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Edmon Sehon BEE

Edmon Sehon BEE

Male 1842 - 1844  (2 years)

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  • Name Edmon Sehon BEE 
    Born 25 Apr 1842  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Oct 1844  [2
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I42610  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 6 Jun 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) 
    Married 19 Jun 1823  Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 
    • 1840 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      Household of Ephraim Bee:
      1 free white male, age 30-39
      1 free white male, age 10-14
      2 free white male, age 5-9
      3 free white male, under 5
      1 free white female, age 30-39
      1 free white female, age 10-14
      1 free white female, under 5
      1 slave female, age 24-35
      1 slave female, under 10
      Persons employed in agriculture: 3
      Persons employed in manufacture & trade: 1
      Total free white persons under 20: 8
      Total free white persons 20-49: 2
      Total free white persons: 10
      Total slaves: 2 (one female under 10, one female 24-35)
      Total all persons: 12
      NOTE: Nearby households were those of George J. Davis, Elijah Summers and Joseph Jeffrey.

      1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 23 1850:
      Ephraim Bee, 46, b. New Jersey, farmer, value of real estate $43,500; Catharine, 45, b. Va; Amos, 22, tanner; Stinnett, 20, farmer; Wickliff, 18; Ephraim W, 16; Augustin J, 13; Martha S, 10; Leah F. Hansford, 4; Morris Kyner, 30, b. NJ, tanner, value of real estate $600; Charles Dowd, 23, b. Pa, mulatto, laborer, value of real estate $200.
      (Note: Leah F. Hansford, whose widowed father had not yet remarried, was the daughter of David W. Hansford and Julia Cooper. In 1860, Leah was enumerated in the household of Nathan J. & Keziah Davis, Keziah being Ephraim's sister-in-law.)

      The 1850 Federal Census Slave Schedule for Doddridge County, enumerated on Jul 16 1850, contains the following entry:
      Slave owner: Ephraim Bee. Description of slave: Black female, age 45.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 23 1860:
      Ephraim Bee, 57, b. NJ, farmer, value of real estate $41,000, value of personal estate $2,125; M. (female), 36; Smith, 23; M.E. (female), 6; John S, 5; Hannah, 3; Susan, 1. All born in Virginia except for Ephraim, born in New Jersey.
    Family ID F7583  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • 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. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).
      "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 55, reports death date as Mar 29 1844.

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

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).