Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Reuben Elijah Holbert    
       Also known as: Elijah Holbert 1
                Born: ca 1819              in Virginia  2
              Census: 1870                 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farm laborer  2
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Cinderella Bush   3,1  
         Census name: Sindrilla 
                Born: ca 1833              in Virginia  2
              Census: 1870                 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Mary J. Holbert      
                Born: ca 1854              in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  4
             Resided: 1874                 in Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1870                 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Husband: Franklin P. Ward  b. ca 1852  
             Married: Mar-12-1874          in Ritchie Co, WV  5
           M Child 2: Robert Prine Holbert      
                Born: Feb- 9-1856          in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  6,4,7
                Died: Mar-12-1937          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  6
              Buried:                      in Mt. Moriah Church Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
             Resided:                      in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  6
             Resided: 1881                 in Ritchie Co, WV  7
              Census: 1870                 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV  
                Wife: Alzetta Bee  b. Aug-14-1850  d. bef Dec 1881  
             Married: Nov-13-1877          in Ritchie Co, WV  8
                Wife: Mary B. Bennett  b. Feb-13-1854  d. May- 7-1943  
             Married: Dec-15-1881          in Gilmer Co, WV  7
           F Child 3: Eliza Ann Holbert      
       Also known as: Elizabeth Holbert 9
                Born: 1859                 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  4,10
                Died: 1899                  10
              Buried:                      in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV  10
              Census: 1870                 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Husband: Albert Franklin Bee  b. 1850  d. 1911  
             Married: Oct-28-1875          in Ritchie Co, WV  4
           F Child 4: Sarah E. Holbert      
                Born: Aug-14-1861          in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  11,2,4 (see note 1)
              Census: 1880                 in Otter District, Clay Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV  
             Husband: Lloyd C. Bee  b. Aug-25-1856  d. Nov-28-1923  
             Married: Dec-21-1876          in Ritchie Co, WV  12

Sources:
(1) Death record of son. 
(2) 1870 Census, Gilmer County, WV. 
(3) Marriage record of daughter. 
(4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Franklin P. Ward, age 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Gilmer Co, son of G. W. & Margaret; and Mary J. Holbert, age 19, b. 
Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of R. E. & Cyndrilla.  Married Mar 12 1874. 
(6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(7) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. 
(8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Robert P. Holbert, age 22, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Reuben & Cindrella; and Alzetta Bee, age 23, b. 
Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Ezekiel & Maria.  Married Nov 13 1877. 
(9) Death record of daughter. 
(10) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(11) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(12) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Lloyd Bee, age 20, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of J. N. & Perdilla; and Sarah E. Holbert, age 46 [sic], b. 
Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of R. E. & S.  Married Dec 21 1876.  The age 46 reported here is considered 
suspect. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age at marriage appears as 46, probably intended to be 16.  She was age 9 in
the 1870 Census, and her birth record states Aug 14 1861.







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