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Benjamin Wilson BEE

Benjamin Wilson BEE

Male 1826 - 1911  (85 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Wilson BEE
    Birth 22 Jan 1826  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation stone cutter  [4] 
    Residence FORMERLY  Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence FORMERLY  Roanoke, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Residence SINCE Abt 1901  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7] 
    Death 15 Apr 1911  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Burial Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I28990  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2011

    Father Ezekiel BEE,   b. 28 Aug 1800, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1893, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    Mother Elizabeth ROGERS   d. 26 Jun 1829
    Family ID F13692  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Priscilla HUGHES,   b. 14 Feb 1825, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1888 (Age 63 years)  [9, 10]
    Marriage 9 Sep 1847  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
    +1. Charles W. BEE,   b. 10 Jun 1848, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 1924, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +2. Albert Franklin BEE,   b. 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1911 (Age 61 years)
    +3. Julia Ann BEE,   b. 1 Mar 1852, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1936, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +4. Allen H. BEE,   b. 5 Dec 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1933, Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    >5. Leah Virginia BEE,   b. 4 May 1854, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Rosanna N. BEE,   b. 11 Dec 1855, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1924, North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +7. Sally Catherine BEE,   b. 11 Dec 1855, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1937, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    >8. Stephen H. BEE,   b. 26 Apr 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1945 (Age 86 years)
    +9. Elizabeth M. "Betty" BEE,   b. Feb 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1932, Walkersville, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
     10. Evikee BEE,   b. 1861   d. 1861 (Age 0 years)
    +11. Ezekiel Garfield BEE,   b. 27 Nov 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1945, Roanoke, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     12. Arthur G. BEE,   b. 16 Feb 1863, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1922 (Age 58 years)
    +13. Angelina "Lina" BEE,   b. 4 Jul 1865, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1950, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    +14. Jerusha Jane BEE,   b. 20 Mar 1867, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +15. Elmus I. BEE,   b. 12 Mar 1869   d. 12 Nov 1935, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F11037  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Emma V. SWISHER,   b. 1845, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1918, Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [12]
    Marriage 26 Dec 1893  Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Family ID F32402  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    28990_BenjaminWBee_EmmaSwisherDavis_MarriageRecord_26Dec1893.jpg    		28990_BenjaminWBee_EmmaSwisherDavis_MarriageRecord_26Dec1893.jpg
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  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 356.

    2. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    5. [S14] Obituary.

    6. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).

    7. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 279.

    8. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR p. 12 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=109435&Type=Death.
      Identified as Benjamin W. Bee, white male, stone cutter, married; died Apr 15 1911 at Salem, age 85 yr 3 mo. (Note: Obituary states death date as Apr 22 1911.)

    9. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    10. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    11. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    12. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 103.

    13. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 191 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=23296&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Benjamin W. Bee, widowed, 60, b. Harrison Co, res. Lewis Co, son of Ezekiel & Elizabeth Bee; and Mrs. Emma Davis, widowed, 49, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Isaac & Burgley Davis (sic). Married Dec 26 1893 at Lost Creek, West Virginia. Informants for marriage license: C. H. Davis & B. W. Bee of Harrison & Lewis Counties.