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     Eliza Blanche Webb was born on 26 February 1884. She was the daughter of James D. Webb and Hannah Elizabeth Davault. Eliza Blanche Webb died on 4 July 1885 at age 1. She was buried in July 1885 at Cross Cemetery, Piney Flats, Sullivan Co., TN.

     Elizabeth Webb was also known as "Betsy". She was born on 5 August 1790 at Bridgeport, Harrison Co., VA. She was the daughter of Rev. Benjamin Webb and Elizabeth Nixon. Elizabeth Webb married Moses John Starr, son of Rev. Moses Starr and Elizabeth Woodward, on 24 December 1811 at Beard's Run, Simpson Creek, Harrison Co., VA (now WV), Ceremony by her father, Rev. Benjamin Webb. Elizabeth Webb died on 1 July 1837 at Logan, Hocking Co., OH, at age 46. She was buried in July 1837 at Webb Chapel Cemetery, Logan, Hocking Co., OH, Findagrave #27455267.

     Eva Cleo Webb was born on 15 July 1892 at Miami Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Jasper Wilden Thackara Webb and Angeline Sara Johnson.¹ Eva Cleo Webb married Ernest Leroy Routzahn on 14 December 1910 at Clark Co., OH. Eva Cleo Webb died on 7 September 1983 at Champaign Co., OH, at age 91. She was buried in September 1983 at Casstown Cemetery, Casstown, Miami Co., OH, Findagrave #11773685.

     Fanny C. Webb was born in July 1882 at Sullivan Co., TN.¹ She was the daughter of James D. Webb and Hannah Elizabeth Davault.¹

     George Webb was born on 3 September 1723. He was the son of John Webb and Mary Boone.

     George Webb was born on 17 March 1834 at Philadelphia Co., PA.^2,3 He was the son of George Webb and Elizabeth (?)² George Webb married Sarah Jane Yost, daughter of Alexander Yost and Katharine Schlichter.¹ George Webb lived on 11 July 1870 at Philadelphia, Ward 19, Philadelphia Co., PA, Brick mason.⁴ He lived on 7 June 1880 at Sergeant Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, Brick layer.⁵ He lived on 9 June 1900 at 3308 H Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, Sewer inspector.³ He died on 26 December 1913 at West Rockhill, Bucks Co., PA, at age 79.

     George Webb was born circa 1804 at Pennsylvania or New Jersey 1850 shows PA, 1870 shows NJ, not found in 1860.¹ He married Elizabeth (?).¹ George Webb died on 13 April 1877 at Burlington Co., NJ. He was buried in April 1877 at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Florence, Burlington Co., NJ, Findagrave #6687269.

     George Webb was born on 11 August 1858 at Philadelphia Co., PA, death certificate shows he was born in New Jersey, but all censuses including 1860 indicate he was born at Philadelphia.¹ He was the son of George Webb and Sarah Jane Yost.¹ George Webb married May Hanson circa 1886.² George Webb lived on 3 June 1900 at 902 Cambria Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, Upholstery weaver.² He died on 26 December 1949 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, at age 91.

     George W. Webb was born in January 1838 at Ohio.^1,2 He married Alta Delphene M. Agnew on 29 September 1861 at Wabash Co., IL. George W. Webb died in 1902 Della filed for Civil War veteran's pension in September, 1902.

     George Washington Webb was born circa 1817 at Kentucky.¹ He was the son of W. Webb and Nancy Henry. George Washington Webb married Mary Catharine Leslie, daughter of Levi Leslie and Sarah Windell, on 9 May 1850 at Meade Co., KY.² Occupation: Jailor, County Jail in 1860 at Brandenburg, Meade Co., KY.¹ George Washington Webb died before 2 June 1870 at Meade Co., KY.

     George Yoast Webb Jr. was born on 24 January 1894 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA.¹ He was the son of George Webb and May Hanson.¹ George Yoast Webb Jr. began military service on 7 September 1917 WW I service, enlisted, U.S. Army, Co. C, 304 F Signal Battalion, honorable discharge 12 nov 1917. He married Sara Lillian Griffith circa 1921, no children. George Yoast Webb Jr. lived in 1942 at 902 West Cambria Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, WW II draft registration. He died on 8 September 1988 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, at age 94.

