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Melissa WELCH

Melissa WELCH

Female 1836 - 1913  (76 years)

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  • Name Melissa WELCH 
    Born 5 May 1836  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Marriage record indicates that she was born in about 1830 in Harrison County. But age 23 at 1860 Census and 33 in 1870 Census would put birth in about 1837. "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 106, reports Melissa Welch's birth as May 1836 in Barbour County.
    Gender Female 
    Census 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 
    Census 1910  Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • in household with daughter Catherine and son-in-law Warner Stutler
    Census 1910  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • in household with daughter Clara and son-in-law Benjamin Foley
    Died 27 Apr 1913  Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I37183  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2015 

    Father James WELCH,   b. Jan 1815, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Mother Margaret "Peggy" TALBOTT,   b. 28 Oct 1816,   d. 19 Feb 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Family ID F14746  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Amos BEE,   b. 28 Feb 1828, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1904, Doddridge Co, WV 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  [7] 
    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
    Amos Bee (1828-1904) Plot, Blockhouse Hill Cemetery, Doddridge Co WV    		Amos Bee (1828-1904) Plot, Blockhouse Hill Cemetery, Doddridge Co WV
    37182_BEE_Amos_wifeMelissaWelch_sonsJamesA_EphraimE_BlockhouseHillCem_IOOFSection_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg    		37182_BEE_Amos_wifeMelissaWelch_sonsJamesA_EphraimE_BlockhouseHillCem_IOOFSection_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [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.

    3. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    4. [S14] Obituary.

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

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

    7. [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.)