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Lena M. GODFREY

Lena M. GODFREY

Female 1876 - 1947  (~ 70 years)

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  • Name Lena M. GODFREY 
    Born Aug 1876  Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1896  Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1900  Salt Lick District, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Orlando, Lewis/Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 11 Feb 1947  [4, 5] 
    Buried Orlando Cemetery, Orlando, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I114265  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Jun 2017 

    Father David Newton GODFREY,   b. 1 Apr 1835,   d. 24 Mar 1912, Orlando, Lewis/Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane SKINNER,   b. 2 Jun 1837, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1923, Orlando, Lewis/Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F48472  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John S. BEE,   b. 22 Dec 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1955, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 14 May 1896  Confluence (Orlando), Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Braxton Co, WV (Salt Lick District), enumerated on Jun 22 1900:
      Newton Godfrey, 65, b. Apr 1835, farmer, married 40 yrs; wife Mary Jane, 63, b. Jun 1836, married 40 yrs, mother of 8 children (7 still living); son-in-law John Bee, 30, b. Jan 1870, day laborer, married 4 yrs; dau Lenna Bee, 23, b. Aug 1876, married 4 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); grandson Cecil Bee, 2, b. Mar 1898; grandson Ozza Fox, 18, b. Nov 1881; grandson Conda Fox, 14, b. Nov 1885.

      1910 Census, Braxton Co, WV (Salt Lick District), enumerated on May 5 1910 in the Village of Orlando:
      David N. Godfrey, 73, farmer, married 54 yrs; wife Mary J, 72, married 54 yrs, mother of 8 children (6 still living); son-in-law John Bee, 41, laborer at odd jobs, married 14 yrs; dau Lena Bee, 34, married 14 yrs, mother of 4 children (all still living); grandson Cecil Bee, 13; granddau Lovie Bee, 6; grandson James Bee, 4; grandson Fred Bee, 1 yr 8 mo.

      1920 Census, Braxton Co, WV (Holly District), enumerated on Feb 2 1920:
      John S. Bee, 50, occupation sand loader, divorced; mother Mary E, 74, widowed; nephew Edgar E, 14.
      The adjactent household on one side was that of John's brother Harvey, and on the other side his brother William.
    Children 
     1. Cecil E. BEE,   b. Mar 1898
     2. Lovie BEE,   b. CA 1904
     3. James Adam BEE
     4. Fred BEE,   b. 1908
    Family ID F48471  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Roy GIBSON  [4] 
    Family ID F48477  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2073] 1900 Census, Braxton County, WV.

    2. [S1985] Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10185845&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S2233] 1910 Census, Braxton County, WV.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1750] Grave marker (year only).