Apr-24-2012                   

             Husband: Ezekiel Bee    

                Born: Aug-28-1800          in Fetterman, Taylor Co, (W)VA  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Feb-20-1893          in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  3,4,2
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  3
             Resided: aft 1857             in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  2,4
             Resided: bef 1857             in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  2,5
          Occupation:                      minister  2,5
              Father: Asa Bee 
              Mother: Rhoda Cox 
Other spouse 2

                Wife: Elizabeth Rogers   2  

                Died: Jun-26-1829           4
              Father:
              Mother:

           M Child 1: Benjamin Wilson Bee 2     
       Also known as: Wilson Bee 6,7,8
                Born: Jan-22-1826          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  4,9,10
                Died: Apr-15-1911          in Salem, WV  11

           M Child 2: John Nelson Bee      
       Also known as: Nelson Bee 7,8
                Born: Jul-22-1827          in Pennsylvania  12
                Died: Sep-13-1921          in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  13


Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing 
Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 279. 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West 
Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(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. 356. 
(5) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(6) Marriage record of son. 
(7) Death record of daughter. 
(8) Death record of son. 
(9) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(10) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(11) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Benjamin W. Bee, white 
male, stone cutter, married; died Apr 15 1911 at Salem, age 85 yr 3 mo.  (Note:  Obituary 
states death date as Apr 22 1911.), DR p. 12 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=109435&Type=Death. 
(12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(13) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as John N. Bee, widowed, 
farmer, b. Jul 22 1827 at unknown location in U.S., d. Sep 13 1921 at Berea.  Father:  
Ezekiel Bee, b. in New Jersey.  Mother:  unknown.  Burial in Berea.  Informant:  S. 
Collins, Berea (relationship, if any, not stated). 

Event Notes
Note (1) But son John Nelson Bee's death record states father's birthplace as New
Jersey.

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