Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Amos BEE / Melissa WELCH (F14745)

m. 20 Mar 1856


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  • Amos BEEFather | Male
    Amos BEE

    Born  28 Feb 1828  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  13 Aug 1904  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  20 Mar 1856  [1]  Doddridge Co, (W)VA  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Ephraim BEE | F7583 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Catharine DAVIS | F7583 Group Sheet 

    Melissa WELCHMother | Female
    Melissa WELCH

    Born  5 May 1836  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  27 Apr 1913  Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  James WELCH | F14746 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Margaret "Peggy" TALBOTT | F14746 Group Sheet 

    Genevra BEEChild 1 | Female
    Genevra BEE

    Born  6 Apr 1857   
    Died  3 Jul 1923   
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Johnson Benjamin SMITH | F21477 
    Married  28 Jun 1885  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Amos Alonzo BEEChild 2 | Male
    Amos Alonzo BEE

    Born  17 Apr 1859  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  12 Feb 1938  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Virginia Etta MAULSBY | F17163 
    Married  10 Feb 1886  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Anna Belle BEEChild 3 | Female
    Anna Belle BEE

    Born  28 Mar 1861  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  4 May 1939   
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Benjamin Franklin HEFLIN, Jr. | F7315 
    Married  1 Aug 1886  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    James A. BEEChild 4 | Male
    James A. BEE

    Born  12 Nov 1863  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Feb 1888  Mannington, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Clara Virginia BEEChild 5 | Female
    Clara Virginia BEE

    Born  1867   
    Died  10 Sep 1910  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Benjamin W. FOLEY | F21354 
    Married  5 Sep 1901  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Ephraim Edward BEEChild 6 | Male
    Ephraim Edward BEE

    Born  17 Aug 1869   
    Died  1903   
    Buried    Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Cora VANDERFLUGHT | F57653 
    Married  14 Jan 1897  Des Moines, Polk Co, IA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Catherine BEEChild 7 | Female
    Catherine BEE

    Born  22 Oct 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1940   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Warner STUTLER | F18908 
    Married  28 Dec 1890  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Mary BEEChild 8 | Female
    Mary BEE

    Born  CA 1875   
    Died     
    Buried     

  • Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 24 1860:
      Amos Bee, 31, occup tanner; Melissa, 23; G (female), 3; AM (male) 1.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 9 1870:
      Amos Bee, 42, occup tanner; Melissa, 33; Generva, 13; Alonzo A, 11; Annie B, 9; James A, 6; Clara V, 5; Ephraim E, 1.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 1 1880:
      Amos Bee, 52, occup tanner; wife Malissa, 44; dau Geneiva, 22, school teacher; son A A, 20, tanner; dau Anna, 17; son J A, 15; dau Clara V, 12; son E E, 10; son (sic) Kate (female), 7; dau Mary, 5.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 1 1900:
      Amos Bee, 72, b. Feb 1828, Justice of the Peace, married 44 yrs; wife Malissa, 64, b. May 1836, mother of 8 children (7 still living); dau Clara V, 30, b. Jan 1870, assistant postmistress, single; dau Mary, 22, b. Apr 1878, 22, deputy clerk of county court, single.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Amos Bee, 27, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Ephraim & Catharine; and Melissa Welch, 26, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of James & Margaret. Married Mar 20 1856. (NOTE: Age 23 at 1860 Census would put Melissa Welch's birth in about 1837. "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 106, reports Melissa Welch's birth as May 1836 in Barbour County.)