Notes for: Ingabey Smith

While Ephraim W. Bee was away fighting in the Civil War, his wife "Ingaby was at their Roane County home taking care of the farm and the children. One cold February morning, the feared Jones Raiders (Confederate Army Troops detached to destroy railroad bridges, cut telegraph lines, and gather livestock and supplies for the Confederate Army) swooped upon the farm. The Raiders gleaned the farm of all blankets, food and livestock, with the exception of one sick old horse. As the bed covering was ripped from the bed, baby McClellan was thrown across the room and crippled for life. Ingaby knew she was left with no means to survive the harsh winter and bravely wrapped her children in what rags were left, put them on the old nag, and walked from Roane County to Doddridge County, where her husband's family lived."
[per granddaughter Edith Bee Casto, in the West Union Herald-Record, 4/18/2000, p. 5]

1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 20 1900:
Ephraim W. Bee, 66, b. Mar 1834, farmer, married 43 yrs; wife Ingaby, 59, b. Oct 1840, mother of 11 children (8 still living; dau Mary E, 20, b. Jun 1870, single; son Ephraim H, 25, b. Nov 1874, farm laborer, single; son Nathan, 19, b. Sep 1880, farm laborer, single; son Levi S, 32, b. Dec 1867, day laborer, single.

1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on May 5 1910:
Ephriam W. Bee, 76, farmer, married 54 yrs; wife Ingabey, 69, mother of 11 children (8 still living); dau Mary C, 33, single.