Jul-28-2018
Husband: Elmus I. Bee
Born: Mar-12-1869 1,2 Died: Nov-12-1935 in Salem, WV 1,2 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 3 Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Resided: 1911 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1910 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: barber, Salem WV 1,5,6 Father: Benjamin Wilson Bee (1826 - 1911) Mother: Priscilla Hughes (1825 - 1888)
Wife: Ora L. Davis Married: Oct-22-1891 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
Born: Jun- -1870 8,7,2 Died: Jan- 4-1963 in Tyler Co, WV 9,2 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 3 Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1910 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1880 in Ritchie Co, WV 10 Father: T. F. Hyson Davis (1846 - ) Mother: Mary L. Goodwin (1844 - 1880) Notes
M Child 1: Glenn L. Bee Born: Oct- -1892 8 Census: 1910 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 5
F Child 2: June "Junie" Bee Born: Jun-15-1894 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 11,12,5 Died: Jul- 4-1996 12 Resided: in Polk City, Polk Co, FL 12 Resided: formerly in Ohio 13 Resided: 1938, 42 in Salem, WV 14,11 Census: 1910 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Husband: Sylvester Roy Hannah b. Oct-19-1889 d. Feb-16-1938 Husband: Okla Bernard Summers b. Sep- 9-1891 d. Jan- -1966 Married: May-23-1942 in Salem, WV 11
F Child 3: Clella Gay Bee Born: Feb-20-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,5 Died: Jul-24-1989 12 Resided: in Pinch, Kanawha Co, WV 15 Resided: 1957 in St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV 14 Resided: 1936 in Salem, WV 11 Resided: 1916 in Harrison Co, WV 11 Census: 1910 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Husband: Benjamin Irl Drummond b. Jun-21-1894 d. Oct-18-1924 Also known as: Ben I. Drummond 16 Married: Dec-21-1916 in Salem, WV 17 Husband: Hoy Bruce McCuskey b. Mar- 3-1881 d. Sep- 7-1957 Married: Jul- 3-1936 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 18
F Child 4: Dayda Fraud Bee Census name: Dada F. Bee 8,5 Born: Jan- 3-1900 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 19,12,8 (see note 1) Died: Apr- -1994 12 Resided: in Belpre, Washington Co, OH 15 Resided: 1953 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 19 Resided: 1919 in Harrison Co, WV 11 Husband: Ward L. Ashcraft b. Feb-12-1895 d. Jan- -1963 Married: Dec-20-1919 near Salem, WV 11 Divorced: bef Mar 1948 20 Husband: William Herbert Johnson b. Mar- 6-1897 Married: Dec-31-1953 in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 19
M Child 5: Raymond Walter Bee Born: Apr-28-1908 in Ritchie Co, WV 12,2 Died: Feb-11-1987 in Akron, Summit Co, OH 21,12,2 Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 3 Resided: in Tallmadge, Summit Co, OH 15 Resided: 1931 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV 11 Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: 1930 salesman (oil & gasoline) 6 Wife: Helen Beatrice Slike b. Dec-20-1907 d. May-23-1998 Married: Jan- 1-1931 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV
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. 103. (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (4) Obituary of father. (5) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Pullman) (6) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (8) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (9) Tyler County WV Deaths 1951-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 2000), Identified as Ora L. Bee, widowed, dau of H & Mary (goodwin) Davis, d. Jan 4 1963 in Sistersville at age 92. ("Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," incorrectly reports death date as Jan 4 1974.) (10) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (11) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (12) Social Security Death Index. (13) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio in 1966. (14) Death record of husband. (15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (16) Headstone. (17) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Ben Irl Drummond, 22. b. Ritchie, res. Pullman WV, son of E. I. & Alice; and Clella Gay Bee, 19, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Elmus & Ora. Married Dec 21 1916 at Salem WV. (18) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Hoy B. McCuskey, widowed, b. Mar 3 1881 in Wetzel Co, res. in Moundsville, Marshall Co WV, son of Bruce Ellwood & Abbie (Davis) McCuskey; and Clella Drummond, widowed, b. Feb 20 1897 in Doddridge Co, res. Salem, dau of Elmus I. & Ora (Davis) Bee. Married Jul 3 1936 in Clarksburg. (19) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (20) Record of husband's remarriage. (21) Death Record - Online. Event Notes Note (1) Marriage record of 1919 gives birthplace as Harrison County, but 1953 marriage record specifies Berea, Ritchie County.Name Index