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Descendants of William Douglas Webb

Generation No. 2

2. JACOB DOUGLAS⁵ WEBB (WILLIAM DOUGLAS⁴, JACOB WEBB³ 2, WILLIAM WEBB² 1, JACOB WEBB¹) was born July 21, 1861 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and died August 07, 1949 in Hodges, Alabama. He married (1) NANCY LUE HUGHEY Unknown in possibly Hamilton, Alabama, daughter of G. HUGHEY and MARGARET. He married (2) VIOLA LARRENCE (OR VIOLET LAWRENCE) Unknown in Possibly Hodges, Alabama.

Notes for JACOB DOUGLAS WEBB:
Jacob Webb (Jake) had red hair. He was supposedly very tall, about 6'4" - all the Webbs were tall - but after Jacob married Nannie (Nancy) Hughey, from Spartanburg, South Carolina, all the Webbs from that line were short. In 1878, Jacob and his brothers, Melvin and Lindsey, left Tuscaloosa County and moved to Marion County, Alabama. Jake settled near Hodges, near Highway 19. They left their sister Julie in Tuscaloosa with her husband. Jake was a successful merchant, owned cotton gins. He was treated with great deference and respect by the family. I went to Jake's funeral in 1949, in Alabama. He is buried in Holly Spirngs cemetary, in Hodges.
According to family oral historian, Albert Jr., Jacob Webb was very bright. In addition to his cotton gins, he owned a sawmill and several farms. He was also used by the local people as an unoffictial judge to settle disputes because of his intelligence and calming abilities. He was called "The Peacemaker."
Jacob and Melvin were very, very close and spent a great deal of time together.

Jacob had a second wife, Viola (or Violet) Lawrence (or Larrence). She was born March 3, 1868, died Dec. 27, in Holly Springs (Hodges, Alabama.) With Viola, Jacob had 4 more children:
1. Paul Webb, born Feb. 27, 1920, died Dec. 11, 1966, buried in Davis Cemetary, Franklin County, Alabama, near Hodges. Paul married Bessie Davis. Paul had Junior Webb, born July 17, 1924, died Aug. 8, 1956. He's buried in Davis Cemetary, Franklin County, near Hodges. And Paul had Oval Webb, born Dec. 18, 1921, died July 30, 1980, buried in Daavis Cemetary, Franklin County, near Hodges. And Paul had Joyce Webb, born march 7, 1931, died Oct. 18, 1992, buried in Hamilton, Alabama, City Cemetary.
2. Rosa Webb, born July 28, 1904, died July 4, 1988 in Columbia, Missouri (this might have been the relative that Verla Osborn stayed with after having surgery in Columbia, Missouri). Rosa married Fred Overton, had Hardy, charles, Jack, and Wayne.
3. Cora Alice Webb, born Oct. 23, 1909, died March 23, 1987, buried in Old Lion Cemetary, near Hodges, Alabama. She married Henley Lawler, had Virginia Rose, and Corky.
4. Maude Webb, born August 5, 1907, died June 21, 1963, in Marion County, Alabama, buried in Shottsville, Cemetary. She married Woddie Shotts, had Colleen.

Notes for NANCY LUE HUGHEY:
Nancy Hughey's nickname was "Nannie" Hughey.

Her family was from Spartanburg, South Carolina. She and her sister, Annie, both married Webbs. Annie, who was a schoolteacher, married Melvin, Jake's brother. Two other Hugheys married Abercrombies, although the name is used as "Crombie" on some of the tombstones in the Lebanon, Alabama graveyard near Hamilton, on Route 17. I am assured that it is the same family.
Melvin Webb went to school at the same school Annie taught before he married Annie.

The Hugheys were supposedly very short, black-haired, and when they married into the Webbs, the Webbs became very short-statured.

