Family: Ephraim BEE / Catharine DAVIS (F7583)
m. 19 Jun 1823-
Father | Male
Ephraim BEE
Born 26 Dec 1802 Salem, Salem Co, NJ 
Died 23 Oct 1888 Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV Buried Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Married 19 Jun 1823 [1] Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA [1] Other Spouse Mary Melissa "Polly" WELCH | F7582 Married 27 Mar 1853 Wirt Co, (W)VA Father Asa BEE | F7584 Group Sheet Mother Rhoda COX | F7584 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Catharine DAVIS
Born 10 Jun 1804 Virginia (now West Virginia) Died 27 Jun 1852 Doddridge Co, (W)VA Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Father Joseph DAVIS | F7585 Group Sheet Mother Hannah SUTTON | F7585 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
+ Josiah H. BEE
Born 7 Apr 1825 Harrison Co, (W)VA Died 17 May 1876 Wirt Co, WV Buried Beauchamp Cemetery, Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV Spouse Mary Jane DAVIS | F20316 Married 20 May 1845 Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Child 2 | Female
+ Keziah BEE
Born 21 Feb 1826 Doddridge Co, (W)VA Died 30 Dec 1893 Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV Buried Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Spouse Nathan W. PRIM | F7977 Married 7 Jan 1849 Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Child 3 | Male
+ Amos BEE
Born 28 Feb 1828 Harrison Co, (W)VA Died 13 Aug 1904 Doddridge Co, WV Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Spouse Melissa WELCH | F14745 Married 20 Mar 1856 Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Child 4 | Male
+ Stinnett BEE
Born 9 May 1830 Harrison Co, (W)VA Died 8 Mar 1923 Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Buried Bee Cemetery, Richardson, Calhoun Co, WV Spouse Mary Ann Elizabeth MCDONALD | F14229 Married 9 Aug 1853 Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Child 5 | 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 Spouse Rachel Jane WELCH | F16829 Married
Child 6 | Male
+ Ephraim W. BEE
Born 16 Mar 1834 Harrison Co, (W)VA Died 14 Feb 1915 Doddridge Co, WV Buried Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Spouse Ingabey SMITH | F12694 Married 27 Sep 1857 Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Child 7 | Male
Huseton C. BEE
Born 10 Apr 1836 Died 24 Oct 1836 Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Child 8 | Male
+ Augustus J. Smith BEE
Born 12 Sep 1837 Harrison Co, (W)VA Died 25 May 1885 Buried EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Spouse Eveline WILSON | F12278 Married 2 Jun 1864 Ritchie Co, WV
Child 9 | Female
+ Martha Louise BEE
Born 24 Feb 1840 Harrison Co, (W)VA Died 11 Apr 1908 Buried Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Spouse John H. SMITH | F15688 Married 1 Feb 1860 Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Child 10 | Male
Edmon Sehon BEE
Born 25 Apr 1842 Died 19 Oct 1844 Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
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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.
- 1840 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
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Sources - [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).
- [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).