Doddridge County Roots

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Gretchen Virginia BEE

Gretchen Virginia BEE

Female 1892 - 1981  (89 years)

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  • Name Gretchen Virginia BEE 
    Born 5 Jul 1892  West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • 1900 Census has birth date as Jul 1893, but SSDI and headstone show it as Jul 5 1892.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1910  Ellijay, Gilmer Co, GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Ranger, Eastland Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Palestine, Anderson Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Residence 1937  Longview, Gregg Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1969  Tyler, Smith Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Died 20 Sep 1981  Anderson Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8
    Buried Liberty Hills Memorial Gardens, Tyler, Smith Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Person ID I49891  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 May 2022 

    Father John Snyder Carlile BEE,   b. 15 Apr 1855, Hughes River, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1934, Canton, Stark Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Salina Monroe PRUNTY,   b. 24 Jul 1854, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1911, Rome, Floyd Co, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Family ID F15354  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Lewis CARTER,   b. 20 Nov 1883, Rome, Floyd Co, GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1937, Longview, Gregg Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 1910  [10
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Eastland Co, Texas (city of Ranger), enumerated on Jan 28 1920:
      Lewis W. Carter, 32, b. Georgia, butcher at meat market; wife Gretchen Carter, 25, b. W.Va; dau Gretchen Carter, 6, b. Georgia; son Willie Roberts Carter, 1, b. Alabama; sister-in-law Olga Bee, 22, b. W.Va, single, operator for telephone company.
    Children 
     1. Gretchen Virginia CARTER,   b. 14 Nov 1914, Rome, Floyd Co, GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1969, Texarkana, Bowie Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     2. Willa Roberts CARTER,   b. 18 Jan 1919, Anniston, Calhoun Co, AL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1979  (Age 59 years)
     3. William Lewis "Boots" CARTER, Jr.,   b. 8 Apr 1922, Breckenridge, Stephens Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1961, Tyler, Smith Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
    Family ID F28686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Paul J. RUSHING,   b. 17 Apr 1890, Anderson Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1975  (Age 84 years)  [11
    Married 1945  [10
    Divorced 2 Aug 1949  Austin, Travis Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Family ID F22235  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S1891] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    4. [S15] Social Security Death Index.
      Social Security card issued in Arizona in 1954.

    5. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    6. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    7. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    8. [S2397] Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and Texas Dept of Health, Vital Statistics Unit).

    9. [S934] Findagrave.com, Name on headstone (flat marker): Gretchen Carter Rushing.

    10. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    11. [S1605] Obituary of wife's sister.