Husband: Benjamin Wyckliff Bee
Also known as: Ben W. Bee 1
Born: Dec- 4-1866 at Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV 2,3,1
Died: Jan- 5-1952 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 2,1
Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2,4,1
Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 3
Census: 1930 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1900, 10, 20 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1898 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
Census: 1870, 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: salesman 2
Father: Wickliffe Bee (1832 - 1917)
Mother: Rachel Jane Welch (1835 - 1925)
Wife: Helen Ernestine Thomas 6,7
Also known as: Ernestine Thomas 7,8
Married: Jul-27-1898 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
Born: Oct-28-1879 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2,10
Died: Nov-13-1943 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2,10
Buried: in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2,4
Census: 1920, 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: George P. Thomas
Mother: Dolly McKinley
Notes
F Child 1: Donna Amelia Bee Born: May-23-1899 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 11,12,13 Died: Oct-20-1979 in Orange Co, FL 14,11 Resided: in Altamonte Springs, Seminole Co, FL 15 Resided: 1949 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12 Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: James William Kelly b. Jun-30-1896 Married: Sep- 1-1949 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12
M Child 2: Edward Russell Bee Also known as: Russell E. Bee 16 Born: Jan- 2-1902 11,17 Died: Nov-25-1970 in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH 16,11 Resided: in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH 18,16 Census: 1910, 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 3: George Porter Bee Born: Mar-19-1905 11,16,17 Died: Aug-15-1980 in Broward Co, FL 16,11 Resided: in Fort Lauderdale, Broward Co, FL 15 Census: 1910, 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 4: Ben W. Bee, Jr.
Born: Nov-28-1907 11,10
Died: Apr-16-1982 in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH 16,11,10
Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 10
Resided: in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH 18
F Child 5: Susie Bee Born: ca 1911 8 Census: 1930 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
F Child 6: Frances V. Bee Born: Jan-19-1914 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 12,3,19 Died: Jan-17-2007 3 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 3 Census: 1940 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (see note 1) Resided: 1935 in Ritchie Co, WV 20 Census: 1930 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: jewelry dept at Dils Bros Dept Store (retired) and Monongahela Power Co 3 Occupation: 1940 sales lady at West Penn Electric 20 Husband: William Augustus Kramer b. Jun-16-1916 d. Nov-30-2001 Married: Jun-24-1944 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 21
? Child 7: (Unnamed infant) Bee
Born: Apr-28-1918 1
Died: Apr-28-1918 1
Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 1
M Child 8: Stanley Bee Born: ca 1919 22 Died: bef Jan 2007 23 Census: 1930 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
F Child 9: Doris Helene Bee Born: 1922 24 Census: 1930 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) Obituary. (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (6) Death record of wife. (7) Obituary of daughter. (8) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Benjamin W. Bee, 30, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Helen Earnestine Thomas, 18, of Ritchie Co. Married Jul 27 1898. (10) Headstone (year only) (11) Social Security Death Index. (12) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (13) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (14) Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Florida Dept of Health, Office of Vital Records. (15) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (16) Death Record - Online. (17) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (18) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Ohio before 1951. (19) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (20) 1940 Census, Wood County, WV. (21) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as William Augustus Kramer, 28, b. Jun 16 1916 in Parkersburg (Wood Co) WV, res. Parkersburg, son of Frederick Charles Kramer & Celia Kramer; and Frances Virginia Bee, 30, b. Jan 19 1914 in Pennsboro (Ritchie Co) WV, res. Parkersburg, dau of Ben W. Bee & Helen Bee (deceased). Married Jun 24 1914 at St Francis Xaviers Rectory, Parkersburg, by Catholic priest Joseph Daly. MR p. 233. (22) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District). (23) Obituary of sister. (24) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. Event Notes Note (1) Listed as one of many lodgers in household of Edward & Anna St. Clair.