Amos Bee was born February 28, 1828 in Harrison County, now in West Virginia and died August 13, 1904 in West Union, West Virginia
After a lingering illness of several months, Amos Bee departed this life at his home in West Union on Sunday morning August 14,1904, aged 76 years, 5 months and 16 days.
He was the son of the late Ephraim & Catherine (Davis)Bee and was married to Miss Malissa Welch on March 20, 1856.
Eight children were born to them as follows; Genevra, wife of Johnson Benjamin Smith; Alonzo A. Bee, Ex Postmaster of West Union; Annabelle A., wife of Benjamin Franklin Heflin, Jr; James Avril,(deceased); Clara Virginia, wife of Benjamin W. Foley; Ephraim E.,(deceased); Catharine, wife of Warner Stutler; and Mary Margaret, all of whom reside in this community except Mrs. Stutler, who resides in Washington.
The funeral was conducted at the late home of the deceased Monday afternoon by Revs. Kepler, Hite and Duckworth. The funeral was in charge of Undertaker Pease of the Cox Bros. Company, and the internment took place in the town Cemetery, Cabin Run Cemetery.
The deceased had been a justice of the peace for several years, which office he held to the time of his death. He also served as a deputy sheriff from 1877-1881. He was one of a large family, only three of whom are now living. Ephraim Bee, Wickliff Bee, and Mrs. Louise Smith, of this county and Stinnet Bee of Wirt County.
Notes for AMOS BEE: In the will of Ephraim Bee, his son Amos was given One Dollar and all the notes held against him, amounting to about Nine Hundred Dollars. Amos Bee was an enrolling officer in the War between the states, in Wheeling, West Virginia. He also hired a substitute by the name of Tom Law. Tom Law came back from the war with his eye shot out.
Amos was a tanner and the first clerk of the School Board under the Free school system, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and Judge in West Union, West Virginia for many years. One of his cases was The Ax murderers Big & Little Bill Kinney. The only survivor of the mayhem was one of the young daughters who witnessed it all and never recovered from the shock.
After a lingering illness of several months, Amos Bee departed this life at his home in West Union on Sunday morning August 14,1904, aged 76 years, 5 months and 16 days.
He was the son of the late Ephraim & Catherine (Davis)Bee and was married to Miss Malissa Welch on March 20, 1856.
Eight children were born to them as follows; Genevra, wife of Johnson Benjamin Smith; Alonzo A. Bee, Ex Postmaster of West Union; Annabelle A., wife of Benjamin Franklin Heflin, Jr; James Avril,(deceased); Clara Virginia, wife of Benjamin W. Foley; Ephraim E.,(deceased); Catharine, wife of Warner Stutler; and Mary Margaret, all of whom reside in this community except Mrs. Stutler, who resides in Washington.
The funeral was conducted at the late home of the deceased Monday afternoon by Revs. Kepler, Hite and Duckworth. The funeral was in charge of Undertaker Pease of the Cox Bros. Company, and the internment took place in the town Cemetery, Cabin Run Cemetery.
The deceased had been a justice of the peace for several years, which office he held to the time of his death. He also served as a deputy sheriff from 1877-1881. He was one of a large family, only three of whom are now living. Ephraim Bee, Wickliff Bee, and Mrs. Louise Smith, of this county and Stinnet Bee of Wirt County.
Notes for AMOS BEE: In the will of Ephraim Bee, his son Amos was given One Dollar and all the notes held against him, amounting to about Nine Hundred Dollars. Amos Bee was an enrolling officer in the War between the states, in Wheeling, West Virginia. He also hired a substitute by the name of Tom Law. Tom Law came back from the war with his eye shot out.
Amos was a tanner and the first clerk of the School Board under the Free school system, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and Judge in West Union, West Virginia for many years. One of his cases was The Ax murderers Big & Little Bill Kinney. The only survivor of the mayhem was one of the young daughters who witnessed it all and never recovered from the shock.
