Family: Wickliffe BEE / Rachel Jane WELCH (F16829)
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Father | Male
Wickliffe BEE
Born 25 May 1832 Doddridge Co, (W)VA 
Died 16 Oct 1917 Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Buried Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Married Father Ephraim BEE | F7583 Group Sheet Mother Catharine DAVIS | F7583 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Rachel Jane WELCH
Born 27 Dec 1835 Barbour Co, (W)VA Died 4 May 1925 Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Buried Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Father Isaiah WELCH | F7586 Group Sheet Mother Rachel INGRAM | F7586 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Female
+ Catherine V. "Kate" BEE
Born May 1855 Doddridge Co, (W)VA Died 1941 Buried Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Spouse John Bosler MCGREGOR | F17706 Married 17 May 1877 Doddridge Co, WV
Child 2 | Female
Malzina J. BEE
Born 20 Jan 1858 Died 28 Jan 1863 Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Child 4 | Male
+ Ephraim Clarence BEE
Born 10 Jun 1860 Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Died 5 Mar 1926 Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Buried Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Spouse Nola AITKEN | F16839 Married 14 Mar 1889 Akron, Washington Co, CO
Child 5 | Male
+ James Walter BEE
Born 9 Nov 1861 Doddridge Co, (W)VA Died 16 Jul 1948 Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Buried Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Spouse Amy Geraldine WHIPPLE | F26546 Married
Child 6 | Male
Mortimore BEE
Born Nov 1864 Doddridge Co, WV Died 4 Dec 1867 Doddridge Co, WV Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Child 7 | Male
+ Benjamin Wyckliff BEE
Born 4 Dec 1866 Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Died 5 Jan 1952 Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Buried Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Spouse Helen Ernestine THOMAS | F16830 Married 27 Jul 1898 Ritchie Co, WV
Child 8 | Male
+ William Newton BEE
Born 28 Dec 1868 Doddridge Co, WV Died 10 Jan 1949 Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Buried Graceland Memorial Park, South Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Spouse Effa Estelle FISHER | F42411 Married CA 1905
Child 9 | Male
Edward A. BEE
Born 19 Sep 1870 Died 24 Jun 1893 Buried Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV
Child 10 | Female
+ Augusta Lelia BEE
Born 9 Apr 1876 Doddridge Co, WV Died 1962 Buried Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Spouse Bert BRADFORD | F19977 Married 15 Nov 1899 Ritchie Co, WV
Child 11 | Male
Harry Cecil BEE
Born 9 Sep 1879 Doddridge Co, WV Died 10 Jul 1963 Doddridge Co, WV Buried Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Spouse Bertha A. JOSEPH | F21595 Married 21 Aug 1908 Ritchie Co, WV Spouse Odessa Virginia LEMLEY | F18578 Married 28 Dec 1957 Ritchie Co, WV
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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
- Wickliffe Bee's wife, Rachel Jane Welch, was his stepmother's sister.