FROM NOTES I FOUND IN MY FOLDER, WRITTEN BY WEBB COUSIN IN MISSOURI - I QUOTE VERBATIM: "Nancy's sister Annie Hughey, Johnny Hughey, G.A. Hughey, born 30, 1815 died January 27, 1880, Viola V. Hall - Grandpa's 2nd wife - born March 3, 1869, died December 27, 1938." I am not sure if that 1815 date refers to a brother or a father or a mother.

In the 1870 Alabama Census, Marion Coutny, the following family is listed.
Abe, 57 years old, farmer, from South Carolina.
A, poss 28 years old NEED TO CHECK
S, 24 years old, femal.
G, 23 years old, male, farmer.
M, 19 years old, female.
B, 17 yeras old, female.
M.A., 15 years old, female. IS THIS ANNIE?
N, 11 or 17 (line is written over), female. IS THIS NANNIE?
G, 13 years old, male.

Also found the following on Internet - http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/ul/data/sc+index+171243498+F
THINK THESE ARE NANNIE HUGHEY'S RELATIVES:
From the Spartanburg County, South Carolina Buck Creek Baptist Cemetery
Amy Hughey Blanton, born Sept. 25, 1893; died May 24, 1982
Elizabeth Hughey, born March 17, 1837; died Sept. 15, 1871
Lillie Hughey, born Aug. 7, 1856; died April 7, 1931
G.M.C. Hughey, born Dec. 29, 1856; died June 4, 1942
R. Lou Hughey, born Sept. 6, 1872; died Sept. 26, 1936
J.A. Hughey, born Aug. 6, 1865; deid Sept. 22, 1930
Infant Hughey, daughter of WSH, born April 5, 1927
Janette L. Hughey, born Jan. 26, 1931; died Dec. 1, 1931 THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT!!! daughter of WSH
Infant Hughey, born May 9, 1935, daughter of WSH
Howard M Hughey, born Aug. 22, 1908, died Nov. 22, 1948
Dora L. Hughey, born June 30, 1907
Harland D. Hughey, born Aug. 12, 1887; died Nov. 16, 1974
Maggie E. Hughey, born Oct. 5, 1891; died Sept. 23, 1951

Children of JACOB WEBB and NANCY HUGHEY are:

7.	i.	GLOW ETTA⁶ WEBB, b. November 25, 1892, Marion County (probably Hamilton), Alabama; d. July 17, 1980, Marion County (probably Hamilton), Alabama.
8.	ii.	BENJAMIN GROVER WEBB, b. August 12, 1888, probably Hamilton, or Hodges, Alabama; d. May 22, 1971, Campbell, Missouri.
9.	iii.	HUGHEY WEBB, b. January 06, 1890; d. January 27, 1967.
10.	iv.	DOUGLAS WOOD WEBB, b. July 10, 1894, Marion County, Alabama (probagly Hamilton or Hodges); d. September 07, 1975, Murphresboro, Tennessee.
11.	v.	THOMAS HUSTON WEBB, b. January 06, 1896, probably Hamilton, or Hodges, Alabama; d. August 05, 1988, probably Hamilton,or Hodges, Alabama.

Children of JACOB WEBB and VIOLA LAWRENCE) are:

12.	vi.	PAUL⁶ WEBB, b. February 27, 1902; d. December 11, 1966, Near Hodges, Alabama.
13.	vii.	ROSA WEBB, b. July 28, 1904.
14.	viii.	CORA ALICE WEBB, b. October 23, 1909.
15.	ix.	MAUDE WEBB, b. August 05, 1907; d. June 21, 1963, Marion Co., Alabama.

3. MELVIN JASPER⁵ WEBB (WILLIAM DOUGLAS⁴, JACOB WEBB³ 2, WILLIAM WEBB² 1, JACOB WEBB¹) was born October 15, 1865 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and died July 16, 1957 in Hamilton, or Hodges, Alabama. He married (1) ANNIE HUGHEY Unknown in possibly near Hamilton, Alabama (Marion County), or Tuscaloosa, Al. He married (2) RUTHIE JOHNSON Unknown in unknown.

