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- 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.
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| Children |
| + | 1. Josiah H. BEE, b. 7 Apr 1825, Harrison Co, (W)VA  , d. 17 May 1876, Wirt Co, WV (Age 51 years) |
| + | 2. Keziah BEE, b. 21 Feb 1826, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 30 Dec 1893, Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 67 years) |
| + | 3. Amos BEE, b. 28 Feb 1828, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 13 Aug 1904, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 76 years) |
| + | 4. Stinnett BEE, b. 9 May 1830, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 8 Mar 1923, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (Age 92 years) |
| + | 5. Wickliffe BEE, b. 25 May 1832, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 16 Oct 1917, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 85 years) |
| + | 6. Ephraim W. BEE, b. 16 Mar 1834, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 14 Feb 1915, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 80 years) |
| | 7. Huseton C. BEE, b. 10 Apr 1836, d. 24 Oct 1836 (Age 0 years) |
| + | 8. Augustus J. Smith BEE, b. 12 Sep 1837, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 25 May 1885 (Age 47 years) |
| + | 9. Martha Louise BEE, b. 24 Feb 1840, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 11 Apr 1908 (Age 68 years) |
| | 10. Edmon Sehon BEE, b. 25 Apr 1842, d. 19 Oct 1844 (Age 2 years) |
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1804 - 1852 (48 years)
