Jul-28-2018
Husband: Augustus J. Smith Bee 1 Also known as: Smith Bee 2,3
Born: Sep-12-1837 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 4,5,6 Died: May-25-1885 6 Buried: in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Resided: 1864 in Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: doctor 7 Father: Ephraim Bee (1802 - 1888) Mother: Catharine Davis (1804 - 1852)
Wife: Eveline Wilson Married: Jun- 2-1864 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
Born: Aug- -1836 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 9,5,6 Died: 1920 6 Buried: in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Census: 1900 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1864 in Ritchie Co, WV 5 Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Archibald J. Wilson (1801 - 1866) Mother: Elizabeth Hudkins (1809 - 1892) Notes
M Child 1: Ephraim Ardin Bee Census name: Dr. Ardin Bee 10 Born: Apr- -1866 9 Census: 1900, 1910 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870, 80 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: physician 9 Wife: Ella Myers b. ca 1873 Wife: Jessie E. ___ b. ca 1872 Married: ca 1903 10
F Child 2: Catharine E. "Kate" Bee Census name: Kate 11,12 Born: ca 1866 in Ritchie Co, WV 13 Census: 1910, 1920 in Ross Co, OH Census: 1870 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Henry S. Upton b. ca 1863 Married: Apr-20-1890 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
M Child 3: Fonton Bee Census name: Font Bee Born: Feb- -1868 in Ritchie Co, WV 14,8 Census: 1910, 1920 in Ross Co, OH Census: 1870, 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1910 grocery clerk Wife: Sarah Ellifritt b. Jul- -1876 Also known as: Sarah Ellefritt 5 Married: Oct- 2-1892 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
F Child 4: Molly Bee Also known as: Mollie Bee 5,13 Born: Mar- 3-1870 in Ritchie Co, WV 15 Died: Nov-25-1953 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 15 Buried: in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 15 Resided: in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 15 Husband: Thornton Luther Shafer b. ca 1868 d. bef Nov 1953 Married: May-14-1894 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
F Child 5: Emma Bee Born: May-12-1872 16 Died: Nov- 6-1875 17 Buried: in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 7
F Child 6: Gay Bee Born: Dec- -1876 9 (see note 1) Census: 1900 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 7: Josiah Bee Born: Aug- -1877 9 Census: 1900 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1900 tool dresser 9
Sources: (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 281. (2) Death record of daughter. (3) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (4) 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. 55. (5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (6) Headstone (year only) (7) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (9) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) (10) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) (11) 1910 Census. (12) 1920 Census. (13) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay Twp) (14) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (15) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (16) Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death. (17) Headstone. Event Notes Note (1) Age 6 in 1880 Census would put birth in about 1874. But 1900 Census gives age as 23 at states birth date as Dec 1876.Name Index