"R. D. Webb, M.D. The pioneer physician in Nortonville was born in Logan, Hocking Co., Ohio, April 9, 1837. Was educated and reared in his native town, and took up the study of medicine early in life, graduating in March, 1864, in the Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio. He at once entered the army after graduating as Assistant Surgeon of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close of the Rebellion, where he engaged in practicing in Logan, continuing until June, 1874, when he took up his abode in Nortonville, being the first practitioner in the place. The doctor is a man of broad views, a close applicant to his profession, and eminently successful in his practice. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. Has been twice married, first in Ohio, to Miss Frankie Gage, now deceased. By this union has two children - Florence and Mabel. His second wife was formerly Miss Lena Ellerman, of Kansas. By this marriage they have two sons - Clayton and an infant."
(Cutler, William G. 1883. Jefferson County, Part 16, pg 15. In,William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas. Chicago, Ill: A.T. Andreas, publisher).
"Ralph Dewit Webb was a doctor. He was my grandmother's uncle. My grandmother named my uncle for him."Jan McKinzie
(Cutler, William G. 1883. Jefferson County, Part 16, pg 15. In,William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas. Chicago, Ill: A.T. Andreas, publisher).
"Ralph Dewit Webb was a doctor. He was my grandmother's uncle. My grandmother named my uncle for him."Jan McKinzie
"R. D. Webb, M.D. The pioneer physician in Nortonville was born in Logan, Hocking Co., Ohio, April 9, 1837. Was educated and reared in his native town, and took up the study of medicine early in life, graduating in March, 1864, in the Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio. He at once entered the army after graduating as Assistant Surgeon of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close of the Rebellion, where he engaged in practicing in Logan, continuing until June, 1874, when he took up his abode in Nortonville, being the first practitioner in the place. The doctor is a man of broad views, a close applicant to his profession, and eminently successful in his practice. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. Has been twice married, first in Ohio, to Miss Frankie Gage, now deceased. By this union has two children - Florence and Mabel. His second wife was formerly Miss Lena Ellerman, of Kansas. By this marriage they have two sons - Clayton and an infant."
(Cutler, William G. 1883. Jefferson County, Part 16, pg 15. In,William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas. Chicago, Ill: A.T. Andreas, publisher).
"Ralph Dewit Webb was a doctor. He was my grandmother's uncle. My grandmother named my uncle for him."Jan McKinzie
(Cutler, William G. 1883. Jefferson County, Part 16, pg 15. In,William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas. Chicago, Ill: A.T. Andreas, publisher).
"Ralph Dewit Webb was a doctor. He was my grandmother's uncle. My grandmother named my uncle for him."Jan McKinzie
Gravesite Details
The large, narrow stone marks the site for R.D. Webb, Frankie Webb, Lena Webb and David Webb. Flat stones for each are placed along the front of the tall stone.
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