Husband: Azariah Bee
Born: Aug-27-1844 near New Milton, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,2,3,4
Died: May- 5-1936 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 5,3,2
Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 6
Census: 1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1910 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Military: Co E, 6th WV Inf - Civil War 6
Father: Josiah Bee (1809 - 1886)
Mother: Priscilla Davis (1811 - 1859)
Wife: Sarah Melvian "Vena" Law
Also known as: Melvenia Law 7
Married: Jun-10-1869 in Gilmer Co, WV 8
Born: Mar- -1849 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA 9,2,4,10 (see note 1)
Died: Feb- 9-1926 in Ritchie Co, WV 5,2
Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 6
Census: 1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1910 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Thomas Thornhill Law (1820 - 1910)
Mother: Nancy Eakle (1822 - 1898)
Notes
M Child 1: Zed Bee Born: Jun- 2-1872 in Ritchie Co, WV 11,9,2,12 Died: Oct- 6-1968 in Amherst, Lorain Co, OH 13,11,2 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 6,14 Resided: in Elyria, Lorain Co, OH 13,15 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: barber 16,17,18 Wife: Fan Watson b. 1875 d. 1956 Also known as: Anna Watson 19 Married: Oct-12-1902 near Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 20
F Child 2: Eva Alice Bee Born: Jan-14-1874 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 21 Died: Sep- 8-1965 in Boulder, Boulder Co, CO 21 Resided: 1936 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL 22 Husband: Ira Sylvanus Goff b. Sep- 5-1876 d. Sep-22-1922 Married: Nov- 1-1898 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 21
F Child 3: Martha Bee Born: Jan- -1876 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,2,23 Died: 1971 2 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 6 Resided: 1936 in Follansbee, Brooke Co, WV 22 Census: 1880, 1900, 10 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1910 milliner (at home) 24 Husband: Howard Lee Batson b. Aug- -1873 d. 1920 Also known as: Lee Batson 25 Married: Oct-31-1895 in Ritchie Co, WV 26
M Child 4: Elza Hayes Bee 27 Also known as: Hayes Bee 28,22 Born: Feb- -1878 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,6,27 Died: Feb-27-1962 in Ritchie Co, WV 27 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 6 Census: 1900, 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Florence Oldaker b. Sep-22-1882 d. Mar- -1974 Married: 1903 24
F Child 5: Nancy Bee Born: Nov-29-1879 29,2 Died: Apr-23-1962 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 29,2 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 29,30 Resided: 1936 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 22 Census: 1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Homer William Rymer b. 1875 d. Oct-12-1925 Married: Dec-29-1898 in Ritchie Co, WV 23
M Child 6: Roy A. Bee Born: Nov- -1881 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,27,6,23 Died: Mar-14-1965 in Ritchie Co, WV 27 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 6 Resided: 1936 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 22 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1930 veterinary surgeon 18 Occupation: 1920 farmer 31 Wife: Theo May Ward b. Sep- -1881 d. Mar-17-1967 Married: Mar-24-1909 in Ritchie Co, WV 23
Sources: (1) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Obituary. (4) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) (5) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (7) Death record of son. (8) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989), Identified as Azariah Bee, 23, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Sarah M. Law, 20, of Gilmer Co. Married Jun 10 1869. (9) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (10) 1860 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA. (11) Social Security Death Index. (12) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (13) Death Record - Online. (14) Findagrave.com. (15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio in 1965. (16) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Auburn) (17) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Auburn District) (18) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (19) Birth record of son. (20) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11535688&Type=Marriage. (21) 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. 198. (22) Obituary of father. (23) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (24) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (25) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 285. (26) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Howard L. Batson, 22, of Ritchie Co; and Martha Bee, 19, of Ritchie Co. Married Oct 31 1895. (27) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) (28) Headstone. (29) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (30) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (31) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Berea District) Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone reported by "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries" as 1849, and birth date given as March 1849 in 1900 Census. But age at death of 79y11m7d reported "Ritchie County WV Deaths" would put birth date at Mar 2 1846. Note (2) Hayes Bee, b. Feb 1878, a day laborer, was listed as a boarder in the home of Henry C. Zinn and wife Julia. Hayes Bee and Julia Bee were second cousins.