     Georgia Juanita Webb was born on 2 January 1903 at Oklahoma Co., OK.¹ She was the daughter of Elijah William Webb and Jane Deborah Sloan.¹ Georgia Juanita Webb married John Emmett Criswell, son of Silva H. Criswell and Margaret Armstrong McCombs, after 12 March 1920. Georgia Juanita Webb died on 2 January 1979 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, at age 76.

     Harold Duane Webb was born on 19 August 1912 at Sullivan Co., TN. He was the son of Micah B. Webb and Mary E. Cross. Harold Duane Webb died on 11 December 1915 at Sullivan Co., TN, at age 3. He was buried in December 1915 at Holston Grove Lutheran Cemetery, Sullivan Co., TN.

     Harold Montell Webb was also known as "Montie". He was born on 11 August 1894 at Miami or Champaign Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Jasper Wilden Thackara Webb and Angeline Sara Johnson. Harold Montell Webb married Hazel Chella Gundolf, daughter of Lewis Gundolf and Olive B. Hurley, in 1914. Harold Montell Webb died on 5 September 1984 at Clark Co., OH, at age 90 Birth and death dates per SSDI, last residence New Carlisle. He was buried in September 1984 at New Carlisle Cemetery, New Carlisle, Clark Co., OH, Findagrave #17639333.

     Harry Webb was born in April 1879 at Philadelphia Co., PA.^1,2 He was the son of George Webb and Sarah Jane Yost.¹

     Henry Clint Webb was born in January 1885 at Sullivan Co., TN.¹ He was the son of James D. Webb and Hannah Elizabeth Davault.¹ Henry Clint Webb married Fanny E. Glover circa 1911.

     James Webb was born on 4 March 1737. He was the son of John Webb and Mary Boone.

     James D. Webb was born in October 1854 at Tennessee.¹ He was the son of Benjamin Webb and Elizabeth Arrants.² James D. Webb married Hannah Elizabeth Davault, daughter of Michael Weaver Davault and Catherine Webb, circa 1881, Four children born, three living as of 1900 census.¹ James D. Webb died in 1907. He was buried in 1907 at Holston Grove Lutheran Cemetery, Sullivan Co., TN.

     James Oscar Webb was born in 1912. He married Marjorie Vadis Swisher. James Oscar Webb died in 1984. He was buried in 1984 at Fairview Cemetery, West Libery, Logan Co., OH, Findagrave #71693783.

     Jasper Wilden Thackara Webb was born on 15 May 1849 at Lena, Miami Co., OH.^1,2,3 He was the son of John Shelby Webb and Grace Thackara.¹ Jasper Wilden Thackara Webb was also known as Jasper Thackara.^1,4 He married Angeline Sara Johnson, daughter of Daniel Johnson and Elizabeth Anne Sager, on 11 April 1873 at Miami Co., OH, Per 1900 and 1910 censuses, 10 children born to Angeline, 7 living as of 1900 and 1910.³ Jasper Wilden Thackara Webb lived in 1880 at Brown Twp., Miami Co., OH.² He died on 11 March 1921 at Miami Co., OH, at age 71. He was buried in March 1921 at Casstown Cemetery, Casstown, Miami Co., OH, Findagrave #11746747.

     John Webb was born in 1694. He married Mary Boone, daughter of George Boone and Mary Milton Maugridge, on 13 September 1720 at Berks Co. (now), PA. John Webb died on 18 October 1774.

     John Webb was born on 14 March 1720 at Berks Co., PA. He was the son of John Webb and Mary Boone.

     John Webb was born at Virginia. He married Rachel Davis. John Webb died on 28 November 1811 at Miami Co., OH.

     Gen. John Webb was born on 17 May 1793 at May's Lick, Mason Co., KY.¹ He was the son of John Webb and Rachel Davis.
Note: GEN. JOHN WEBB'S NARRATIVE (from 1880 History of Miami County, pp 393 - 400)

We believe that we can no better illustrate the life, trials, triumphs and experiences of a pioneer than by giving the history of one written by his own hand and such a document we introduce at this point. It is from the pen of Gen. Webb, and we preface it by saying that what the old gentleman says of other places is peculiarly applicable to the early settlement of Lost Creek Township:

"I was born of Baptist parents, at May's Lick, Mason County, State of Kentucky, May 17, 1793. My parents were church members before I was born. In the Month of November, 1797, my father removed to Ohio, six years before the State was admitted into the Union, and wintered near Waynesville. In March following, he settled in the dense wilderness between the two Miami Rivers, near where the city of Dayton now stands. There was no mark of an axe (excepting those of Indian tomahawks) there until my father and brothers cut logs to build a cabin, into which he put his family. At that time, the cabin was hardly up and covered, and it was without floor, chimney or door. Our nearest neighbors were Indians, bears, wolves, foxes, wildcats, turkeys, deer and raccoons. Spring opened early, vegetation grew rapidly, the ground was loaded with hickory-nuts, walnuts, etc., and the woods swarmed with different kinds of singing birds. I was not nine years old, and, not realizing our lonely situation, I thought it a paradise. About forty or fifty rods east of our house stood a little prairie, in which we made our first garden, but we were soon compelled to inclose it with a high staked and ridered' fence, to keep the deer from destroying the fruits of our first planting.

We had to watch our cornfields, to prevent the squirrels and raccoons from pulling up the corn in the spring, and from eating the ears in the fall. The wild pigeons were very plentiful and destructive, picking up the wheat almost as soon as sown.

"My father sowed the first wheat and clover seed, and planted the first apple and peach trees and built the first cabin in that region. After eight years of life there, father exchanged farms with my brother-in law, Timothy Green, and moved three miles west, near the present site of Beavertown.

There being, no school near us then, my mother taught my youngest sister and myself at home. Our main books were the spelling book, Testament and Bible. l was eight years old before l saw a schoolhouse, and never went to school in any house but a log-cabin. ln 1811, father sold his farm of 240 acres for $2,000, intending to purchase land in this (Miami) county for his sons. One day he mounted a young, hard-mouthed horse, intending to select a location, and started off. But the horse, becoming frightened, ran a quarter of a mile, threw my father against a stump, broke his arm in two places, and crushed his shoulder and skull, of course killing him instantly. This occurred on Thursday, November 28, 1811.

On the day following father's funeral, our family assigned to mother all the money and property that he left, and shortly afterward I purchased the land I now occupy, two miles north of Casstown, from John Rogers, for $320. At that time Rogers owned an entire section. There were two cabins on my piece, a lot of land inclosed; and I gave Rogers in payment, an order on my mother, for I was but eighteen years old, and engaged in "keeping" school. Two years before this I taught the first school ever held in this region.

In the following spring, mother and I, with my brothers Elisha and Joseph, moved to this neighborhood. Joseph having no house on his land, moved into one of my houses. He had purchased a quarter- section of land, where John Mitchell now lives (i.e. the present Hyatt farm-ED.), and subsequently built a cabin there. He afterward exchanged it for a quarter-section then owned by Richard Palmer, my brother-in-law, and now owned by George Hammon and Joel Burton, adjoining the village of Casstown.

"In the latter part of the winter of 1813, I volunteered as a soldier, expecting to go to Detroit. But the surrender of Hull's army there, left our whole northern and northwestern frontier exposed to Indian depredations. The general Government, therefore, caused a line of block-houses to be built along the frontier of Ohio and Indiana, and called out a large portion of the frontier militia to be stationed in them. So we were marched to Greenville, Darke County, under Captain Charles Hilliard, where we remained six months. John Sconer and Gosberry Elliott, two of our soldiers, were killed by the Indians, also Philip Taylor, an Indian trader, Mr. Rush, a settler, and two little girls, daughters of a Mr. Wilson. In August of the same year (1814) the savages killed David Gerard within a mile of our house, and the same evening Henry Dilbone and wife further up on Spring Creek.

"In the month of March, 1815, our two houses were consumed by fire, and we removed to Roger's until I built another cabin. I was teaching school in one of my own cabins at the time of this calamity. During this year, Priscilla Knight and I were married, and lived happily together for more than half a century. At our first company muster, after our return from Greenville, I drilled the company at the request of our captain. I was twenty years old at that time (1813). Having been appointed Orderly Sergeant, I was shortly afterward elected Captain. My company's membership extended as far north as there were inhabitants at that time. As there were a few settlers scattered along the Miami as far as where Sidney now stands, our place of company drill was on the ground where Elder D. E. Thomas' house now stands (i.e., near the D. &,M. R. R. depot adjoining Piqua). I afterward acted as Major at regimental musters, and shortly after was elected Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel successively. A short time subsequent, I was elected Brigadier General, receiving every vote in the county but one, and, by the resignation of Gen. Young, I became acting Major General of the Tenth Division of Ohio Militia. The division embraced the counties of Montgomery, Darke, Shelby and Miami, and consisted of ten regiments of infantry, riflemen, cavalry and artillery.

In 1819, I was unanimously elected Justice of the Peace of Lost Creek Township, in which office my whole term of service extended over thirty years. During that time, I married more than one hundred couples. I was a trustee of the original survey of the township, and, assisting in the survey, wrote all the leases. I also assisted in the survey of a number of county roads, and administered on many estates. In 1838, I resigned my military commission, and, many years after the war of 1812, I received two warrants for eighty acres of Government land each, and I now receive a yearly pension for services rendered the nation.

"In 1861, at the outbreak of the rebellion, the young men asked me to drill a company of Home Guards, which I consented to do. A company was speedily recruited, and made rapid improvements in the tactics. The patriotic ladies raised funds for the purchase of a beautiful flag, which was presented to the company at Casstown. On that day, the company was drawn up in a hollow square, the ladies and speakers facing inward. George C. Clyde presented the standard in the name of the ladies and D. E. Thomas accepted it in behalf of the company, in a neat speech. The whole affair was a grand and success.

"In speaking of the " financial frauds " of the old days, Gen. Webb says:"in 1819, I was appointed administrator with the widow on the estate of ------. Her bad management and the confused condition of the estate came near ruining me. The first difficulty I encountered was to clear it of a judgment for $18,000, in favor of John H. Piatt, of Cincinnati. There were other jndgments and other claims, and the result was that the estate proved to be insolvent, with but 40 cents on the dollar. The widow bought and kept it at its appraisement, for which she gave no security, and paid nothing, and I had to foot the bill! At various times I bailed---- ---- and others, and was left to pay the amounts. Many years after, I bailed -------; he availed himself of the bankrupt act, and, as usual, left me to pay his debts. I took stock in the Troy Manufacturing Company; it failed. I took stock in the Addison, Troy & Covington Turnpike Co; it fizzled. Then I invested in two toll-bridge companies at Troy; one of the bridges fell before it was finished, and the other was washed away shortly after completion. I was generally called a good fellow, and consequently was often imposed upon.

"These difficulties, poor health and a large family, often seriously afflicted, have affected my progress. From the foregoing, it would seem that I have been a poor economist and financier. This is true, yet my family have been comfortably and respectably raised."

Gen. Webb concludes his memoir by saying that, on the 9th of August, 1827, he was received into the Lost Creek Baptist Church, and baptized by Elder Willis Hance. He was for many years Clerk of the Mad River Association, and prepared its minutes for publication. On one occasion, Mr. Webb went to Columbus on horseback to attend to some business pertaining to the church charter before the Legislature.

Gen. John Webb married Priscilla Knight.

     John B. Webb was born circa 1848 at Illinois. He married Barbara Ann Tillery. John B. Webb died on 23 January 1900 at Adair Twp., Mayes Co., Indian Territory (now OK).

     John Shelby Webb was born circa 1825 at Miami Co., OH. He was the son of Gen. John Webb and Priscilla Knight. Occupation: Miner on 18 November 1850 at Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA.¹ John Shelby Webb lived on 9 June 1860 at Washington Twp., Yolo Co., CA.² Occupation: Laborer on 8 July 1870 at Woodland, Yolo Co., CA.³
Note: According to his grandson Harold Montell "Monty" Webb, Shelby Webb came to Lena, Ohio "from the Pennsylvania Dutch", but probably Monty meant the Thackara family. Told to Donald L. Boyd about 1974.

     Jonas Webb was the son of Jonas Webb and Ann Mills. Jonas Webb married Elizabeth Wooden.

     Jonas Webb married Ann Mills.

     Joseph Webb was born on 6 May 1735. He was the son of John Webb and Mary Boone.

     Justina Dinah Webb was born on 1 August 1766 at Exeter, Berks Co., PA. She married Daniel Weidner, son of David Weidner and Hannah Womelsdorf, on 10 August 1790 at Schwartzwald Reformed Church, Exeter, Berks Co., PA. Justina Dinah Webb died on 27 November 1828 at Bethel, Berks Co., PA, at age 62.