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Josiah BEE

Male 1809 - 1886  (77 years)


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  • Name Josiah BEE 
    Born 1809  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries through 1993," p. 615, reports headstone showing death date as Mar 31 1886, with age at death as 76y 11m 23d, which would calculate to a birth date of Apr 8 1809. But "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 356, reports birth date as Aug 16 1809, with same death date.
    Gender Male 
    Residence SINCE 1859  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Residence UNTIL 1859  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 31 Mar 1886  [2] 
    Buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Person ID I29570  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2008 

    Father Asa BEE,   b. 28 Aug 1756, Salem, Salem Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1826, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Rhoda COX 
    Married 5 Aug 1793  Gloucester Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Priscilla DAVIS,   b. 1811,   d. 1859  (Age 48 years)  [5, 6] 
    Married 11 Aug 1831  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7] 
    Children 
    +1. Isaiah BEE,   b. CA 1834,   d. 15 Nov 1912, Princeton, Mercer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
    +2. Jeremiah BEE,   b. 1835, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1906  (Age 71 years)
    +3. Nehemiah BEE,   b. 17 Jun 1837, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1912, North Loup, Valley Co, NE Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     4. Catherine BEE,   b. 1840, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. IN YOUTH
    +5. Obadiah BEE,   b. CA 1842, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Azariah BEE,   b. 27 Aug 1844, New Milton, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1936, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     7. Joanna BEE,   b. CA 1849
     8. Mary L. BEE,   b. CA 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F13978  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - SINCE 1859 - Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 356.

    2. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

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

    4. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 576.

    5. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    6. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 33.

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