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Sarah Melvian "Vena" LAW

Sarah Melvian "Vena" LAW

Female 1849 - 1926  (~ 76 years)

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  • Name Sarah Melvian "Vena" LAW 
    Born Mar 1849  Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birth date on headstone reported by "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries" as 1849, and birth date given as March 1849 in 1900 Census. But age at death of 79y11m7d reported "Ritchie County WV Deaths" would put birth date at Mar 2 1846.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1910  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 9 Feb 1926  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I34166  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2009 

    Father Thomas Thornhill LAW,   b. 1820, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1910  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Nancy EAKLE,   b. 1822, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1898, Big Cove Creek, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Family ID F17820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    Married 10 Jun 1869  Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 22 1880:
      Azariah Bee, 33, farmer; wife Melvina, 31; son Elbert, 10; son Izach (Izaih?), 8; dau Alice, 6; dau Martha, 4; son Hayes, 2; dau Nancy, 6 months, b. Nov; father Josiah, 70.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 1 1900:
      Azariah Bee, 55, b. Aug 1844, farmer, married 31 yrs; wife Sarah M, 51, b. Mar 1849, mother of 7 children (6 still living); son Roy A, 18, b. Nov 1881.

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District, Berea Precinct), enumerated on May 27 1910:
      Azariah Bee, 65, farmer, b. W.Va., father b. N.J., mother b. W.Va., married 40 yrs; wife Sarah M, 61, mother of 7 children (6 still living).

      1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (town of Auburn), enumerated on Jan 27 1920:
      Azarah Bee, 74; wife Vena, 66.
    Children 
    +1. Zed BEE,   b. 2 Jun 1872, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1968, Amherst, Lorain Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     2. Eva Alice BEE,   b. 14 Jan 1874, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1965, Boulder, Boulder Co, CO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    +3. Martha BEE,   b. Jan 1876, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1971  (Age ~ 94 years)
    +4. Elza Hayes BEE,   b. Feb 1878, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1962, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years)
    +5. Nancy BEE,   b. 29 Nov 1879,   d. 23 Apr 1962, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +6. Roy A. BEE,   b. Nov 1881, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1965, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years)
    Family ID F13413  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1739] Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989)).

    4. [S2009] 1860 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA.

    5. [S1781] Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998)).

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

    7. [S1739] Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989)).
      Identified as Azariah Bee, 23, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Sarah M. Law, 20, of Gilmer Co. Married Jun 10 1869.