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Wickliffe BEE

Wickliffe BEE

Male 1832 - 1917  (85 years)

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  • Name Wickliffe BEE 
    Born 25 May 1832  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer, clerk, merchant  [1, 3, 4] 
    Residence 1913  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 16 Oct 1917  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Person ID I41855  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 

    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 Rachel Jane WELCH,   b. 27 Dec 1835, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1925, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Notes 
    • Wickliffe Bee's wife, Rachel Jane Welch, was his stepmother's sister.

      1860 Census, Doddridge County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 19 1860:
      W. Bee, male, 28, occupation clerk; Rachael Bee, female, 24; C. V. Bee, female, 5; M. Z. Bee, female, 2; Baby Bee, female [sic], 6 months [sic].

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central Twp), enumerated on Jun 29 1870:
      Wickliffe Bee, 35, dry goods & grocery merchant; Rachel J, 33; Catharine V, 15; Ephraim, 10; Walter, 7; Benj, 3; Wm N, 1.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated Jun 4 1880:
      Wickliff Bee, 47, farmer; wife Rachel J, 43; son Ephraim C, 19; son Walter J, 17; son Benjamin I, 13; son William N, 11; son Edward, 9; dau Lilia A, 5; son Harry, 8 months.

      Doddridge County's present-day community of Greenwood was known as Fairview or Grandview until the middle 1800's, when Wickliffe Bee made a medical concoction that he named "Greenwoods Wonder". When the railroad came through, the name was changed to Greenwood.
      http://www.westunion-wv.com/history/greenwood2.htm
    Children 
    +1. Catherine V. "Kate" BEE,   b. May 1855, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1941  (Age ~ 85 years)
     2. Malzina J. BEE,   b. 20 Jan 1858,   d. 28 Jan 1863  (Age 5 years)
     3. Florence BEE,   b. 28 Jan 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Ephraim Clarence BEE,   b. 10 Jun 1860, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1926, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    +5. James Walter BEE,   b. 9 Nov 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1948, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     6. Mortimore BEE,   b. Nov 1864, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 3 years)
    +7. Benjamin Wyckliff BEE,   b. 4 Dec 1866, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1952, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +8. William Newton BEE,   b. 28 Dec 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1949, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     9. Edward A. BEE,   b. 19 Sep 1870,   d. 24 Jun 1893  (Age 22 years)
    +10. Augusta Lelia BEE,   b. 9 Apr 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1962  (Age 85 years)
     11. Harry Cecil BEE,   b. 9 Sep 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1963, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F16829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1913 - Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Oct 1917 - Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    4. [S2193] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central Twp).

    5. [S2695] Newspaper wedding announcement of niece.

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