Her family had large land holdings in Washington County, Texas and the town of Felder is near Chappell Hill.
Oldest of 4 children by her father's second wife, Mary Loula Virginia "Loula or Miss Lulu" Nelson Felder.
Had 8 half-brothers and sisters by her father's first wife, Margaret Eliza Matthews Felder
Widowed at age 26 in 1912.
Webster had an exhibition of miniatures at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1914, when she was living in Westport, Connecticut. She was also listed in "Who's Who in Art" as a painter there in 1915. Ethel Felder Webster is listed in "Who Was Who in American Art: 400 Years of Artists in America."
She studied music and Art at Chappell Hill Female College, then at the Arts Students League, NY City. Exhibited in France and on the West Coast often.
By 1918, Webster and her children had moved to Austin, Texas. After several years, they moved to California where she, a pianist, was on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as a music teacher.
Ran a children's music camp called Twin Firs each summer in Pinecrest (in Tuolumne County), California and late in life taught her two grandchildren how to play the piano.
Her paintings show a gift for realistic portraits and she often painted miniatures on ivory. She was an avid gardener, a great lover of birds and was very knowledgable about both.
Bio partially from:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cmillergv&id=I3375
and from the memories of her grandchildren: John Webster and Maryann Santos
Had two children:
Daniel Felder Webster
Barbara Louise Webster
Oldest of 4 children by her father's second wife, Mary Loula Virginia "Loula or Miss Lulu" Nelson Felder.
Had 8 half-brothers and sisters by her father's first wife, Margaret Eliza Matthews Felder
Widowed at age 26 in 1912.
Webster had an exhibition of miniatures at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1914, when she was living in Westport, Connecticut. She was also listed in "Who's Who in Art" as a painter there in 1915. Ethel Felder Webster is listed in "Who Was Who in American Art: 400 Years of Artists in America."
She studied music and Art at Chappell Hill Female College, then at the Arts Students League, NY City. Exhibited in France and on the West Coast often.
By 1918, Webster and her children had moved to Austin, Texas. After several years, they moved to California where she, a pianist, was on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as a music teacher.
Ran a children's music camp called Twin Firs each summer in Pinecrest (in Tuolumne County), California and late in life taught her two grandchildren how to play the piano.
Her paintings show a gift for realistic portraits and she often painted miniatures on ivory. She was an avid gardener, a great lover of birds and was very knowledgable about both.
Bio partially from:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cmillergv&id=I3375
and from the memories of her grandchildren: John Webster and Maryann Santos
Had two children:
Daniel Felder Webster
Barbara Louise Webster
Her family had large land holdings in Washington County, Texas and the town of Felder is near Chappell Hill.
Oldest of 4 children by her father's second wife, Mary Loula Virginia "Loula or Miss Lulu" Nelson Felder.
Had 8 half-brothers and sisters by her father's first wife, Margaret Eliza Matthews Felder
Widowed at age 26 in 1912.
Webster had an exhibition of miniatures at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1914, when she was living in Westport, Connecticut. She was also listed in "Who's Who in Art" as a painter there in 1915. Ethel Felder Webster is listed in "Who Was Who in American Art: 400 Years of Artists in America."
She studied music and Art at Chappell Hill Female College, then at the Arts Students League, NY City. Exhibited in France and on the West Coast often.
By 1918, Webster and her children had moved to Austin, Texas. After several years, they moved to California where she, a pianist, was on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as a music teacher.
Ran a children's music camp called Twin Firs each summer in Pinecrest (in Tuolumne County), California and late in life taught her two grandchildren how to play the piano.
Her paintings show a gift for realistic portraits and she often painted miniatures on ivory. She was an avid gardener, a great lover of birds and was very knowledgable about both.
Bio partially from:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cmillergv&id=I3375
and from the memories of her grandchildren: John Webster and Maryann Santos
Had two children:
Daniel Felder Webster
Barbara Louise Webster
Oldest of 4 children by her father's second wife, Mary Loula Virginia "Loula or Miss Lulu" Nelson Felder.
Had 8 half-brothers and sisters by her father's first wife, Margaret Eliza Matthews Felder
Widowed at age 26 in 1912.
Webster had an exhibition of miniatures at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1914, when she was living in Westport, Connecticut. She was also listed in "Who's Who in Art" as a painter there in 1915. Ethel Felder Webster is listed in "Who Was Who in American Art: 400 Years of Artists in America."
She studied music and Art at Chappell Hill Female College, then at the Arts Students League, NY City. Exhibited in France and on the West Coast often.
By 1918, Webster and her children had moved to Austin, Texas. After several years, they moved to California where she, a pianist, was on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as a music teacher.
Ran a children's music camp called Twin Firs each summer in Pinecrest (in Tuolumne County), California and late in life taught her two grandchildren how to play the piano.
Her paintings show a gift for realistic portraits and she often painted miniatures on ivory. She was an avid gardener, a great lover of birds and was very knowledgable about both.
Bio partially from:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cmillergv&id=I3375
and from the memories of her grandchildren: John Webster and Maryann Santos
Had two children:
Daniel Felder Webster
Barbara Louise Webster
Family Members
Siblings
Half Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
