Miss Sarah L. Webb, who was born at Detroit, Mich., October 6, 1836, a daughter of Henry Webb, who was Cashier of the Bank at Ithaca, N. Y. Mrs. French, through her father, is descended from the Webb family who came from England and settled in New England in 1640, and intermarried with the Adams and Bradford families, of Revolutionary and Plymouth Rock fame. Her mother was Olive Ann Sellsrigg, whose grandfather, Jeremiah Sellsrigg (formerly Sellkirk), enlisted at the age of sixteen and served through the Revolution. His wife was a sister of Matthew Vassar, the founder of Vassar College. Mrs. French is a scholarly and eminently talented lady. She was appointed Regent for Texas of the General Society of the Daughters of the Revolution, and has been very active in enrolling members, the membership in Texas being quite large. She was also recently made a member of the Historical Society of the State of Virginia.
To the union of Mr. and Mrs. French five children were given: Junius B., born January 29, 1858, graduated from Roanoke College, Virginia, in 1879, and afterwards, in 1883, at Hampton-Sidney College, where he studied theology, and is now pastor of the Broadway Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth. He married Miss Annie Dial, of San Marcos, and has three children. Olive Ann was born February 25, 1860, and was educated at Vassar College. She married Joseph P. Devine, of San Antonio, and they have had six children, one of whom is now dead. James Vassar, born June 25, 1864, attended Hampton-Sidney College, and married Miss Augusta Hirshfield, of Fort Worth; Sarah L., born February 21, 1867, and Franklin G., born July 25, 1872. [Transcribed from: "Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas" Chicago: Goodspeed Brothers, Publishers 1894 page 619 - 622]