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Penelope Jane DICKS

Penelope Jane DICKS

Female 1839 - 1900  (60 years)


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  • Name Penelope Jane DICKS
    Birth 26 Jun 1839  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Residence 1863  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1880  New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Sugar Camp (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Death 19 Mar 1900  Sugar Camp (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Cause: measles and a complication of diseases 
    Burial Middle Island 7th Day Bapt Cem, Sugar Camp, New Milton, Doddridge Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7] 
    • Death record shows burial location as Randolph Cemetery.
    Person ID I44281  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 May 2017

    Father Joseph M. DICKS,   b. 15 Jan 1815   d. 21 Jan 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Mother Mary MARPLE,   b. 13 Feb 1820   d. 10 Oct 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F17908  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joshua A. BEE,   b. Jun 1838, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1914, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)
    Marriage 25 Feb 1863  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 7 1880:
      Joshua A. Bee, 40, farmer; wife Penelopy J, 40; son Edward B, 13; son Harlan, 8.
    Children 
     1. (Infant male) BEE,   b. CA 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
    +2. Edward B. "Eddie" BEE,   b. 20 Nov 1866   d. 31 Oct 1922, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     3. (Stillborn male) BEE,   b. 25 Aug 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +4. Harlen L. BEE,   b. 4 Dec 1870, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1940, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     5. (Stillborn male) BEE,   b. 14 Jan 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F17907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

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

    3. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 126.

    4. [S14] Obituary.

    5. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    6. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 136.
      Identified as Penelope Jane Bee, married, died March 19 1900, age 60y 8m 21d, cause of death measles, buried at Randolph Cemetery. ("Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 126, reports birth date for Penelope Dicks as Jun 24 1829, and her death date as Mar 30 1900. But 1880 Census lists her age as 40, and death record shows her death date as Mar 19 1900, with age at death calculating to a birth date of Jun 26 1839.)

    7. [S2544] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).