Bios:  Bee, Leroy, Indiana Co, PA

SUBJECT: Bee, Leroy
SUBMITTER: E.K. Warner
EMAIL: wgene@twd.net
DATE: Nov 11, 1999
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SURNAMES: Bee, Domb, Smith, Tyger, White
From Prof. J.T. Stewart's "Indiana County Pennsylvania - Her
People, Past and Present" Published 1913

Transcribed by: E.K. Warner (wgene@twd.net) November 11th., 1999

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LEROY BEE, superintendent of the Greenwich Coal & Coke Company, at
Lovejoy, Indiana county, was born in Canoe township, this county,
June 17, 1874, and is a son of John A. and Amanda (White) Bee, natives
of Indiana county who are now living in Canoe township.

The father of Mr. Bee spent the active years of his life as a carpenter
and contractor, and now resides on a farm near the town of Rossiter.
He served as justice of the peace and constable for twenty-six years.
He and his wife had five sons and one daughter, namely : Bert, who
is engaged in farming in Canoe township; Leroy; Mabel, the wife of
John Domb, who conducts a store at Canoe Ridge, Indiana county; Harlin
and Clyde, who are carpenters of Lovejoy; and Doyle, living at home.

The maternal great-grandfather of Mr. Bee was born in France, and
on his way to the United States was shipwrecked. Isaac White, his
son, came from France to the United States, locating first in New
York, and later becoming one of the first settlers of Indiana county
Pennsylvania.

Leroy Bee secured his education in the schools of Canoe township,
and as a young man was taught the trade of carpenter by his father.
After following general carpentry for some years he became a mine
carpenter at Windber, and two years thereafter accepted a position
as foreman and carpenter with the Greenwich Coal & Coke Company. After
five years spent in these capacities he became stationary engineer
for the company, and in 1910 was made superintendent of the company
at Lovejoy, a position which he has continued to hold to the present
time, showing himself to be a faithful and efficient employee and
a man of much executive ability.

In 1908 Mr. Bee was married, in the town of Indiana, Pa., to Miny
Smith, who was born in Canoe township, daughter of Clark and Sarah
(Tyger) Smith, who are now both deceased. Mrs. Bee’s father was a
farmer of Canoe township, carrying on operations on the tract of land
that had been originally settled and cleared by his father, George
Smith, one of this county’s early pioneers.

Mr. Bee is a member of Twolick Lodge, No. 75, Knights of Pythias,
and of the Loyal Order of Moose, at Clymer. His wife is a well known
member of the Presbyterian Church.



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