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Charles BEE

Charles BEE

Male 1865 - 1956  (90 years)

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  • Name Charles BEE 
    Born 14 Nov 1865  West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Birth date given in death record as Nov 23 1865, but his birth record shows it as Nov 14 1865. Although his death record states that he had no middle name, he is identified in his birth record as Charles E. Bee, and he has also been identified as Charles W. Bee. But census records and his headstone identify him simply as Charles Bee.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870, 1880  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3
    Residence 1940, 1946  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Died 29 Aug 1956  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6
    Buried Cabin Run Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7
    Person ID I20558  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Sep 2018 

    Father Ephraim W. BEE,   b. 16 Mar 1834, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1915, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Ingabey SMITH,   b. 22 Feb 1840, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1920, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F12694  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lenora Virginia WILSON,   b. 12 Sep 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1940, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 13 1900:
      Charles Bee, 34, b. Nov 1865, farmer, married 13 yrs; wife Lenora V, 28, b. Sep 1871, mother of 5 children (all still living); son Lenney, 11, b. Jul 1888; son Ephraim, 10, b. May 1890; son Sherman, 7, b. May 1893; son Augustus, 5, b. May 1895; dau Mollie I, 2, b. Sep 1897.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Apr 18 1910:
      Charles Bee, 44, farmer, married 23 yrs; wife Virginia, 39, mother of 9 children (8 still living); son Lenna, 21; son Ephraim, 19; son Sherman, 17; son Augustus, 15; dau Mary, 12; son Ola, 9; dau Valley, 5; son Cecil, 1.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District)
      Charles Bee & Virginia L with six children: Augustus, 24; Mary I, 22; Ola G, 19; Vallie F, 14; Cecil C, 11; Icy L, 5. [4, 8]
    Children 
    +1. Lenney E. BEE,   b. 8 Jul 1888, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1986  (Age 98 years)
     2. Ephraim M. BEE,   b. May 1890, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1913, Boulder, Boulder Co, CO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 23 years)
    +3. Sherman Harry BEE,   b. 23 May 1892, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1982, Delaware, Delaware Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    +4. Augustus "Gus" BEE,   b. 31 May 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1982  (Age 87 years)
    +5. Mary Ingaby BEE,   b. 28 Sep 1897, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1972, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +6. Ola Glenn BEE,   b. CA 1901, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1988, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years)
     7. Otis BEE,   b. 25 Jan 1903,   d. 4 Apr 1904, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    +8. Vallie F. BEE,   b. 13 Mar 1905, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1947, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
    +9. Cecil Clyde BEE,   b. Aug 1908, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1987  (Age ~ 79 years)
    +10. Icie Lorene BEE,   b. 17 Oct 1914, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 2010, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    Family ID F7571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    20558_CharlesBee_CabinRunCem_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg
    20558_CharlesBee_CabinRunCem_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg

    Documents
    20558_BEE_Charles_1865-1956_DeathCertificate.jpg
    20558_BEE_Charles_1865-1956_DeathCertificate.jpg
    20558_BEE_Charles_1910Census_DoddridgeCoWV_SouthwestDist_18Apr1910.jpg
    1910 Census, Doddridge Co WV, Southwest Dist, 18Apr1910

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 23, Line 9 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2604978&Type=Birth.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    4. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    5. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    6. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    7. [S5] Headstone.

    8. [S1570] Obituary of son.