Veteran: Civil War (CSA)
Credited with creating Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri
h/o 1st Ruth Fields Davis, 2nd Mrs Sarah M Couchman
Birth: 2nd of ten known children in Overton county, Tennessee, with middle name being his maternal grandmother's maiden name who married son of a Revolutionary war veteran.
John's uncle James Crittenden Webb and father, Elijah Clawson Webb, came to what now is Duenweg, Jasper county, Missouri from Overton county, Tennessee, in 1855, first named Harmony Grove with the family cemetery still carrying that name. John, reportedly followed with his family a year later settling north on about 200 acres, acquiring an additional 120 acres, where now Webb City is located.
Near the outbreak of war in 1861, he was owner of thirteen slaves and served with Missouri Governor Jackson's militia for six months, soon after he went south with son staying behind to manage his holdings, ~ ~ returning to his log cabin and to farm his land following the war.
Reportedly, he discovered white lead on his farm in June 1873 with leasing for systematic mining yeilding millions of dollars starting in 1877 after he gave up fighting water and with his inexperience of mining.
Platted Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri 15 December 1875 which was incorporated 8 December 1876 of which younger brother Benjamin C Webb became its first mayor, who married a 1st cousin, Elizabeth Jane Webb.
Judge Malcolm Graeme McGregor has on page 72 a bit about John in his 1901 publishd "The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri".
John was most benevolent, furnishing school sites and construction of a church. John reportedly built 1st brick house, 1st brick business building, 1st hotel and with 1st son opened the 1st bank which his son ran effectively, according to articles by Alice W Spradley of Dallas, Texas, September 2001 and Webb City Chamber of Commerce in 2002.
Death: in Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri
Father: Elijah Clawson Webb b: 17 JAN Ash county, North Carolina
Mother: Martha Jane Johnson b: MAY 1802 in Tennessee
Marriage 1 Ruth Fields Davis b: 5 MAY 1828 in Overton county, Tennessee
Married: JAN 1849 in Overton county, Tennessee (Clay county created in 1870)
Known Children
Elijah Thomas Webb b: 24 AUG 1851, Overton, county, Tennessee
Martha Ellen Webb b: 14 SEP 1853, Overton county, Tennessee
John Benjamin Webb b: 11 AUG 1855, Overton county, Tennessee
Mary Susan Webb b: 5 DEC 1857, Jasper county, Missouri
Marriage 2 Mrs Sarah M Couchman b: about 1839, Kentucky
Married: 4 MAR 1877 Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri
No known issues
Credited with creating Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri
h/o 1st Ruth Fields Davis, 2nd Mrs Sarah M Couchman
Birth: 2nd of ten known children in Overton county, Tennessee, with middle name being his maternal grandmother's maiden name who married son of a Revolutionary war veteran.
John's uncle James Crittenden Webb and father, Elijah Clawson Webb, came to what now is Duenweg, Jasper county, Missouri from Overton county, Tennessee, in 1855, first named Harmony Grove with the family cemetery still carrying that name. John, reportedly followed with his family a year later settling north on about 200 acres, acquiring an additional 120 acres, where now Webb City is located.
Near the outbreak of war in 1861, he was owner of thirteen slaves and served with Missouri Governor Jackson's militia for six months, soon after he went south with son staying behind to manage his holdings, ~ ~ returning to his log cabin and to farm his land following the war.
Reportedly, he discovered white lead on his farm in June 1873 with leasing for systematic mining yeilding millions of dollars starting in 1877 after he gave up fighting water and with his inexperience of mining.
Platted Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri 15 December 1875 which was incorporated 8 December 1876 of which younger brother Benjamin C Webb became its first mayor, who married a 1st cousin, Elizabeth Jane Webb.
Judge Malcolm Graeme McGregor has on page 72 a bit about John in his 1901 publishd "The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri".
John was most benevolent, furnishing school sites and construction of a church. John reportedly built 1st brick house, 1st brick business building, 1st hotel and with 1st son opened the 1st bank which his son ran effectively, according to articles by Alice W Spradley of Dallas, Texas, September 2001 and Webb City Chamber of Commerce in 2002.
Death: in Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri
Father: Elijah Clawson Webb b: 17 JAN Ash county, North Carolina
Mother: Martha Jane Johnson b: MAY 1802 in Tennessee
Marriage 1 Ruth Fields Davis b: 5 MAY 1828 in Overton county, Tennessee
Married: JAN 1849 in Overton county, Tennessee (Clay county created in 1870)
Known Children
Elijah Thomas Webb b: 24 AUG 1851, Overton, county, Tennessee
Martha Ellen Webb b: 14 SEP 1853, Overton county, Tennessee
John Benjamin Webb b: 11 AUG 1855, Overton county, Tennessee
Mary Susan Webb b: 5 DEC 1857, Jasper county, Missouri
Marriage 2 Mrs Sarah M Couchman b: about 1839, Kentucky
Married: 4 MAR 1877 Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri
No known issues
Veteran: Civil War (CSA)
Credited with creating Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri
h/o 1st Ruth Fields Davis, 2nd Mrs Sarah M Couchman
Birth: 2nd of ten known children in Overton county, Tennessee, with middle name being his maternal grandmother's maiden name who married son of a Revolutionary war veteran.
