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Florence BEE

Florence BEE

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Florence BEE was born 28 Jan 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA (daughter of Wickliffe BEE and Rachel Jane WELCH).

    Notes:

    Died:
    This is probably the Baby Bee listed in the 1860 Census. She does not appear with rest of family in the 1870 Census.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Wickliffe BEE was born 25 May 1832, Doddridge Co, (W)VA (son of Ephraim BEE and Catharine DAVIS); died 16 Oct 1917, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV; was buried , Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer, clerk, merchant
    • Census: 1850, 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA
    • Census: 1870, 1880, 1900, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Residence: 1913, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV

    Wickliffe married Rachel Jane WELCH. Rachel (daughter of Isaiah WELCH and Rachel INGRAM) was born 27 Dec 1835, Barbour Co, (W)VA; died 4 May 1925, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV; was buried , Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Rachel Jane WELCH was born 27 Dec 1835, Barbour Co, (W)VA (daughter of Isaiah WELCH and Rachel INGRAM); died 4 May 1925, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV; was buried , Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Barbour Co, (W)VA
    • Census: 1870, 1880, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV

    Notes:

    Wickliffe Bee's wife, Rachel Jane Welch, was his stepmother's sister.

    1860 Census, Doddridge County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 19 1860:
    W. Bee, male, 28, occupation clerk; Rachael Bee, female, 24; C. V. Bee, female, 5; M. Z. Bee, female, 2; Baby Bee, female [sic], 6 months [sic].

    1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central Twp), enumerated on Jun 29 1870:
    Wickliffe Bee, 35, dry goods & grocery merchant; Rachel J, 33; Catharine V, 15; Ephraim, 10; Walter, 7; Benj, 3; Wm N, 1.

    1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated Jun 4 1880:
    Wickliff Bee, 47, farmer; wife Rachel J, 43; son Ephraim C, 19; son Walter J, 17; son Benjamin I, 13; son William N, 11; son Edward, 9; dau Lilia A, 5; son Harry, 8 months.

    Doddridge County's present-day community of Greenwood was known as Fairview or Grandview until the middle 1800's, when Wickliffe Bee made a medical concoction that he named "Greenwoods Wonder". When the railroad came through, the name was changed to Greenwood.
    http://www.westunion-wv.com/history/greenwood2.htm

    Children:
    1. Catherine V. "Kate" BEE was born May 1855, Doddridge Co, (W)VA; died 1941; was buried , Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV.
    2. Malzina J. BEE was born 20 Jan 1858; died 28 Jan 1863; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.
    3. 1. Florence BEE was born 28 Jan 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA.
    4. Ephraim Clarence BEE was born 10 Jun 1860, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV; died 5 Mar 1926, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV; was buried , Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV.
    5. James Walter BEE was born 9 Nov 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA; died 16 Jul 1948, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV; was buried , Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV.
    6. Mortimore BEE was born Nov 1864, Doddridge Co, WV; died 4 Dec 1867, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.
    7. Benjamin Wyckliff BEE was born 4 Dec 1866, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV; died 5 Jan 1952, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV; was buried , Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV.
    8. William Newton BEE was born 28 Dec 1868, Doddridge Co, WV; died 10 Jan 1949, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV; was buried , Graceland Memorial Park, South Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV.
    9. Edward A. BEE was born 19 Sep 1870; died 24 Jun 1893; was buried , Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV.
    10. Augusta Lelia BEE was born 9 Apr 1876, Doddridge Co, WV; died 1962; was buried , Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV.
    11. Harry Cecil BEE was born 9 Sep 1879, Doddridge Co, WV; died 10 Jul 1963, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Ephraim BEE was born 26 Dec 1802, Salem, Salem Co, NJ (son of Asa BEE and Rhoda COX); died 23 Oct 1888, Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer, blacksmith
    • Residence: Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV
    • Census: 1830, 1840, Harrison Co, VA (now Doddridge Co, WV)
    • Residence: 1845, Lewisport (now Blockhouse Hill), Doddridge Co, (W)VA
    • Census: 1850, 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA
    • Census: 1870, 1880, Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV

    Notes:

    Ephraim Bee played a prominent role in the establishment and early development of Doddridge County and West Union. He was born in Salem, New Jersey, on December 26, 1802, and he died in Doddridge County at Cabin Run on October 23, 1888. His parents were Asa Bee and Rhoda Cox. His father was a Revolutionary War soldier and a Seventh Day Baptist preacher. His family moved to western Virginia when he was nineteen years old, staying briefly in Preston and Taylor Counties before settling in Salem, Harrison County.

