Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Charles W. Bee    
                Born: Jun-10-1848          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1,2,3
              Census: 1920                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
             Resided: 1911                 in Rutherford, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Wirt Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1873                 in Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      blacksmith  3
              Father: Benjamin Wilson Bee   (1826 - 1911) 
              Mother: Priscilla Hughes   (1825 - 1888) 
                Wife: Catharine Rebecca Lowther   5  
       Also known as: Rebecca Lowther 5,6,7
             Married: Oct- 2-1873          in Ritchie Co, WV  8
                Born: Aug-  -1852          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  3,9,2
              Census: 1920                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Wirt Co, WV  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: Jonathan Coburn Lowther   (1819 - 1916) 
              Mother: Emza M. Neal   (1824 - 1904) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: Elton D. Bee      
                Born: ca 1879               6
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
                Wife: Ada Melvin  
             Married: Oct-24-1896          in Wirt Co, WV  10
           F Child 2: Alma D. Bee      
                Born: May-  -1880          in Ritchie Co, WV  6,10
             Resided: 1897                 in Wirt Co, WV  10
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: T. A. Bailey  b. ca 1873  
             Married: Dec-24-1897          in Wirt Co, WV  10
           F Child 3: Ethel Bee      
                Born: Mar-  -1884           3
              Census: 1900                 in Wirt Co, WV  
           ? Child 4: Gail Bee      
                Born: Feb-  -1885           3
              Census: 1900                 in Wirt Co, WV  
           M Child 5: Bueal W. Bee      
                Born: Mar-  -1887           3
              Census: 1900                 in Wirt Co, WV  

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) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(3) 1900 Census, Wirt County, WV. 
(4) Obituary of father. 
(5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 276. 
(6) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District) 
(7) Marriage record of daughter. 
(8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Charles W. Bee, 25, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Wilson & Percilla; and Catharine R. Lowther, 22, of Ritchie 
Co, dau of Jonathan C. & Emza.  Married Oct 2 1873.  (Corrected for transcription error, which has reversed the parents' 
names.) 
(9) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/doddridge/vitals/birth.txt. 
(10) Wirt County Marriage Records, Elizabeth, WV. 







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