Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
Home Search Login  
Share Print Bookmark
Elizabeth BEE

Elizabeth BEE

Female 1844 - 1910  (65 years)

Personal Information    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Elizabeth BEE 
    Born 8 May 1844  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 1910  [4, 5] 
    Buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I32682  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2008 

    Father Ezekiel BEE,   b. 28 Aug 1800, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1893, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Moriah Catherine JOHNSON,   b. 1 Jul 1809,   d. 9 Aug 1865  (Age 56 years) 
    Family ID F11282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Marshal MEREDITH,   b. Sep 1841, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1912  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1864  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 6 1900:
      James M. Meredith, 58, b. Sep 1841, farmer, married 35 yrs; wife Elizabeth, 56, b. May 1844, mother of 5 children (4 still living); son Fred, 23, b. Oct 1876; dau Orpha, 19, b. Mar 1881; nephew Ashby Bee, 15, b. May 1885 in W.Va., both parents b. W.Va.; niece Esther Meredith, 27, b. May 1873; boarder Gertrude Kelly, 23, b. May 1876.

      1910 Census, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV, enumerated on Apr 19 1910:
      One of 29 boarders at East Main Street was Ashber Bee, 26, b. W.Va., father b. W.Va., mother b. Ohio.

      1920 Census, Preston Co, WV, enumerated on Jan 14 1920:
      Ashby B. Bee, 36, coal miner; wife May, 36; son Willie (Willis?), 8; dau Orpha, 5.
    Children 
     1. John E. MEREDITH,   b. CA 1867
     2. Etta MEREDITH,   b. 30 Nov 1872, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1943, Landover, Prince Georges Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     3. Fred MEREDITH,   b. Oct 1876,   d. 1948  (Age ~ 71 years)
     4. Orpha MEREDITH,   b. Mar 1881
    Family ID F12715  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 357.

    2. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 279.

    5. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    6. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as James M. Merideth, 23, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Job & Mary; and Elizabeth Bee, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Ezekiel & Mariah. Married Dec 22 1864.