    Two years later, Ephraim married Catharine Davis in Salem. In 1828, they built a log home on Meathouse Fork of Middle Island Creek, now West Union. They also built an inn at Lewisport (now West Union) below the blockhouse on the Northwestern Turnpike. It became a very popular stop for travelers and locals alike. One of those travelers was Joseph H. Diss Debar, designer of the West Virginia State Seal. He wrote of the excellent quality of food, saying that he had a smoking hot dinner of boiled ham, greens, mashed potatoes, dried peach pie and store tea, all of a quality to be gratefully remembered. When he settled his bill and learned that the proprietor's name was Bee and observing the number of children playing about, he said that it had never before been his pleasure to dine in a "Bee Hive." For years afterwards, the inn was known by that name.

    It is likely that the Beehive Inn was the location referred to by the "Richmond (Va.) Enquirer" in an article on Mar 27 1840 summarizing recent acts passed by the Virginia Legislature: "180. An act to change the place of holding a separate election in the county of Botetourt, and one in the county of Harrison; to be held in Botetourt at the Hobhouse hotel in the town of Buchanan, and in Harrison at the house of Ephraim Bee in the town of Lewisport."

    Ephraim and Catharine had ten children. When Catharine died in 1852, she was buried in the then-Lewisport section of West Union in the cemetery of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, of which she and Ephraim were members. That SDB cemetery is now part of what has become known as the Blockhouse Hill Cemetery. The following year Ephraim married Mary Melissa "Polly" Welch, who bore him seven more children. Their grave is at Cabin Run Cemetery, near Oxford Road in Doddridge County. Ephraim's descendants are still plentiful in Doddridge and surrounding counties.

    Ephraim Bee was a blacksmith by trade. For 35 years, he had a blacksmith shop near the present-day railroad bridge in West Union, making everything from guns to cowbells to augurs. The first bridge across Middle Island Creek was of hewed logs with a center abutment of stones. In the great flood of 1835 it was washed away. In 1842 a contract was awarded to build a new covered bridge. Ephraim Bee at that time had a hotel and blacksmith shop on what is now known as Blockhouse Hill. He made all the bolts and bands for the bridge, which was completed in 1843 and stood for the next 107 years as one of the town's most prominent features, until destroyed in the Great Flood of 1950. Even now, its memory remains a source of pride to the local citizens.

    In addition to his primary business, Ephraim also established a farm, stables, tannery and a horseracing track to enhance his income. He also served as postmaster and magistrate. A shrewd land speculator, he owned about 40,000 acres of land.

    At the age of 60, Ephraim Bee was a Captain of the Doddridge County Militia, which protected the area from roving Confederate forces, horse thieves and outlaws. Along with Luke Jaco, he was a key member of the Underground Railroad, helping to hide slaves in Jaco Cave on their flight for freedom.
    http://www.urrfreepress.com/index_files/2009_Survey_Report.pdf

    In 1863, with the formation of the new state of West Virginia, Ephraim was elected to represent Doddridge County in the legislature at Wheeling, the first capital. When a daughter was born to him on January 1st of that year, the same day that President Lincoln announced the statehood proclamation, Ephraim proudly named her West Virginia Bee. He was re-elected to two more terms and was thus instrumental in the formulation of the new state's first laws.

    Another contest that Ephraim won was being named the Ugliest Man in the State of West Virginia. For that victory, he was awarded a beautiful pocket knife. However, he was forced to relinquish it a few years later when the State found a man whom it deemed to be even uglier.

    According to H. H. Hardesty's History of Doddridge County, "To the people of Central West Virginia, Ephraim Bee was a personage combining the qualities of a shrewd wit and love of fun, with a keen eye for value in a horse-trade or a deal in land. To the younger generation he has become something of a legend, so great and widespread was his fame." Ephraim had a reputation as a great story teller and practical joker. Hardesty wrote: "Lincoln & Bee had more in common than a sense of humor. They were both long, lean and lanky and with faces that could not be termed handsome by their dearest and closest friends. They were saved from ugliness by a sense of humor and softened, kindly eyes that lit up and redeemed an otherwise unprepossessing appearance."

