Husband: John Davis Bee
Born: Dec-26-1811 in New Jersey 1,2 (see note 1) Died: Mar-12-1868 1 Buried: (unmarked) in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 3,4 Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: formerly at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Asa Bee (1756 - 1826) Mother: Rhoda Cox
Wife: Ingaby Davis 6,4
Census name: Ingabe
Married: Jun-14-1835 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7
Born: Feb-11-1819 3,8
Died: Mar-31-1911 3
Buried: (unmarked) in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 3
Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 9
Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Alden, Freeborn Co, MN
Resided: formerly at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: George J. Davis (1790 - 1868)
Mother: Catherine Davis (1788 - 1869)
F Child 1: Ruhama A. Bee Also known as: Luhama Bee 10 Born: Sep- 7-1837 10 Died: Jul-21-1934 10 Resided: in Roane Co, WV 11,10 Census: 1870 in Freeborn Co, MN Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Johnson H. Davis b. Feb-28-1836 d. 1881 Married: Oct- 6-1858 in Doddridge Co, WV 10 Husband: Levi Walker
F Child 2: Telitha Bee Born: Jun-30-1839 12 Died: Dec-12-1840 12
F Child 3: Cordelia D. Bee Born: Jun- 5-1842 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 13,14 (see note 2) Died: Feb- 1-1921 12 Buried: in Hazelgreen (Buzzard) Cemetery (btwn Co Rds 19/4 & 19/5), Ritchie Co WV 3 Census: 1920 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 3) Resided: 1911 at Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Census: 1870 in Alden, Freeborn Co, MN Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Henry Leonis Goff b. Oct-24-1845 d. Sep-20-1916 Married: Sep-11-1873 in Ritchie Co, WV 15
M Child 4: Joel Green Bee Born: Jul-23-1843 16,8 Died: Apr- 6-1919 in Kanawha, Wood Co, WV 17 Resided: 1911 at Walker Station, Wood Co, WV 11 Resided: 1904 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 18 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870 in Freeborn Co, MN (see note 4) Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: teacher, farmer 8,17 Wife: Sarah S. Davisson b. ca 1857 d. bef Jun 1900 Married: Jul-12-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 19 Wife: Amelia Wieneke b. Aug-22-1863 d. Nov-23-1941 Married: Apr- 3-1904 in Kanawha, Wood Co, WV 20
M Child 5: Estee Bee Also known as: S. T. Bee 21 Born: Apr-17-1845 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 22,23 Died: Dec-28-1926 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 17,23 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 3,17 Resided: at Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: doctor 11,8,17 Wife: Caroline Wells Married: Apr-28-1867 12 Wife: Martha A. Hunt b. Jan-26-1856 d. Dec-18-1946 Married: Mar-19-1888 12
M Child 6: Albert D. Bee Born: Aug-30-1848 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 24,25,3 Died: Jan-23-1944 in Doddridge Co, WV 25,26,3 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 3,25 Resided: at Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Census: 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870 in Alden, Freeborn Co, MN Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 8 Wife: Mary Melissa Clark b. Mar-10-1851 d. Apr-29-1914 Also known as: Melissa Clark 27 Married: Feb- 4-1875 in Doddridge Co, WV 25,19
F Child 7: Lovera M. Bee Census name: Lavera M. Bee 8 Born: Oct- -1850 8 Census: 1880, 1900, 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870 in Alden, Freeborn Co, MN Never married: 28
M Child 8: Ira H. Bee Born: Jan-11-1855 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 14,29 Died: Jan-23-1944 12 Resided: in Walton, Roane Co, WV 12 Census: 1920 in Morgan Co, TN Resided: 1882, 1911 in Roane Co, WV 29,11 Census: 1870 in Alden, Freeborn Co, MN Occupation: Baptist minister 30 Wife: Olive E. Bee b. ca 1855 Married: May-31-1878 in Ritchie Co, WV 14 Wife: Darthuly Hunt b. ca 1860 Also known as: Deafielda Hunt 12 Married: Mar- 4-1882 in Roane Co, WV 31
Sources: (1) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 356. (2) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 280. (5) Obituary of wife. (6) Marriage record of son. (7) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (8) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (9) Obituary. (10) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 132. (11) Obituary of mother. (12) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 72. (13) Headstone. (14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (15) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Henry L. Goff, age 27, b. Braxton Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Joseph H. & Angeline S.; and Cordelia Bee, age 23, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of John. Married Sep 11 1873. (16) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (17) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (18) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (19) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (20) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as Joel Green Bee, 60, b. Doddridge Co, res. Berea (Ritchie Co); and Amelia Byrd, 40, b. Wood Co, res. Kanawha (Wood Co). Married Apr 3 1904 "at the home of the Bride.", MR p. 226. (21) Death record of wife. (22) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). The record states his birthdate as Apr 17 1846. But the record also states his age as 81y 8m 11d, which would put his birthdate at Apr 17 1845. Since his headstone birth date reads 1845, that is presumably the correct year. (23) Headstone (year only) (24) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/doddridge/vitals/birth.txt. (25) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 135. (26) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (27) Obituary of daughter. (28) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (29) Roane County WV Marriages 1856-1919, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Mar 1988) (30) 1920 Census. (31) Roane County Marriage Records, Spencer, WV. Event Notes Note (1) "Ritchie County in History & Romance," p. 280, reports birth date as 1813. Note (2) Age 23 reported at time of Sep 1873 marriage would put birth at about 1850, but headstone reads Jun 5 1842. Death date blank on headstone. Note (3) in household of son Joseph H. Goff Note (4) Identified a Joel Bee, 27, b. W.Va., farm laborer, in household of John W. & Mary B. Ayars (both b. N.J.) and their family. Relationships not given. The census form revealed no nearby persons with the Bee surname or of West Virginia birth.