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Florence BEE

Florence BEE

Female 1858 -

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  • Name Florence BEE 
    Born 28 Jan 1858  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died
    • This is probably the Baby Bee listed in the 1860 Census. She does not appear with rest of family in the 1870 Census.
    Person ID I52259  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Jul 2010 

    Father Wickliffe BEE,   b. 25 May 1832, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1917, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother 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
    Family ID F16829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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. 106.