    "Along this line of having fun, Ephraim established a secret order of his own, called E. Clampus Vitus and with a ritual similar to existing orders. His goal was to produce a grin where only a grouch had flourished. This order had quite a success, too lengthy to describe here. It was started at West Union perhaps as early as 1850. By 1853 it was being introduced to other towns and had won a very considerable following of zealous members." A report of the activities was recorded in the Weston Herald for Nov. 28, 1953. ECV has grown to become an active fraternal organization throughout the nation, particularly in the western states.

    A news item in the West Union Record in 1885 stated that "Honorable Ephraim Bee, one of the first settlers in this area & now an old & respected citizen of this county, is dangerously ill at his home on Cabin Run." He died on October 23, 1888 at age 86, and was buried at Cabin Run Cemetery.

    http://www.doddridgecountyheritageguild.com/ephraim-bee-e-clampus-vitus
    http://www.wvculture.org/history/sesquicentennial/biobeeephraim.html
    https://sites.google.com/site/researchingfamilies/story-of-ephraim-bee
    http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvdoddri/who/bee.htm
    http://www.ephraimsclampingvipers.com/
    http://www.ecv5917.com/
    http://www.ecv5917.com/PDF%20files/DarlingsECV.pdf
    http://www.mountaincharlie1850.org/west_virginia_ecv.html
    http://www.eclampusvitus.com/a-little-more-ecv-history.html
    http://www.eclampusvitus.com/additional-ecv-history.html

    YouTube video about E Clampus Vitus, focusing on alleged paranormal activities at the ECV lodge in Virginia City, Nevada -
    https://youtu.be/onUpggfAkBs

    Ephraim married Catharine DAVIS 19 Jun 1823, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA. Catharine (daughter of Joseph DAVIS and Hannah SUTTON) was born 10 Jun 1804, Virginia (now West Virginia); died 27 Jun 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catharine DAVIS was born 10 Jun 1804, Virginia (now West Virginia) (daughter of Joseph DAVIS and Hannah SUTTON); died 27 Jun 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA

    Notes:

    1840 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
    Household of Ephraim Bee:
    1 free white male, age 30-39
    1 free white male, age 10-14
    2 free white male, age 5-9
    3 free white male, under 5
    1 free white female, age 30-39
    1 free white female, age 10-14
    1 free white female, under 5
    1 slave female, age 24-35
    1 slave female, under 10
    Persons employed in agriculture: 3
    Persons employed in manufacture & trade: 1
    Total free white persons under 20: 8
    Total free white persons 20-49: 2
    Total free white persons: 10
    Total slaves: 2 (one female under 10, one female 24-35)
    Total all persons: 12
    NOTE: Nearby households were those of George J. Davis, Elijah Summers and Joseph Jeffrey.

    1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 23 1850:
    Ephraim Bee, 46, b. New Jersey, farmer, value of real estate $43,500; Catharine, 45, b. Va; Amos, 22, tanner; Stinnett, 20, farmer; Wickliff, 18; Ephraim W, 16; Augustin J, 13; Martha S, 10; Leah F. Hansford, 4; Morris Kyner, 30, b. NJ, tanner, value of real estate $600; Charles Dowd, 23, b. Pa, mulatto, laborer, value of real estate $200.
    (Note: Leah F. Hansford, whose widowed father had not yet remarried, was the daughter of David W. Hansford and Julia Cooper. In 1860, Leah was enumerated in the household of Nathan J. & Keziah Davis, Keziah being Ephraim's sister-in-law.)

    The 1850 Federal Census Slave Schedule for Doddridge County, enumerated on Jul 16 1850, contains the following entry:
    Slave owner: Ephraim Bee. Description of slave: Black female, age 45.

    1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 23 1860:
    Ephraim Bee, 57, b. NJ, farmer, value of real estate $41,000, value of personal estate $2,125; M. (female), 36; Smith, 23; M.E. (female), 6; John S, 5; Hannah, 3; Susan, 1. All born in Virginia except for Ephraim, born in New Jersey.