Notes for MELVIN JASPER WEBB:
Melvin was very bright and attended some sort of medical school in Memphis. He had to leave because of "trouble over a woman." when he returned to Alabama, he delivered babies and worked as a veterinarian. He had black, straight hair.

Melvin was the one who wrote the letter to William Douglas Webb's family back in New Jersey. Don't know if William Douglas was illiterate, because at the time, William Douglas was suffering from a loss of sight, which eventually was cured.

Melvin was baptised into the Rocky Grove Free Will Baptist Church in Hamilton at the age of 90. He is buried in Lebanon Cemetary, Hamilton, Alabama.

Notes for ANNIE HUGHEY:
Annie Hughey was very bright, and she was a school teacher. She was the sister of Nancy (Nannie) Hughey. She taught at the same school her furture husband, Melvin, attended. Like the rest of the Hugheys, she was small and had black hair and almost black eyes.

Annie died early, of "dropsy" and Melvin remarried.

Children of MELVIN WEBB and ANNIE HUGHEY are:

16.	i.		WILLIAM MARTIN⁶ WEBB, b. March 08, 1895; d. August 08, 1974, Alabama.
17.	ii.		ALBERT WOODSON (MIDER) WEBB, SR., b. April 08, 1882, Alabama; d. January 03, 1975, Marion Co., Alabama.

Children of MELVIN WEBB and RUTHIE JOHNSON are:

18.	iii.	MARVIN JACOB⁶ WEBB, b. February 20, 1907; d. June 28, 1984, Alabama.
19.	iv.	ANNIE MAE WEBB, b. May 15, 1909; d. August 06, 1979.
20.	v.	FOSTER LEE WEBB, b. June 29, 1911; d. November 14, 1989.
21.	vi.	MAGGIE WEBB, b. February 19, 1915, Feb. 19, 1915.
22.	vii.	PEARLY FLORENTINE (FLORENCE) WEBB, b. May 08, 1916.
	viii.	RUBY IDA BELL WEBB, b. March 16, 1919; m. ?? MONEY.

Notes for RUBY IDA BELL WEBB:
According to a 9/2/98 interview with Maggie Webb Mangum, Melvin Webb's daughter, Ruby's middle name was May (or Mae).

23.

ix.

MELVIN ORVILLE WEBB, b. September 25, 1923.

4. LINDSEY⁵ WEBB (WILLIAM DOUGLAS⁴, JACOB WEBB³ 2, WILLIAM WEBB² 1, JACOB WEBB¹) was born September 15, 1847 in probably Tuscaolosa, Alabama ¹, and died January 06, 1933 in probably Hamilton, or Hodges, Alabama. He married (1) ? HENDON Unknown in unknown. He married (2) ? MACOMBS Unknown in probably Hamilton, or Hodges, Alabama.

Notes for LINDSEY WEBB:
According to the family oral historian, Albert Webb, Jr., Lindsey was a very tall man, approximately 6'7". He had a violent temper and was arrested several times. "Nobody could handle Lindsey," Albert, Jr. said. Lindsey is buried in Marion County, Alabama, in Barnsville Cemetery. He was the exact opposite of his brother, Jacob Webb, who was known as "The Peacemaker," because of his ability to resolve disputes.

Children of LINDSEY WEBB and ? HENDON are:

	i.		WILL⁶ WEBB, b. Unknown.
	ii.		WOODIE WEBB, b. Unknown; m. PHIL JOHNSON.
	iii.		ROSELLA WEBB, b. Unknown; m. ?? HUGHES.

Children of LINDSEY WEBB and ? MACOMBS are:

	iv.		BROOXIE⁶ WEBB, b. Unknown; m. ??LOCKHEART.
	v.		MELLIE WEBB, b. Unknown; m. ?? LOCKHEART.
	vi.		VICKIE WEBB, b. Unknown.
	vii.		JETTER WEBB.

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