.L. Pugh
Pansy Pugh 14, daughter of C.L.
Clifford L Pugh 11, son of C.L.
Maudell Alford 15, step-daughter of Pugh
Leon Alford 14, step-son of Pugh
Melba Alford 10, step-daughter of Pugh
The Gadsden Times, Sunday, May 8, 1966: "Emma Meredith Pugh, 71, died Saturday at a local hospital. Services Monday 2 p.m. at Collier-Butler Funeral Home and burial in Crestwood Cemetery. Surviving son, Ralph Alford, Gadsden; daughters, Mrs. Melda Bieck, Indiana, Mrs. Edith Williams, Birmingham; sisters, Mrs. Florence Alderson, Birmingham, Mrs. Sudie Leatherwood, Anniston; brother, William Jenkins, Altoona. She was a native of Etowah County. Mrs. Pugh lived most of her life here." (daughter's name should be Melba Bieck, 7/4/1919-1/28/1993)
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Thank you to contributor #47195155 who shared the following information 11/13/2014: Emma's first husband and father of her 3 children was Hershel Alford. Hershel was a son of Walter Dean Alford and Geneva "Jennie" Spinks Alford. He was a grandson of Jefferson Alford. Submitter does not know where Hershel Alford is buried.
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