    Children:
    1. Josiah H. BEE was born 7 Apr 1825, Harrison Co, (W)VA; died 17 May 1876, Wirt Co, WV; was buried , Beauchamp Cemetery, Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV.
    2. Keziah BEE was born 21 Feb 1826, Doddridge Co, (W)VA; died 30 Dec 1893, Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.
    3. Amos BEE was born 28 Feb 1828, Harrison Co, (W)VA; died 13 Aug 1904, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.
    4. Stinnett BEE was born 9 May 1830, Harrison Co, (W)VA; died 8 Mar 1923, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV; was buried , Bee Cemetery, Richardson, Calhoun Co, WV.
    5. 2. Wickliffe BEE was born 25 May 1832, Doddridge Co, (W)VA; died 16 Oct 1917, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV; was buried , Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV.
    6. Ephraim W. BEE was born 16 Mar 1834, Harrison Co, (W)VA; died 14 Feb 1915, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.
    7. Huseton C. BEE was born 10 Apr 1836; died 24 Oct 1836; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.
    8. Augustus J. Smith BEE was born 12 Sep 1837, Harrison Co, (W)VA; died 25 May 1885; was buried , EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV.
    9. Martha Louise BEE was born 24 Feb 1840, Harrison Co, (W)VA; died 11 Apr 1908; was buried , Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV.
    10. Edmon Sehon BEE was born 25 Apr 1842; died 19 Oct 1844; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.

  3. 6.  Isaiah WELCH was born CA 1792 (son of John WELCH and Rachel ___); died 22 Aug 1860; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Barbour Co, (W)VA
    • Census: 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA

    Isaiah married Rachel INGRAM 29 Aug 1811, Harrison Co, (W)VA. Rachel (daughter of Abraham INGRAM) was born CA 1794, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Rachel INGRAM was born CA 1794, Virginia (daughter of Abraham INGRAM).

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Barbour Co, (W)VA

    Notes:

    1850 Census, Barbour Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 18 1850:
    Isaiah Welch, 58, farmer, value of real estate $3,000; Rachel, 56, cannot read/write; Benjamin, 19; Prudence, 16; Rachel, 14; Isaiah, 12; Mary Clevenger, 27, cannot read/write; Charles Clevenger, 3. All born in Virginia.
    (NOTE: Mary (Welch) Clevenger, a daughter of Isaiah and Rachel, married Charles B. Clevenger in 1840. He had presumably died prior to this census. Mary subsequently married Ephraim Bee in 1853.)

    1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 2 1860:
    Isaiah Welch, 68, b. Va, farmer, value of real estate $300, value of personal estate $20.

    Children:
    1. James WELCH was born Jan 1815, Barbour Co, (W)VA; died 4 Apr 1865, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.
    2. Edith WELCH was born CA 1820, Harrison Co, (W)VA.
    3. Mary Melissa "Polly" WELCH was born 2 Dec 1823, Harrison Co, (W)VA; died 26 Aug 1905, Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.
    4. Ephraim WELCH was born CA 1828, Harrison Co, (W)VA.
    5. Benjamin WELCH was born CA 1833, Harrison Co, (W)VA.
    6. Loman WELCH was born Nov 1833; died 28 May 1909, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV.
    7. 3. Rachel Jane WELCH was born 27 Dec 1835, Barbour Co, (W)VA; died 4 May 1925, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV; was buried , Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Asa BEE was born 28 Aug 1756, Salem, Salem Co, NJ (son of Ephriam BEE and Sophia FOLKES); died 1826, Preston Co, (W)VA.

    Other Events:

    • Military: Revolutionary War soldier
    • Occupation: Seventh Day Baptist Preacher
    • Residence: (SETTLED), Taylor Co, (W)VA

    Asa married Rhoda COX 5 Aug 1793, Gloucester Co, NJ. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Rhoda COX (daughter of Ezekiel Beckett COX).

    Notes:

    Since their daughter Sophia married in Salem County, New Jersey in Sep 1815, it is probable that the family's migration to Preston County (West) Virginia was after that date. The family appeared in the 1820 Census of Preston County.

