Husband: Augustus "Gus" Bee
Also known as: Gus Bee 1,2,3,4
Born: May-31-1895 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,5,1
Died: Nov- 5-1982 2,1
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 6
Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: driller in oil fields (S. Am.) 7
Occupation: 1920 tool dresser for Carter Oil Co. 8
Occupation: 1917 teamster for Carter Oil Co. in Pennsboro 3
Military: May-27-1918 - Apr-15-1919 Pvt, US Army, World War I 4,9
Father: Charles W. Bee (1865 - 1956)
Mother: Lenora Virginia Wilson (1870 - 1940)
Wife: Abbie Snodgrass 10,11 Married: Feb-26-1920 in Doddridge Co, WV 12
Born: Dec-31-1897 in Ritchie Co, WV 12,2,1 Died: Apr-18-1989 2,1 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 13,2 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1910 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Francis B. "Frank" Snodgrass (1824 - 1907) Mother: Hester A. "Hettie" Roberts (1859 - 1941)
F Child 1: Helen Cecelia Bee 14 Born: Aug- 1-1921 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Died: Mar- 3-2005 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 16 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: garment worker 15 Husband: William Lester Smith b. ca 1918 d. bef Mar 2005 Married: Oct-10-1942 in Ritchie Co, WV 17
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (4) Military Grave Marker. (5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (7) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (8) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (9) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (10) Obituary of wife's mother. (11) Obituary of daughter. (12) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (13) Obituary of mother. (14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (15) Obituary. (16) Obituary - Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. (17) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as William Lester Smith, age 24, of Ritchie Co, son of Susie Webb; and Helen Cecelia Bee, age 21, of Ritchie Co, dau of Gus & Abbie. Married Oct 10 1942.