Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: William FRASHURE / Hannah BEE (F19880)

m. 17 Sep 1871


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  • William FRASHUREFather | Male
    William FRASHURE

    Born  10 Jun 1811  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  27 Jul 1887   
    Buried    Otterbein Methodist Church Cemetery, near Sand Fork, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  17 Sep 1871  [1]  Doddridge Co, WV  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Nimrod FRASHURE | F19879 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sudna CHILDERS | F19879 Group Sheet 

    Hannah BEEMother | Female
    Hannah BEE

    Born  CA 1826  Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     
    Father  Jonathan BEE | F19883 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Martha "Patsy" HOWARD | F19883 Group Sheet 

  • Notes 
    • Based on census records, Hannah was born as early as 1822 or as late as 1832, with her marriage record putting it in between at about 1826. Although the earliest record appears to be the most reliable, there still remains the conflict that Jonathan married Martha Howard in 1817, and Hannah's mother was reportedly Margaret.

      1880 Census, Lewis Co, WV (Freemans Creek District), enumerated on Jun 26 1880:
      William Frazier, 68, farmer, suffering from dropsy; wife Hannah, 50; sister-in-law Mariah, 41; nephew Nimrod, 16; nephew William G, 11; nephew Harvey L, 6.
      (Note: The birthplace for everyone was West Virginia. The birthplace for Hannah's father was New Jersey, and Virginia for her mother, while the birthplace for both of Mariah's parents was listed as New Jersey. This is at variance from the Virginia birthplace that is found for Mariah's mother in her marriage record and all census records. It does lend credence, however, to the idea that Hannah was a half-sister to the rest of her father's children.)

      The following enumeration pertains to William and his family with his first wife:
      1850 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 30 1850:
      William Frazier, 38, farmer, value of real estate $1,000; Jemima, 37, cannot read/write; Joseph, 17; Eliza, 15; John, 13; Abraham, 11; David, 9; Rebecca, 7; Albert, 5.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 180.
      Identified as Wm Frashuer, widowed, farmer, 56, b. Harrison Co, res. Lewis Co, son of Nimrod & Sudney Frashuer; and Hannah Bee, single, 45, b. Preston Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Jonathan & Margaret. Married Sep 17 1871. (Note: We cannot reconcile Hannah's mother being identified as Margaret rather than Martha. Lacking evidence to the contrary, we conclude that it was a clerical error.)