    Children:
    1. Jonathan BEE was born 1794, New Jersey; died 1858; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV.
    2. Keziah BEE
    3. Sophia BEE was born 1796; died 15 Jun 1845; was buried , Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV.
    4. Asa BEE, II was born 7 Aug 1798, Gloucester Co, NJ; died 11 Jun 1861; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV.
    5. Ezekiel BEE was born 28 Aug 1800, New Jersey; died 20 Feb 1893, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV.
    6. 4. Ephraim BEE was born 26 Dec 1802, Salem, Salem Co, NJ; died 23 Oct 1888, Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.
    7. Hannah BEE was born 26 Dec 1802, Salem, Salem Co, NJ; died 7 Apr 1884; was buried , Old Frame Church (SDB) Cemetery, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV.
    8. Amaziah BEE was born 15 May 1805, New Jersey; died 16 Jan 1894, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV.
    9. Mary BEE was born 6 Jun 1807; died 12 Jul 1853, Salem, WV.
    10. Josiah BEE was born 1809, New Jersey; died 31 Mar 1886; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV.
    11. Samuel BEE died YOUNG; was buried , Three Forks Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV.
    12. John Davis BEE was born 26 Dec 1811, New Jersey; died 12 Mar 1868; was buried (UNMARKED), Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV.

  3. 10.  Joseph DAVIS was born 1 Apr 1770, New Jersey (son of Nathan DAVIS and Annie (Ann) GIFFORD); died BTWN Mar 48 & Jan 54.

    Notes:

    The following passage, including the note, is quoted from "Davis - The Settlers of Salem, WV," p. 21, under the family of Joseph Davis (b. 1770):

    From Hardesty's, Doddridge Co. (1883 ed.), "The most destructive storm that ever visited this section of the state occurred on the third day of June 1833.... The Baptist Church, a heavy hewed log building at West Union,and the first ever erected within the present limits of the county, was razed to the ground. Near it stood the residence of Joseph Davis, one of the first settlers, it was blown down and he was killed...."
    (Note: Without question this reference is to the Seventh Day Baptist Church which was a branch of the Salem Church and later became the Middle Island Seventh Day Baptist Church. We believe the point that Joseph Davis was killed to be in error, in that he signed a deed in Doddridge County in 1848. Descendants of William Davis, #127 [son of Joseph's brother Nathan Davis & Jane Sutton, who married Sophia Cheney], who still have the old family Bible in their possession, claim that William was killed in such a storm about 1837, also a young daughter was killed in the same storm.)

    Joseph married Hannah SUTTON CA 1795. Hannah (daughter of Cornelius SUTTON and Elizabeth APPLEGATE) died Aft 18 Jan 1854. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Hannah SUTTON (daughter of Cornelius SUTTON and Elizabeth APPLEGATE); died Aft 18 Jan 1854.

    Notes:

    An analysis of the neighboring households in the 1810 Census of Harrison County, Virginia has determined that Joseph and Hannah Davis were residents of present-day Doddridge County at that time.

    Joseph Davis in the 1810 United States Federal Census
    Name: Joseph Davis
    Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Harrison, Virginia
    Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
    Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 4
    Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
    Number of Household Members Under 16: 8
    Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
    Number of Household Members: 10

    Because the 1820 and 1830 censuses were reported alphabetically by head of household, rather than household-to-household, it cannot be determined where within the county each household was located.

    Joseph Davis in the 1820 United States Federal Census
    Name: Joseph Davis
    Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Harrison, Virginia
    Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
    Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
    Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
    Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
    Number of Persons - Engaged in Commerce: 1
    Free White Persons - Under 16: 4
    Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
    Total Free White Persons: 6
    Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 6

    Joseph Davis in the 1830 United States Federal Census
    Name: Joseph Davis
    Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Harrison, Virginia
    Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
    Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2
    Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
    Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
    Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
    Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
    Total Free White Persons: 9
    Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9

    We have not found a record for Joseph Davis in the 1840 Census, but it is almost certain that he was still in the part of Harrison County that is present-day Doddridge County, formed in 1845.

