Rev. Asa Cox Bee, Jr.

DAVIS, THE SETTLERS OF SALEM, WEST VIRGINIA, by Susie Davis Nicholson, Salem, West Virginia, 1992. p. 42, 88

SOURCE: History of Ritchie County, by Minnie Kendall Lowther

Asa Bee, junior, the second son, was the first one of the name to come to Ritchie county. He was born near what is now the town of Fetterman, in Taylor county, in 1798, and there he was married to Miss Hannah, daughter of Zebulon Maxin, in his early manhood; and after residing at New Milton, in Doddridge county, for some length of time, he removed to the Berea vicinity in 1836. He was the first minister of the Seventh Day Baptist church, on Hughes river, and his ministry had a telling effect on the early history of this branch of the church, which was organized not long after his arrival. He was a strong advocate of co-education, having no sympathy, whatever, with the idea that was so prevalent at that period "that woman was amply equipped for the battle of life if she could only spell and read." He taught that woman's influence was the potent factor in shaping the mind of the child, and that, thus, she was in need of the better education; and this teaching had an important bearing on his own family, as three of his daughters were among the early teachers of this vicinity; his daughter, Abigail, having taught the first school here in an old dwelling near the year 1852, and a second term in Preston Zinn's new barn. She also taught a term in her father's hay-house, which was later enlarged and fitted up for a church and school-house. Few women were more beloved than Abigail Bee, who afterwards became the wife of Daniel Nay, of Pullman. Mr. and Mrs. Bee both remained here until they were laid in the Pine Grove cemetery.

Their other children, besides Mrs. Nay, were Zebulon, Asa, Loami, Mrs. Priscilla, late wife of E. C. Goff, of Goff's; and Mrs. Rhoda (Lemuel) Davis, who have all passed on; Mrs. Ingaby Doak, wife of Robert Doak, of Tyler county; and Mrs. Ahnira (William) Dougherty, of Mississippi. Mrs. Dougherty and Mrs. Goff were both teachers.

September 2nd, 1850

BEE, Asa farmer born in Virginia Age 52 Years

" Hannah " 51 "

" Zebulon " 25 "

" Abigail " 20 "

" Asa " 18 "

" Roann " 15 "

" Almira " 12 "

" Priscilla " 10 "

" Ingaby " 8 "

1860 Census Ritchie Co., VA

Asa Bee 62

Hannah Bee 62

Abigail Bee 30

Loami Bee 26

Almira Bee 23

Priscilla Bee 21

Ingabee Bee 18

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Asa Bee, Jr BIRTH 7 Aug 1798 Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA DEATH 11 Jun 1861 (aged 62) Berea, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Pine Grove Cemetery Berea, Ritchie County, West Virginia,

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Children Photo Rhoda Bee Davis 1822–1869

Zebulon Bee 1825–1900