James L. Bee (1869 - abt. 1871)

Born 6 Jul 1869 in Berea, Union Township, Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States of America

Ancestors

Died about 1871 at about age 1 in Berea, Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States of America

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Biography

James was born in 1869 in Ritchie County, West Virginia, probably on his family's farm near Berea. He was the first born of Jeremiah Bee and Tacy Jane Fitz Randolph. He reported died young in 1871 not long after being recorded in the family in the 1870 census.

Housekeeping

• no death or burial record

Sources

Rev. John Fitz Randolph. (1939). Dr. John LaForge Fitz Randolph of Salem, W.Va.: His Ancestry & Descendants. Mimeograph, S.D.B. Parsonage, Milton Junction, Wisconsin. Entry #7(iv.), p 7. Name: Tacy Jane; Birth: 1838; Parents: (Dr.) John LaForge Fitz Randolph, Experience Brown; Spouse: Jeremiah Bee; Children, reportedly raised by Jesse and Ruha Hickman as parents were separated:

1. boy died young
2. Armetha Ann, never married, living in 1942
3. Alphonso, d. 1890 at age 20, never married
4. boy died young

Oris H. F. Randolph. (1976). Edward Fitz Randolph Branch Lines, Allied Families and English and Norman Ancestry: A Family Genealogy, 860-1976. Edwards Brothers Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI. 694 pp. Entry 1426 (i.), p. 334. Name: boy, d. young; Parents: Jeremiah Bee, Tacy Jane F. Randolph. Listed before Armetha Ann, so born before 1870, consistent with James's birth record.

Birth

"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM7R-KBH : accessed 21 March 2016), Tacy Jane Bee in entry for James L. Bee, 06 Jul 1869; citing Union, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,887,475. Name: James L. Bee; Event Type: Birth; Event Date: 06 Jul 1869; Event Place: Union, West Virginia, United States; Gender: Male; Father's Name: Jeremiah Bee; Mother's Name: Tacy Jane Bee; Father occupation: Farmer; Father residence: Union Tp.; Number of children born at this birth: 1; Born: Alive; Informant: Jeremiah Bee, Father

Residence in West Virginia

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHM-6WR : accessed 21 March 2016), Tacy J Bee in household of Jeremiah Bee, Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 34, family 229, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,197. Census location: Union Tp, Ritchie County, WV; Post Office: Harrisville WV. Census date: 30 Jun 1870. Enumerator: Th. P. E. Davis; Name: Tacy J Bee; Gender: Female; Age: 31; Race: White; Race (Original): W; Birth Year (Estimated): 1838-1839; Birthplace: Virginia; Page Number: 34; HOUSEHOLD (ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE): Jeremiah Bee, M, 35, Farmer, Real estate value: 500; personal estate: 100; Virginia now WV; adult male citizen; Tacy J Bee, F, 31, keeping house, Virginia; Ellen Bee, F, 11, Virginia, attended school; Percilla C Bee, F, 8, Virginia; James L Bee, M, 0 (10/12 July), West Virginia