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Walter Ezra BEE

Walter Ezra BEE

Male 1886 - 1943  (57 years)

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  • Name Walter Ezra BEE 
    Born 13 Jul 1886  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900, 1930, 1940  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3
    Died 1 Oct 1943  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I45663  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2012 

    Father Arthur Green BEE,   b. 10 Nov 1841, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1922, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Mary Catherine WATSON,   b. 27 Jul 1843, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1930, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F8614  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Viola Jane MITCHELL,   b. 16 Jul 1891, Paris, Edgar Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1977, Canton, Stark Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 19 Jul 1911  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 23 1930:
      Walter E. Bee, 43, farmer; wife Viola J, 38, b. Illinois, both parents b. W.Va.; dau Gladys L, 18; son Howard, 16; son James A, 15; son Dennis C, 13; son Ersel G, 11; dau Lucy B, 9; son Cassel T, 6; son Vental M, 4 yr 1 mo. [6, 7]
    Children 
    +1. Lowell Gladys BEE,   b. 22 Apr 1912, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1939, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
    +2. Howard Ralph BEE,   b. 1 Nov 1913, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1978  (Age 64 years)
     3. James Arthur BEE,   b. 15 Apr 1915,   d. 16 Aug 2003  (Age 88 years)
     4. Dennis Carl BEE,   b. 16 Dec 1916, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1971, Canton, Stark Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    +5. Ersel George BEE,   b. 1 Apr 1919, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 2007, Lexington, Lexington Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +6. Lucy Belle BEE,   b. 24 Jul 1921,   d. 26 Aug 1985, Orange Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     7. Cassel T. BEE,   b. 16 Feb 1924,   d. 5 Mar 1981, Stark Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     8. Ventol Marvin BEE,   b. Jun 1926, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Claude BEE,   b. 14 Jun 1931, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1993, Bexar Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +10. Frank BEE,   b. 15 Jun 1934, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 2010  (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F18583  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    45663_BEE_WalterEzra_1884-1943_DeathCertificate.jpg
    45663_BEE_WalterEzra_1884-1943_DeathCertificate.jpg
    1930 Census, Ritchie Co WV, Union Dist, 23Apr1930
    1930 Census, Ritchie Co WV, Union Dist, 23Apr1930

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
      Birth date stated as Jul 13 1884, but age 57y 2m 18d would put birth date at Jul 13 1886. The 1900 Census shows his birth date as Jul 1886, so the 1884 entry is an apparent clerical error.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

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

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

    6. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    7. [S1620] Death record of husband.