John's uncle James Crittenden Webb and father, Elijah Clawson Webb, came to what now is Duenweg, Jasper county, Missouri from Overton county, Tennessee, in 1855, first named Harmony Grove with the family cemetery still carrying that name. John, reportedly followed with his family a year later settling north on about 200 acres, acquiring an additional 120 acres, where now Webb City is located.
Near the outbreak of war in 1861, he was owner of thirteen slaves and served with Missouri Governor Jackson's militia for six months, soon after he went south with son staying behind to manage his holdings, ~ ~ returning to his log cabin and to farm his land following the war.
Reportedly, he discovered white lead on his farm in June 1873 with leasing for systematic mining yeilding millions of dollars starting in 1877 after he gave up fighting water and with his inexperience of mining.
Platted Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri 15 December 1875 which was incorporated 8 December 1876 of which younger brother Benjamin C Webb became its first mayor, who married a 1st cousin, Elizabeth Jane Webb.
Judge Malcolm Graeme McGregor has on page 72 a bit about John in his 1901 publishd "The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri".
John was most benevolent, furnishing school sites and construction of a church. John reportedly built 1st brick house, 1st brick business building, 1st hotel and with 1st son opened the 1st bank which his son ran effectively, according to articles by Alice W Spradley of Dallas, Texas, September 2001 and Webb City Chamber of Commerce in 2002.
Death: in Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri
Father: Elijah Clawson Webb b: 17 JAN Ash county, North Carolina
Mother: Martha Jane Johnson b: MAY 1802 in Tennessee
Marriage 1 Ruth Fields Davis b: 5 MAY 1828 in Overton county, Tennessee
Married: JAN 1849 in Overton county, Tennessee (Clay county created in 1870)
Known Children
Elijah Thomas Webb b: 24 AUG 1851, Overton, county, Tennessee
Martha Ellen Webb b: 14 SEP 1853, Overton county, Tennessee
John Benjamin Webb b: 11 AUG 1855, Overton county, Tennessee
Mary Susan Webb b: 5 DEC 1857, Jasper county, Missouri
Marriage 2 Mrs Sarah M Couchman b: about 1839, Kentucky
Married: 4 MAR 1877 Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri
No known issues
Credited with creating Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri
h/o 1st Ruth Fields Davis, 2nd Mrs Sarah M Couchman
Birth: 2nd of ten known children in Overton county, Tennessee, with middle name being his maternal grandmother's maiden name who married son of a Revolutionary war veteran.
John's uncle James Crittenden Webb and father, Elijah Clawson Webb, came to what now is Duenweg, Jasper county, Missouri from Overton county, Tennessee, in 1855, first named Harmony Grove with the family cemetery still carrying that name. John, reportedly followed with his family a year later settling north on about 200 acres, acquiring an additional 120 acres, where now Webb City is located.
Near the outbreak of war in 1861, he was owner of thirteen slaves and served with Missouri Governor Jackson's militia for six months, soon after he went south with son staying behind to manage his holdings, ~ ~ returning to his log cabin and to farm his land following the war.
Reportedly, he discovered white lead on his farm in June 1873 with leasing for systematic mining yeilding millions of dollars starting in 1877 after he gave up fighting water and with his inexperience of mining.
Platted Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri 15 December 1875 which was incorporated 8 December 1876 of which younger brother Benjamin C Webb became its first mayor, who married a 1st cousin, Elizabeth Jane Webb.
Judge Malcolm Graeme McGregor has on page 72 a bit about John in his 1901 publishd "The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri".
John was most benevolent, furnishing school sites and construction of a church. John reportedly built 1st brick house, 1st brick business building, 1st hotel and with 1st son opened the 1st bank which his son ran effectively, according to articles by Alice W Spradley of Dallas, Texas, September 2001 and Webb City Chamber of Commerce in 2002.
Death: in Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri
Father: Elijah Clawson Webb b: 17 JAN Ash county, North Carolina
Mother: Martha Jane Johnson b: MAY 1802 in Tennessee
Marriage 1 Ruth Fields Davis b: 5 MAY 1828 in Overton county, Tennessee
Married: JAN 1849 in Overton county, Tennessee (Clay county created in 1870)
Known Children
Elijah Thomas Webb b: 24 AUG 1851, Overton, county, Tennessee
Martha Ellen Webb b: 14 SEP 1853, Overton county, Tennessee
John Benjamin Webb b: 11 AUG 1855, Overton county, Tennessee
Mary Susan Webb b: 5 DEC 1857, Jasper county, Missouri
Marriage 2 Mrs Sarah M Couchman b: about 1839, Kentucky
Married: 4 MAR 1877 Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri
No known issues
Gravesite Details
First buried in Harmony Grove in Duenweg then moved to Mt Hope
Family Members
Siblings
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