Husband: Arthur Green Bee
Also known as: Marion Arthur Bee 1
Born: Nov-10-1841 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2,3
Died: Sep-10-1922 in Ritchie Co, WV 4,3
Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 3
Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 5,6
Occupation: miller 7
Military: Co G, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 3
Father: Ezekiel Bee (1800 - 1893)
Mother: Moriah Catherine Johnson (1809 - 1865)
Wife: Mary Catherine Watson 8,9 10
Married: Mar-21-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 11
Born: Jul-27-1843 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 12,2
Died: Jan- 1-1930 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 13
Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 12
Resided: in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 10
Father: George W. Watson (1822 - 1893)
Mother: Susan Divers (1820 - 1878)
Notes
M Child 1: Edward John Bee Census name: E. John Bee 7 Born: 1869 14,15 Died: 1942 14 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1870, 1900, 10 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: blacksmith 16,17,18,19 Wife: Arminda Calhoun b. Apr-10-1868 d. May-18-1950 Married: Oct-18-1893 in Ritchie Co, WV 2
F Child 2: Emmaretta Bee Born: ca 1871 7 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 3: Fernando Harl Bee Also known as: F. Harl Bee 12 Born: Feb-22-1873 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 12,20 Died: Sep-23-1943 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 12,20 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 3,12 Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 12 Wife: Henrietta Costilow b. ca 1874 d. Feb-20-1900 Married: Mar-11-1899 in Doddridge Co, WV 21 Wife: Clara Melrose Gribble b. Jan-12-1879 d. Jun-25-1950 Married: Jan-15-1903 in Ritchie Co, WV 22
F Child 4: Martha A. Bee Born: ca 1876 7,2 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Floyd Smith b. ca 1881 Married: Mar- 1-1900 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 23,24
F Child 5: Lillian Leota Bee Born: Jul-10-1878 in Ritchie Co, WV 25 Died: Feb- 8-1961 in Houston, Harris Co, TX 25 Census: 1880, 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Loyd Edwin Criss b. ca 1880 Married: Apr- 7-1901 in Ritchie Co, WV 2
M Child 6: James Doyle Bee Born: ca 1882 in Ritchie Co, WV 26 Resided: 1910 in Harrison Co, WV 26 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Alice Maude Bush b. ca 1884 Married: Nov-23-1910 in Harrison Co, WV 27
M Child 7: Walter Ezra Bee Census name: Ezrith W. Bee 17 Born: Jul-13-1886 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 28,14 Died: Oct- 1-1943 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 12,14 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 3 Occupation: farmer 12 Census: 1900, 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Viola Jane Mitchell b. Jul-16-1891 d. Jul-21-1977 Married: Jul-19-1911 in Ritchie Co, WV 2
Sources: (1) Death record of son. (2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (4) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 279. (6) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Berea District) (7) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District) (8) Marriage record of son. (9) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (10) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 238. (11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Arthur G. Bee, age 25, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Ezekiel & Marie; and Mary M. Watson, age 23, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of George & Susan. Married Mar 21 1867. (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 Mary C. Bee, widow of Arthur Bee, b. Jul 27 1843, dau of George & Susan (Divers) Watson; died Jan 1 1930 at Berea, burial at Pine Grove. (14) Headstone (year only) (15) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). (16) Birth record of son. (17) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (18) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (19) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (20) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1941-1955, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Dec 1998) (21) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as F. H. Bee, 26, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Henrietta Costilow, 25, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Mar 11 1899 "at the residence of S. Costilow of West Union" by N. E. Duckworth, a local preacher. Informants for marriage license: F. H. Bee & S. C. Costilow. MR p. 50 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793591&Type=Marriage. (22) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Fernando H. Bee, widowed, 28, of Ritchie Co; and Clara Gribble, 24, of Ritchie Co. Married Jan 15 1903. (23) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Floyd Smith, 19, of Doddridge Co; and Martha A. Bee, 24, of Ritchie Co. Married Mar 1 1900. (24) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (25) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