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Amos BEE

Amos BEE

Male 1828 - 1904  (76 years)

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  • Name Amos BEE 
    Born 28 Feb 1828  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Military enrolling officer at Wheeling, Union Army, Civil War  [4] 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation tanner  [5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Occupation 1900  [9] 
    Justice of the Peace 
    Died 13 Aug 1904  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 10] 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Notes 
    • "Amos Bee was enrolling officer during the civil war, for Capt. Stone of Wheeling, preparing for draft. He served as deputy sheriff four years, 1877-81, was first clerk of the school board under the free school system, and has been clerk of the board of supervisors." [12]
    Person ID I37182  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2011 

    Father Ephraim BEE,   b. 26 Dec 1802, Salem, Salem Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1888, Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Catharine DAVIS,   b. 10 Jun 1804, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Family ID F7583  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Melissa WELCH,   b. 5 May 1836, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1913, Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 20 Mar 1856  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 24 1860:
      Amos Bee, 31, occup tanner; Melissa, 23; G (female), 3; AM (male) 1.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 9 1870:
      Amos Bee, 42, occup tanner; Melissa, 33; Generva, 13; Alonzo A, 11; Annie B, 9; James A, 6; Clara V, 5; Ephraim E, 1.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 1 1880:
      Amos Bee, 52, occup tanner; wife Malissa, 44; dau Geneiva, 22, school teacher; son A A, 20, tanner; dau Anna, 17; son J A, 15; dau Clara V, 12; son E E, 10; son (sic) Kate (female), 7; dau Mary, 5.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 1 1900:
      Amos Bee, 72, b. Feb 1828, Justice of the Peace, married 44 yrs; wife Malissa, 64, b. May 1836, mother of 8 children (7 still living); dau Clara V, 30, b. Jan 1870, assistant postmistress, single; dau Mary, 22, b. Apr 1878, 22, deputy clerk of county court, single.
    Children 
    +1. Genevra BEE,   b. 6 Apr 1857,   d. 3 Jul 1923  (Age 66 years)
    +2. Amos Alonzo BEE,   b. 17 Apr 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1938, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +3. Anna Belle BEE,   b. 28 Mar 1861, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1939  (Age 78 years)
     4. James A. BEE,   b. 12 Nov 1863, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1888, Mannington, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
     5. Clara Virginia BEE,   b. 1867,   d. 10 Sep 1910, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
    +6. Ephraim Edward BEE,   b. 17 Aug 1869,   d. 1903  (Age 33 years)
    +7. Catherine BEE,   b. 22 Oct 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1940  (Age 68 years)
     8. Mary BEE,   b. CA 1875
    Family ID F14745  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    37182_BEE_Amos_wifeMelissaWelch_sonsJamesA_EphraimE_BlockhouseHillCem_IOOFSection_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg    		37182_BEE_Amos_wifeMelissaWelch_sonsJamesA_EphraimE_BlockhouseHillCem_IOOFSection_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg
    Amos Bee (1828-1904) Plot, Blockhouse Hill Cemetery, Doddridge Co WV    		Amos Bee (1828-1904) Plot, Blockhouse Hill Cemetery, Doddridge Co WV

  • 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. 55.

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

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [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. 106.

    5. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    6. [S1999] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp).

    7. [S2219] History of Doddridge County (1883), H. H. Hardesty, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers/doddridgecountyhistory.html), p. 42.

    8. [S2148] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    9. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    10. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    11. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    12. [S2219] History of Doddridge County (1883), H. H. Hardesty, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers/doddridgecountyhistory.html), pp. 41-42.

    13. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Amos Bee, 27, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Ephraim & Catharine; and Melissa Welch, 26, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of James & Margaret. Married Mar 20 1856. (NOTE: Age 23 at 1860 Census would put Melissa Welch's birth in about 1837. "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 106, reports Melissa Welch's birth as May 1836 in Barbour County.)