Husband: Ezekiel Garfield Bee
Born: Nov-27-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,2 Died: Mar-18-1945 at Roanoke, Lewis Co, WV 3 Buried: Heavner Cemetery 3 Resided: at Roanoke, Lewis Co, WV 3 Resided: 1911 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1887 in Ritchie Co, WV 2 Occupation: farmer 2 Father: Benjamin Wilson Bee (1826 - 1911) Mother: Priscilla Hughes (1825 - 1888)
Wife: Lillie Estella Bond 3 5
Also known as: Lily E. Bond 2
Married: Mar- 9-1887 in Lewis Co, WV 6
Born: Jan-27-1863 in Roanoke, Lewis Co, WV 3,7
Died: Mar-17-1947 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 3
Buried: HeavnerCem, Roanoke 3
Resided: in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 3
Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Richard Bond (1814 - 1871)
Mother: Ann Eliza Crowell ( - 1871)
M Child 1: Orestes Earl "Ressie" Bee Census name: Rissie Bee 8 Born: Dec-29-1887 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 9,10,11 Died: Oct- 3-1960 in Farina, Fayette Co, IL 9,11 Buried: in Keens Chapel Cemetery, Iola, Clay Co, IL 12 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in Fayette Co, IL (see note 1) Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1930 machinist on cars 13 Wife: Jennie Rochelle Keen b. Mar-21-1897 d. Apr-18-1972 Married: Apr- 9-1914 in Illinois 9
M Child 2: Charles O. Bee Born: Apr-29-1889 in West Virginia 14,10 Died: Oct- -1972 14 Resided: in Alma, Marion Co, IL 15 Census: 1930 in Marion Co, IL Census: 1920 in Fayette Co, IL (see note 2) Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 13 Wife: Agnes Page "Billie" Crooker b. Oct-18-1892 d. Apr- -1976 Married: ca 1922 13
F Child 3: Emma G. Bee 16 Born: Feb- 1-1891 16,17 Died: Nov- -1976 14 Resided: in Griffithsville, Lincoln Co, WV 14 Resided: formerly in Chesapeake, Lawrence Co, OH 17,18 Husband: George Estey Sharps b. Nov- 4-1883 Also known as: E. G. Sharps 19 Married: Jun-26-1907 in Ritchie Co, WV 20
F Child 4: Bessie Falsom Bee Census name: Bess F. Born: Mar-19-1893 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Died: Aug-12-1941 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1910, 1930, 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Nile Bayne b. Jun-12-1893 d. Aug- 4-1938 Married: Oct- 7-1916 in Ritchie Co, WV 21
F Child 5: Ina Mae Bee Born: Apr-26-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Died: Jun-10-1938 in Roanoke, Lewis Co, WV 3 Buried: 7th Day Bapt Cem 3 Resided: in Roanoke, Lewis Co, WV 3 Census: 1920, 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: William L. Toothman b. ca 1892 Married: Jun-16-1917 in Doddridge Co, WV 22
M Child 6: Harry Segar Bee Born: Aug-18-1898 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 23,14,11 Died: Nov-15-1987 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 24,14,11 Buried: in Pleasant Hill UM Cemetery, near Kincheloe, Harrison Co, WV 23,25 Resided: in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 23,26 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: coal miner, construction worker 23 Military: World War I 23 Wife: Lorrayne R. Hughes b. 1900 d. Mar- 4-1970 Also known as: Lorene Hughes 27 Married: Dec-23-1922 28
M Child 7: Bernard Wilson Bee Born: Apr-26-1902 in Ritchie Co, WV 14,7 Died: Dec- -1977 14 Resided: in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 26 Resided: 1932 in Lewis Co, WV 7 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Mabel Strader b. ca 1911 Married: Nov-19-1932 in Lewis Co, WV 29
F Child 8: Wilma Farena Bee Born: Jun- 2-1909 at Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 2,14,11 Died: Nov- 2-1992 14,11 Buried: in Mitchell Cemetery, Walkersville, Lewis Co, WV 12 (see note 3) Resided: in Cameron, Marshall Co, WV 26 Resided: 1960, 1987 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 2,30 Census: 1930 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Aubrey Lee Williams b. Sep-20-1904 d. Sep-24-1958 Married: Dec-12-1925 in Lewis Co, WV 31 Husband: Ralph Baker b. Aug-26-1896 d. Jun- -1973 Married: Jun-18-1960 at Valley Chapel, Lewis Co, WV 2
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) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (4) Obituary of father. (5) Death record of daughter. (6) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994), Identified as Ezekiel Bee, 26, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Benjamin W. & Priscilla Bee; and Lily E. Bond, 22, b. & res. in Lewis Co, dau of (blank). Married Mar 9 1887 in Lewis County at the residence of Mrs. Eliza Bond. MR p. 133. (7) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994) (8) 1910 Census. (9) Immediate family. (10) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (11) Headstone (year only) (12) Findagrave.com. (13) 1930 Census. (14) Social Security Death Index. (15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Illinois before 1951. (16) Elizabeth Witter Clarke Lerman, Dayton, OH 45406