    Records show that on March 31, 1848 in Doddridge County, Joseph and Hannah Davis signed a deed donating a lot to the Middle Island Seventh Day Baptist Church where the Pioneer Cemetery (aka the Old SDB section of Blockhouse Hill Cemetery) is now located. [per Susie Davis Nicholson, p. 21]

    Children:
    1. Keziah DAVIS was born 5 Sep 1796; died 14 May 1862; was buried , Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV.
    2. Joseph Sutton DAVIS was born 1 Oct 1798; died 12 Jun 1879; was buried , Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon Co, KS.
    3. Hannah DAVIS was born CA 1802.
    4. 5. Catharine DAVIS was born 10 Jun 1804, Virginia (now West Virginia); died 27 Jun 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.
    5. Ananias DAVIS
    6. Ann DAVIS was born 1811; died Bef Sep 1876.

  5. 12.  John WELCH

    John married Rachel ___. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Rachel ___
    Children:
    1. 6. Isaiah WELCH was born CA 1792; died 22 Aug 1860; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.
    2. Samuel WELCH was born 26 Jun 1799, Harrison Co, (W)VA; died 9 Jun 1885, Barbour Co, WV; was buried , Overfield Cemetery, Barbour Co, WV.

  7. 14.  Abraham INGRAM
    Children:
    1. 7. Rachel INGRAM was born CA 1794, Virginia.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  Ephriam BEE was born 17 Jun 1714, London, England (son of Thomas BEE and Rebecca BRAYMAN); died Aug 1767, Gloucester Co, NJ.

    Notes:

    Died:
    will proved here on Aug 31 1767

    Ephriam married Sophia FOLKES 28 Apr 1737. Sophia (daughter of Thomas FOLKES and Elizabeth CURTIS) was born 1716; died 25 Nov 1795. [Group Sheet]


  2. 17.  Sophia FOLKES was born 1716 (daughter of Thomas FOLKES and Elizabeth CURTIS); died 25 Nov 1795.
    Children:
    1. Rebecca BEE was born 11 Feb 1738.
    2. Elizabeth BEE was born 14 Feb 1740.
    3. Ann BEE was born 24 Dec 1743.
    4. Sophia BEE was born 16 Apr 1746.
    5. Ephraim BEE was born 26 May 1749.
    6. Amos BEE was born 11 Aug 1752.
    7. 8. Asa BEE was born 28 Aug 1756, Salem, Salem Co, NJ; died 1826, Preston Co, (W)VA.

  3. 18.  Ezekiel Beckett COX
    Children:
    1. 9. Rhoda COX

  4. 20.  Nathan DAVIS was born 9 May 1740, Westerly, Washington Co, RI (son of Thomas William DAVIS and Tacy CRANDALL); died Bef Oct 1814, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA; was buried , Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV.

    Nathan married Annie (Ann) GIFFORD 20 Jan 1761, New Jersey. Annie (daughter of Joshua GIFFORD and Hannah DEAN) was born 7 Jan 1742, New Jersey; died 14 Oct 1820, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA; was buried , Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV. [Group Sheet]


  5. 21.  Annie (Ann) GIFFORD was born 7 Jan 1742, New Jersey (daughter of Joshua GIFFORD and Hannah DEAN); died 14 Oct 1820, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA; was buried , Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV.
    Children:
    1. William G. "Jarsey Billy" DAVIS was born 7 May 1762, New Jersey; died 10 Apr 1840, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA.
    2. Joshua G. DAVIS was born 12 Mar 1764, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ; died 24 Jul 1839; was buried , Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV.
    3. 10. Joseph DAVIS was born 1 Apr 1770, New Jersey; died BTWN Mar 48 & Jan 54.
    4. Nathan DAVIS, Jr. was born 21 Jun 1772, New Jersey; died 23 May 1866, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.
    5. Tacy DAVIS was born 1 Sep 1774.
    6. Ann DAVIS was born 9 Feb 1778, New Jersey; died 1811, Harrison Co, (W)VA.
    7. Mary DAVIS was born 22 Aug 1779, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ; died 30 Mar 1868.
    8. Stephen C. DAVIS was born 30 Sep 1781, New Jersey; died 16 Aug 1869, Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV; was buried , Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV.
    9. Ananias DAVIS was born 3 Dec 1784, New Jersey; died 1859, Sullivan Co, IN.
    10. John DAVIS was born 3 Dec 1784, New Jersey.