Amos Bee was born February 28, 1828 in Harrison County, now in West Virginia and died August 13, 1904 in West Union, West Virginia
After a lingering illness of several months, Amos Bee departed this life at his home in West Union on Sunday morning August 14,1904, aged 76 years, 5 months and 16 days.
He was the son of the late Ephraim & Catherine (Davis)Bee and was married to Miss Malissa Welch on March 20, 1856.
Eight children were born to them as follows; Genevra, wife of Johnson Benjamin Smith; Alonzo A. Bee, Ex Postmaster of West Union; Annabelle A., wife of Benjamin Franklin Heflin, Jr; James Avril,(deceased); Clara Virginia, wife of Benjamin W. Foley; Ephraim E.,(deceased); Catharine, wife of Warner Stutler; and Mary Margaret, all of whom reside in this community except Mrs. Stutler, who resides in Washington.
The funeral was conducted at the late home of the deceased Monday afternoon by Revs. Kepler, Hite and Duckworth. The funeral was in charge of Undertaker Pease of the Cox Bros. Company, and the internment took place in the town Cemetery, Cabin Run Cemetery.
The deceased had been a justice of the peace for several years, which office he held to the time of his death. He also served as a deputy sheriff from 1877-1881. He was one of a large family, only three of whom are now living. Ephraim Bee, Wickliff Bee, and Mrs. Louise Smith, of this county and Stinnet Bee of Wirt County.
Notes for AMOS BEE: In the will of Ephraim Bee, his son Amos was given One Dollar and all the notes held against him, amounting to about Nine Hundred Dollars. Amos Bee was an enrolling officer in the War between the states, in Wheeling, West Virginia. He also hired a substitute by the name of Tom Law. Tom Law came back from the war with his eye shot out.
Amos was a tanner and the first clerk of the School Board under the Free school system, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and Judge in West Union, West Virginia for many years. One of his cases was The Ax murderers Big & Little Bill Kinney. The only survivor of the mayhem was one of the young daughters who witnessed it all and never recovered from the shock.
After a lingering illness of several months, Amos Bee departed this life at his home in West Union on Sunday morning August 14,1904, aged 76 years, 5 months and 16 days.
He was the son of the late Ephraim & Catherine (Davis)Bee and was married to Miss Malissa Welch on March 20, 1856.
Eight children were born to them as follows; Genevra, wife of Johnson Benjamin Smith; Alonzo A. Bee, Ex Postmaster of West Union; Annabelle A., wife of Benjamin Franklin Heflin, Jr; James Avril,(deceased); Clara Virginia, wife of Benjamin W. Foley; Ephraim E.,(deceased); Catharine, wife of Warner Stutler; and Mary Margaret, all of whom reside in this community except Mrs. Stutler, who resides in Washington.
The funeral was conducted at the late home of the deceased Monday afternoon by Revs. Kepler, Hite and Duckworth. The funeral was in charge of Undertaker Pease of the Cox Bros. Company, and the internment took place in the town Cemetery, Cabin Run Cemetery.
The deceased had been a justice of the peace for several years, which office he held to the time of his death. He also served as a deputy sheriff from 1877-1881. He was one of a large family, only three of whom are now living. Ephraim Bee, Wickliff Bee, and Mrs. Louise Smith, of this county and Stinnet Bee of Wirt County.
Notes for AMOS BEE: In the will of Ephraim Bee, his son Amos was given One Dollar and all the notes held against him, amounting to about Nine Hundred Dollars. Amos Bee was an enrolling officer in the War between the states, in Wheeling, West Virginia. He also hired a substitute by the name of Tom Law. Tom Law came back from the war with his eye shot out.
Amos was a tanner and the first clerk of the School Board under the Free school system, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and Judge in West Union, West Virginia for many years. One of his cases was The Ax murderers Big & Little Bill Kinney. The only survivor of the mayhem was one of the young daughters who witnessed it all and never recovered from the shock.
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