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West Virginia BEE

West Virginia BEE

Female 1863 - 1953  (90 years)

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  • Name West Virginia BEE  [1, 2
    Born 1 Jan 1863  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Census 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Vienna, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 15 Mar 1953  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Bluemont Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • Virginia Bee's birthdate, January 1 1863, was the same day that President Lincoln announced passage of the legislation establishing the State of West Virginia. Tradition has it that when Ephraim Bee learned of this historic event, he promptly renamed his daughter West Virginia Bee. In the 1870 Census she was indeed listed as West Va Bee, and she was identified in her daughter Mary Pauline (Zinn) Duskey's death record as West Virginia Bee. However she was identified in the 1880 Census and in her marriage and death records as Virginia Bee. Census records of her adult years indicate that she was more commonly known as Jennie.
      http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvdoddri/who/bee.htm

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 16 1900:
      Mary Zinn, 76, b. Dec 1823 in WVa, widow, mother of 8 children (all still living); dau Jennie Zinn, 37, b. Jan 1863 in WVa, widow, mother of 3 children (all still living); grandson Clarence Zinn, 14, b. Sep 1885 in WVa; grand-dau Mary P. Zinn, 9, b. Mar 1891 in Pennsylvania; grandson Benjamin F. Zinn, 5, b. Oct 1894 in Pennsylvania.
      (Note: Although listed as her daughter, Jennie was actually Mary's daughter-in-law. It is noteworthy that Mary is listed as having eight children, as Bee researchers consistently report that she had only the seven listed here.)

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Apr 23 1910:
      Jennie Zinn, 45, b. WVa, widow, mother of 3 children (all still living); son Clarence, 24, b. WVa, mail clerk at railroad, single; dau Pauline, 19, b. Pennsylvania, single; son Frank, 15, b. Pennsylvania.

      1920 Census, Taylor Co, WV (City of Grafton), enumerated on Jan 12 1920 at 436 West Main Street:
      Jennie Zinn, 55, b. WVa, widow; son Benjamine Zinn, 26, b. Pennsylvania, hostler at railway yards, widowed; boarder Ivan Pullen, 22, b. WVa, brakeman at railway shop; boarder Vada Pullen, 21, b. WVa.

      1930 Census, Wood Co, WV (Village of Vienna), enumerated on Apr 14 1930:
      Owen C. Loudin, 20, washer at rayon factory, age 19 at time of first marriage; wife Vida J. Loudin, 22, grocery clerk, age 21 at first marriage; grandmother Jennie Zinn, 67, widow.
    Person ID I49319  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2018 

    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 Mary Melissa "Polly" WELCH,   b. 2 Dec 1823, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1905, Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F7582  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Benjamin F. ZINN,   b. 23 Sep 1860, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1900  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 9 Nov 1884  Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Clarence ZINN,   b. Sep 1885, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary Pauline "Pearl" ZINN,   b. 9 Mar 1891, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1957, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     3. Benjamin Franklin ZINN,   b. 24 Oct 1895, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F20318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Nov 1884 - Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Vienna, Wood Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Mar 1953 - Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bluemont Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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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. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    3. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    4. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 333.
      Identified as Benjamin F. Zinn, 24, b. Sep 23 1860 in Marion Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Virginia Bee, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Nov 9 1884 at Greenwood.