Rachel Jane WELCH

1835 - 1925  (89 years)

• Name	Rachel Jane WELCH
  Born	27 Dec 1835	Barbour Co, (W)VA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850	Barbour Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870, 1880	Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Died	4 May 1925	Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV   [1]
  Buried	Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I41856	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Isaiah WELCH,   b. CA 1792,   d. 22 Aug 1860  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Rachel INGRAM,   b. CA 1794, Virginia
  Family ID	F7586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wickliffe BEE,   b. 25 May 1832, Doddridge Co, (W)VA ,   d. 16 Oct 1917, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  (Age 85 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 ,   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 + 4. Ephraim Clarence BEE,   b. 10 Jun 1860, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 5 Mar 1926, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  (Age 65 years) + 5. James Walter BEE,   b. 9 Nov 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA ,   d. 16 Jul 1948, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  (Age 86 years)   6. Mortimore BEE,   b. Nov 1864, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 4 Dec 1867, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age ~ 3 years) + 7. Benjamin Wyckliff BEE,   b. 4 Dec 1866, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 5 Jan 1952, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  (Age 85 years) + 8. William Newton BEE,   b. 28 Dec 1868, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 10 Jan 1949, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  (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 ,   d. 1962  (Age 85 years)   11. Harry Cecil BEE,   b. 9 Sep 1879, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 10 Jul 1963, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F16829	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 4 May 1925 - Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Buried - - Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  41856_RachelJaneWelch_1835-1925_MtHarmonyMasonicCem_PennsboroWV.jpg

  
  

  Documents

  41856_BEE_RachelJaneWelch_1835-1925_DeathCertificate.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).