  6. 22.  Cornelius SUTTON was born 29 Oct 1750, New Jersey; died 30 Sep 1850; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA

    Notes:

    Census:
    Enumerated Jul 16 1850 in household with daughter Jane and her husband Nathan Davis. Age given as 99.

    Cornelius married Elizabeth APPLEGATE. [Group Sheet]


  7. 23.  Elizabeth APPLEGATE
    Children:
    1. Jane SUTTON was born 7 Oct 1770, New Jersey; died 27 Apr 1857; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV.
    2. 11. Hannah SUTTON died Aft 18 Jan 1854.
    3. Sarah SUTTON was born 3 Jan 1779; died 18 Mar 1863, Clark Co, OH; was buried , Asbury Cemetery, North Hampton, Clark Co, OH.
    4. Cornelius SUTTON, Jr. was born 20 Jun 1780, New Jersey; died 30 Aug 1859, Randolph Co, IN; was buried , Lisbon Cemetery, Union City, Randolph Co, IN.
    5. John SUTTON was born 20 Oct 1785, New Jersey; died Mar 1869; was buried , Quincy, Logan Co, OH.
    6. Amos SUTTON was born 17 Oct 1789, New Jersey; died 9 Feb 1870; was buried NORTHAMPTON CEM, Ohio.


Generation: 6

  1. 32.  Thomas BEE

    Thomas married Rebecca BRAYMAN. [Group Sheet]


  2. 33.  Rebecca BRAYMAN
    Children:
    1. 16. Ephriam BEE was born 17 Jun 1714, London, England; died Aug 1767, Gloucester Co, NJ.

  3. 34.  Thomas FOLKES (son of Thomas FOLKES).

    Thomas married Elizabeth CURTIS 21 Dec 1688, Burlington, Burlington Co, NJ. [Group Sheet]


  4. 35.  Elizabeth CURTIS (daughter of John CURTIS).

    Notes:

    Married:
    at the Quaker Monthly Meeting

    Children:
    1. 17. Sophia FOLKES was born 1716; died 25 Nov 1795.

  5. 40.  Thomas William DAVIS was born 15 May 1719, Westerly, Washington Co, RI (son of John DAVIS and Elizabeth MAXSON); died 15 Jul 1791, Monongalia Co, (W)VA; was buried , Whiteday Creek (aka Harperstown) Cemetery, Monongalia Co, WV.

    Notes:

    Died:
    White Day Creek

    Thomas married Tacy CRANDALL 8 Dec 1737, Westerly, Washington Co, RI. Tacy was born 1721, Westerly, Washington Co, RI; died 1 Jun 1795, Monongalia Co, (W)VA; was buried , Whiteday Creek (aka Harperstown) Cemetery, Monongalia Co, WV. [Group Sheet]


  6. 41.  Tacy CRANDALL was born 1721, Westerly, Washington Co, RI; died 1 Jun 1795, Monongalia Co, (W)VA; was buried , Whiteday Creek (aka Harperstown) Cemetery, Monongalia Co, WV.
    Children:
    1. John DAVIS died YOUNG.
    2. William DAVIS died YOUNG.
    3. 20. Nathan DAVIS was born 9 May 1740, Westerly, Washington Co, RI; died Bef Oct 1814, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA; was buried , Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV.
    4. Elisabeth DAVIS was born 1746; died 1807.
    5. Mary DAVIS was born 1750, New Jersey; died Aft 1806.
    6. John DAVIS was born 1754, New Jersey; died 22 May 1842; was buried , Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV.
    7. William "Greenbrier Billy" DAVIS was born 21 Mar 1758, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ; died 6 Jan 1845, Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV.
    8. Martha DAVIS was born 15 Aug 1760, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ; died 2 Jan 1854, Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH; was buried , Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Jackson Center, Shelby Co, OH.

  7. 42.  Joshua GIFFORD

    Joshua married Hannah DEAN. [Group Sheet]


  8. 43.  Hannah DEAN
    Children:
    1. 21. Annie (Ann) GIFFORD was born 7 Jan 1742, New Jersey; died 14 Oct 1820, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA; was buried , Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV.