William Webb

Surnames: Brown, Bump, Chase, Harte, Healy, Holiday, Hubbard, Kibbie, Rice, Scott, Sutherland 

Regions: Oneida Co., NY; Albany, Green Co., WI

Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green,

Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin, publ. 1901 - Page 812-813

WILLIAM WEBB. From tillers of the soil have arisen some of the most influential and celebrated men of this and other lands, and even cursory reading will demonstrate the truth of the assertion that agriculture is the surest path to affluence. Among the substantially farmer-citizens of Albany, Green county, is William WEBB, who was born in Oneida county, N.Y., May 16, 1819, a son of James and Anna (SCOTT) WEBB, both of whom were natives of New York. They had born to them a family of eight sons and five daughters, but time has made sad inroads, and but three of that large number still survive: William, who is our subject; Louis, who married Harrison CHASE, resides near Utica, N.Y.; and Anna, who married a gentleman of Vernon, New York.

The paternal grandfather of our subject was James WEBB, a native of New York, of English descent, who followed a sea-faring life and at death left one son and one daughter. The maternal grandfather was Enos SCOTT, a native of New York, born in the neighborhood of Black River, where he engaged in farming, lived to an advanced age, and was the father of three sons and two daughters.

William WEBB, the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm in Oneida county, N.Y., and was early taught lessons of industry and honesty, which have been of advantage to him in later life. The educational advantages were those of a settled locality, and in his youth our subject was well grounded in the primary principles. At the age of fifteen he accompanied his father to Ohio, where the latter settled on a good farm in Geauga county, where he died in 1841, aged sixty-one years. The mother of our subject survived him some ten years, being seventy-two years old at the time of his death. She had all her life been a devoted member of the Methodist Church, while Mr. WEBB had accepted the Universalist faith. During the war of 1812 he had been a teamster, and during his residence in Oneida county served a long time as supervisor of his town, and was a well-known and respected citizen.

About 1860 William WEBB removed to Wisconsin, taking up 160 acres of government land, which he improved and lived upon for some years, but advantageously sold and then located in Green county, where he bought 312 acres, which he improved, this farm being in Section 25, Albany township. In 1882 his two sons, Charles and William, bought this farm, and our subject retired to the village of Albany, where he built a substantial and comfortable residence, with twelve acres of land, and now resides there, enjoying the fruits of a well-spent life.

Mr. WEBB was married April 26, 1842, to Miss Fannie RICE, a daughter of Roswell and Sarah RICE, six children being born of this union: Albert, who married Mary KIBBIE lives in Evansville, with four children, Arthur, Frank, Nellie and May; Jane, who married Hiram BROWN, who died a number of years ago, leaving six children, Clara, Myrtie, William, Helen, and a pair of twins (who died in Nebraska), and Mrs. BROWN then married O. C. HEALY, and resides at Mapleton, Minn.; Mary E., who married Samuel HARN, is deceased, leaving one daughter, Emma, who is now the wife of F. L. HOLIDAY, of Janesville; William R., who married Dell BUMP, and resides in Albany, with five children, William, Rufus, Homer, Fern, and Hazel; Charles E., who married Eva HARTE, and resides in Evansville, with one son, Mark; and Emma, who married Benjamin SUTHERLAND, but is now deceased, leaving one daughter, Jessie. The mother of these children died on May 26, 1889, aged sixty-nine years, having been a devoted member of the United Brethren Church. On June 5, 1890, Mr. WEBB wedded Mrs. Sarah A. HUBBARD, the widow of Henry HUBBARD, and her death occurred in March, 1897.

An active and prominent member of the Democratic party, Mr. WEBB has been called upon to serve in many of the local offices for some years, being supervisor and a justice of the peace for many terms, displaying judgment and discretion in managing the township affairs that made him a valuable officer. Ever since locating in Green county, he has engaged in farming and stockraising, but has found time to be interested in all progressive movements in his neighborhood, and willingly assisting when he was convinced they were for the best interests of all concerned. Much respected, he is one of the representative citizens of Albany.

Submitted by Carol

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